After a whirlwind three days of the 2025 NFL Draft, Carroll Dragon alumnus Quinn Ewers found his home.
Ewers, the former Ohio State and University of Texas quarterback, was selected by the Miami Dolphins with its seventh-round pick, no. 231. He was the 13th and final quarterback taken in the draft.
Ewers met with the Miami media on Sunday following his selection.
“The adversity that I’ve gone through, I don’t think many people would be able to come out the way I did,” Ewers said Saturday evening, as reported by "The Miami Herald." “I just think that goes to show how mentally tough and mentally strong that I am and how I’ve kind of grown to be able to handle adversity. I enjoy going through adversity because I know I have a plan of attack. I feel like anything that has happened to me the past years of my college career is only going to help me in the long run.”
The Dolphins are currently led at quarterback by Tua Tagovailoa, who last year threw for 2,867, 19 touchdowns and seven interceptions. He also missed six games due to injury, which has been a persistent issue for Tagovailoa since he entered the league five years ago -- and may have led to the Dolphins being aggressive in adding quarterbacks to its roster in the offseason.
Heading into this year's training camp, Miami already has Zach Wilson, Tyler Huntley and Ewers on the roster vying for the backup quarterback slot behind Tagovailoa. It remains to be seen how many signal callers Miami will keep on its 53-man roster for the 2025 season.
Ewers left 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 his final college season, Ewers threw for 2,472 yards and 31 TDs with 12 interceptions. He also ran for four scores.
At Carroll, Ewers was the top-ranked recruit in the country for his graduating class -- a unanimous five-star prospect. He originally committed to Texas, then flipped to Ohio State. He then transferred back to Texas after one year at Ohio State.
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 Ewers' final college game that he 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.
The estimated contract value of pick No. 231 in the draft -- Ewers' slot -- is around $4.3 million over four years, per NFL reports.