The Miami Dolphins have added some depth in their quarterback room, selecting Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers with the No. 231 overall pick in the seventh round of the 2025 NFL Draft.
The nation’s No. 1 recruit in the Class of 2021, Ewers spent one season as a reserve at Ohio State (behind Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud) before transferring to his home-state Texas Longhorns.
After an up-and-down 2022 season, Ewers refocused, losing 20 pounds and cutting his mullet, the latter of which his teammates said signaled a change in Ewers. Over the next two seasons, Ewers led Texas to back-to-back College Football Playoff appearances. His 21-4 record as a starter in his final two seasons was the best for a Texas starting quarterback since Colt McCoy went 25-2 in 2008 and 2009.
In 2023, Ewers set the record for the most passing yards in a Big 12 conference championship game (a career-high 452 in a 49-21 win against Oklahoma State), ending Texas’ 13-year conference title drought in the program’s last season before moving to the SEC.
Ewers missed time with various injuries in each of his college seasons, including two games with a torn oblique in 2024. Later in the 2024 season, he played through a high right ankle sprain that limited his mobility. In the 2024 Playoff, the Longhorns lost to eventual national champion Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl semifinal. Ewers finished the season with 3,472 passing yards, a 65.8 percent completion rate and a 31-to-12 TD-to-INT ratio.
‘The Beast’ breakdown
Ewers ranked No. 86 in Dane Brugler’s top 300 big board. Here’s what Brugler has to say about him in his annual NFL Draft guide:
“Though he trusts his arm over mechanics, Ewers creates rotational torque to get the ball out quickly and plays with fast eyes within the structure of the offense. He didn’t have a ton of true dropbacks until third down, which is when his inconsistent pocket presence led to more negative results (sacks and turnovers) than you want to see (55.8 percent completions, 9-to-7 touchdown-to-interception ratio on third downs in 2024). The physicality of a long season wore on his body and, though he was willing to play through pain, his execution clearly was affected. Overall, Ewers has the arm, intelligence and poise that will translate to the next level, although his up-and-down decision-making, limitations as a play extender and durability concerns create question marks for his pro ceiling. If he stays healthy, the tools are there to compete for NFL starting reps.”
Quinn Ewers no-look TD 🤯🔥 pic.twitter.com/RekvatVTYU
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) August 31, 2024
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