Quinn Ewers offered  million to leave Texas and skip the NFL draft

Quinn Ewers offered $6 million to leave Texas and skip the NFL draft

Quinn Ewers reportedly has a significant offer on the table to transfer 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 the position behind center.

Ewers, who will start for the Longhorns in their College Football Playoff quarterfinal against the Arizona State Sun Devils on New Year’s Day, 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 Playoff 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 Playoff at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con

This month, ESPN’s Mel Kiper placed Ewers at 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 blatant example of tampering if the report were true.

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

Ewers, who has one year of college eligibility remaining, 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 in 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 in 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 enter the NFL draft in the spring, opening the door for Arch Manning, his current backup, to take the Longhorns’ starting quarterback job.

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

Earlier this week, Manning pledged his allegiance to Texas ahead of Wednesday’s big playoff game.

“I really don’t plan on entering the portal or anything, so I don’t really know about it, all the windows and everything,” Arch, Peyton and Eli Manning’s nephew, said in an interview posted by Rivals on X.

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