Quinn Ewers has $6 million offer to leave Texas, skip NFL draft in brazen NIL overture

Quinn Ewers has $6 million offer to leave Texas, skip NFL draft in brazen NIL overture

Quinn Ewers reportedly has a mᴀssive offer on the table to switch schools and stay in college for another year. 

On3 Sports reported Tuesday that an unnamed school is making a $6 million pitch to the Texas quarterback to enter the transfer portal and take over behind center. 

Ewers, who will start for the Longhorns in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal on New Year’s Day against the Arizona State Sun Devils, would be widely considered one of the top quarterback prospects in the 2025 class should he enter the NFL draft. 

Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers (3) leaves the field after defeating the Clemson Tigers in the first round of the College Football Playoffs at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.
Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers (3) leaves the field after defeating the Clemson Tigers in the first round of the College Football Playoffs at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con

This month, ESPN’s Mel Kiper ranked Ewers No. 5 on his draft big board behind Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders, Miami’s Cam Ward, Alabama’s Jalen Milroe and Georgia’s Carson Beck.

Given that Texas is in the middle of the season and Ewers is not in the transfer portal, it would be a brazen example of tampering if the report is true.

The redshirt junior started his college career with Ohio State 2021 before transferring to Texas and becoming their starter the next season.

Ewers, who has one more year of college eligibility, has thrown for 2,867 yards and 26 touchdowns this season despite missing two games with an oblique injury. 

Quinn Ewers #3 of the Texas Longhorns throws the ball during the first quarter against the Clemson Tigers in the Playoff First Round Game at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on December 21, 2024 in Austin, Texas.
Quinn Ewers #3 of the Texas Longhorns throws the ball during the first quarter against the Clemson Tigers in the Playoff First Round Game at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on December 21, 2024 in Austin, Texas. Getty Images

In mid-December, Orangebloods, a Texas sports blog, reported that Ewers would be entering the NFL draft in the spring, opening the door for Arch Manning, his current backup, to take over the Longhorns’ starting quarterback job. 

Manning, a redshirt freshman, has appeared in nine games, including two starts in Ewers’ place, throwing for 939 yards with nine touchdowns and two interceptions. 

Earlier this week, Manning pledged his loyalty to Texas ahead of their big playoff game on Wednesday. 

“I really have no plans on entering the portal or anything so I don’t really know about it, about the whole windows and everything,” Arch, the nephew of Peyton and Eli Manning, said in an interview posted by Rivals on X.

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