
Southlake’s Quinn Ewers is officially going pro.
The former Carroll Dragon and Texas Longhorn announced Wednesday that he will forgo his remaining year of NCAA eligibility and enter the 2025 NFL Draft, to be held April 24 in Green Bay.
“These past three years have been some of the best years I could’ve imagined,” Ewers said in a video on X. “I’m truly thankful for the opportunity to play football in my home state at the best university in the world. … With prayer and careful consideration, I’m officially declaring for the NFL Draft.”
Ewers leaves Texas third in program history in completions (737), passing yards (9,128) and passing touchdowns (68), trailing only Colt McCoy and Sam Ehlinger in each. In what will now be labeled his final college season, Ewers threw for 2,472 yards and 31 TDs with 12 interceptions. He also ran for four scores.
The Longhorns never reached the pinnacle of the sport during Ewers’ time as the starting quarterback, falling in two straight College Football Playoff semifinals – to Washington in 2024 and, more recently, to Ohio State in the 2025 Cotton Bowl in Arlington.
Following the Cotton Bowl, reports surfaced that Ewers would be a mid-round draft pick if he declared for the NFL. For comparison, quarterbacks Spencer Rattler and Jordan Travis were each drafted in the fifth round of the 2024 Draft and received four-year contracts worth $4.36 million and $4.27 million, respectively.
With the NCAA’s new transfer and NIL rules, Ewers stood to possibly make more money in what would be his final year of college football than if he were selected after the first round of the NFL Draft. Multiple reports surfaced before and after the Cotton Bowl that Ewers had been offered between $5 and $6 million to transfer to another school for his remaining year of eligibility, but Ewers and his team never verified any of those reports.
This year’s draft doesn’t feature a particularly strong quarterback group, per NFL insiders. Prior to any workouts being completed, the top rated quarterbacks by most experts are Miami’s Cam Ward and Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders. Alabama’s Jalen Milroe, Syracuse’s Kyle McCord and Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel are also expected to be selected in the mid-rounds of the draft.