Texas football gets commitment from 5- star QB Quinn Ewers, the ‘next Trevor Lawrence’

Texas football will undoubtedly be back once Quinn Ewers plays for them.

Quinn Ewers has decided to take his five-star rating and commit to play for Texas football.

Ewers is No. 1 overall player in the 2022 recruiting cycle, according to the 247Sports Composite. The Southlake Carroll pro-style quarterback is the highest-rated recruit Tom Herman has landed while in Austin. His perfect 1.000 rating is the best of any Texas player since Vince Young committed to play for the Longhorns 20 years prior. Ewers committed to Texas Friday evening.

What kind of quarterback will Quinn Ewers be for the Texas Longhorns?

Ewers’ primary recruiter to Texas was new offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich, who had great success in his two previous stops with the Ohio State Buckeyes (2019) and the Oklahoma State Cowboys (2013-18). At 6-foot-3 and 195 pounds with flowing blonde locks, Ewers does give off some serious Trevor Lawrence vibes at the quarterback position.

Blonde mullet aside, the three things that have Ewers compared favorably to Lawrence are his howitzer of a right arm, his poise in the pocket and his uncanny ability to make incredibly uncomfortable throws down the field while on the run. The latter has been a major calling card for Lawrence dating back to his days starring in high school in his native Cartersville, Georgia.

Whether he can throw the football 73 yards as a freshman or carve quality defensive backfields of big-time Texas high school programs, Ewers had a bit of that it-factor necessary to become the next star of the Big 12. Let’s be real. With a cannon like that playing in Big 12 country, he’s going to get compared to Patrick Mahomes one way or another, even though Ewers is the better prospect.

It has been over a decade since Texas football has been the toast of the FBS. After falling to the Alabama Crimson Tide in the 2009 national title bout, Texas hasn’t consistently been anything close to a top-10 caliber program. Though the Longhorns have had their moments, the Oklahoma Sooners have largely run roughshod over them in the Big 12 since 2010. This may change shortly.

With Ewers coming to Austin in 2022 certainly as an early enrollee, Texas will be back on top.

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