Steve Sarkisian hyping up the man to bring Texas back-back: Quinn Ewers

Steve Sarkisian thinks Quinn Ewers can be the one to bring Texas back, like, for real this time.

A big reason why people are so high on Steve Sarkisian’s Texas Longhorns is the unbearable weight of massive talent that is starting quarterback Quinn Ewers.

Sarkisian was making the rounds in the annual Texas Fight Tour. While in Houston for the final leg of it, he offered incredible praise of the redshirt sophomore quarterback, now in year two in his program. Sarkisian believes this is when players running his offensive system really take off in college. If that were to happen, we are talking about a Big 12 title and the College Football Playoff.

Here is what Sarkisian said about Ewers in Houston during the final leg of the Texas Fight Tour.

"“I’ve seen it in years and years of playing in our system, and I love what Quinn can bring … Year two is when you make those strides and become that elite player. I saw it with Carson Palmer. In year two, he wins the Heisman trophy and ends up the first pick in the draft. I saw it in Matt Leinart. I saw it in Jake Locker, and he ended up being the 10th pick in the draft.”"

Ewers may end up being the starter anyway, but keep in mind that Arch Manning is a freshman…

Steve Sarkisian is pumping up the Quinn Ewers hype train big time at Texas

If all goes well for Ewers in his third college season, he may not need to play a fourth one. Two years of starts at a major program like Texas could be enough to help Ewers be something like the third quarterback taken in the 2023 NFL Draft, behind USC’s Caleb Williams and UNC’s Drake Maye, of course. Either way, all eyes will be on Ewers to be the one to bring Texas, like, back-back.

The good news for Texas is Sarkisian is definitely a quarterback whisperer. With him mentioning former players like Carson Palmer, Matt Leinart and Jake Locker all becoming top-10 picks, there is a reason to believe that Ewers, and Manning, could potentially do the same. Of course, you don’t win games on paper, which has been a bit of an issue for Texas since Colt McCoy last played there.

Overall, we should feel optimistic about the direction Texas football is heading in under Sarkisian. Year one was rough, no doubt, but year two got the Longhorns back to what they kind of had been under Sarkisian’s predecessor in Tom Herman. However, they are going to have to make a leap before they make the jump into the SEC. They only have one more season left to win the Big 12…

Ultimately, this is why Ewers transferred to Texas, to help turn around his home state’s football program. If he does what Sarkisian thinks he can do, Ewers will be every bit as celebrated in Austin as McCoy and Vince Young are. If he comes up short, well, he will just be looked at a more talented, but less successful version of Sam Ehlinger. Admittedly, there are worse things to be than that.

If anybody is going to bring Texas football back, like, for real this time, it might as well be Ewers.