When the Texas Longhorns begin their 2022 college football season next week, redshirt freshman quarterback Quinn Ewers will serve as the team’s starting quarterback after transferring to Texas from Ohio State this offseason.
And even though Ohio State is notorious for its quarterback development under current head coach Ryan Day, Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian thinks his new quarterback has a better situation with the Longhorns than he had with the Buckeyes.
“I think it was a difficult situation. He didn’t go to Ohio State last year until, I think they might’ve already started training camp. That’s difficult,” Sarkisian said according to On3. “You’re a true freshman, you go into a different setting with a bunch of guys that you really didn’t get recruited with. You’re kind of behind the eight ball, trying to learn a new system. You’re away from home. I think for us, naturally he knows a lot of guys on this team. Being from Texas, makes sense to him. Got himself an entire off-season, from winter conditioning to spring ball to summer to get acclimated.
“I just think all in all, it’s just a better set up for success. I don’t think it was anything against Ohio State, I think it was just difficult for Ryan [Day] and their team to get him acclimated as quickly as they needed to, where we had months to get him prepared for it.”
Ewers was considered one of the top quarterbacks in the country coming out of high school. The college football world awaits how he does at Texas.
[On3]
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