QB Quinn Ewers (transfer to Texas)

[exhawg]

Any chance he greyshirts? I have no idea what rules CFB lives by anymore. Doesn't seem like you would want to burn a year of eligibility if you aren't going to play, but a guy like this is unlikely to stick around for 5 years so 6 might be out of the question. I'm interested to see what the NIL money looks like, but it could keep some guys in college longer if they aren't projected to be a first rounder.

 

[dragurd]

Any chance he greyshirts? I have no idea what rules CFB lives by anymore. Doesn't seem like you would want to burn a year of eligibility if you aren't going to play, but a guy like this is unlikely to stick around for 5 years so 6 might be out of the question. I'm interested to see what the NIL money looks like, but it could keep some guys in college longer if they aren't projected to be a first rounder.

I don't think so? He could pay his own way but from what I gather from remembering Grey shirt rules he couldn't have any contact with the football team training wise till winter at which point he lost go ahead extra time he got by enrolling early.

 

[ScriptOhio]

There’s a huge difference between being a thrower and a passer. Some guys have a rocket launcher attached to their arm but have no clue how to properly harness it and never figure out that part of the position. Accuracy, timing and anticipation are all out the window. That quarterback is a thrower.

The truly dynamic quarterbacks have that same type of arm talent but have the innate ability to carve up defensive backfields by putting the ball wherever they want and can make it rain out here.

That’s Ewers, and what Dodge has noticed is rare.

“He’s a passer,” Todd Dodge said. “Quinn Ewers is special. That arm is special. I told Riley, it’s like halfway through ball flight, Quinn’s ball accelerates. I’ve just, I mean, I’ve never seen that. Even when he was a rising ninth grader. He’s got such a strong arm, but he doesn’t get enough credit for being an outstanding touch passer.

“Most of the time, guys with that big of an arm just wanna throw everything hard through the wall. He’s got great anticipation.”

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

So his passes violate the laws of physics.

That's nice.

 

[exhawg]

I don't think so? He could pay his own way but from what I gather from remembering Grey shirt rules he couldn't have any contact with the football team training wise till winter at which point he lost go ahead extra time he got by enrolling early.

It was a better deal when tOSU was on quarters so greyshirts were able to stay with the team through the first 2-3 games of the season and were back with the team for bowl prep. A guy that leaves HS early to get paid probably isn't going to stick around college 5-6 years.

 

[MistaBohmbastic]

Tim May interviewed Quinn’s trainer, who also said he works 500 hrs/yr with Patrick Mahomes. He emphasized that Ewers does not deserve to be compared to Mahomes at this point, BUT, those are the only two guys he’s ever known who have the ability to “access that range of motion from any position in which their bodies are moving” to throw high velocity at such unique angles. It gives him the rare zip in his passes. Fascinating listen

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

Tim May interviewed Quinn’s trainer, who also said he works 500 hrs/yr with Patrick Mahomes. He emphasized that Ewers does not deserve to be compared to Mahomes at this point, BUT, those are the only two guys he’s ever known who have the ability to “access that range of motion from any position in which their bodies are moving” to throw high velocity at such unique angles. It gives him the rare zip in his passes. Fascinating listen

Wait, wait, wait

Does this mean he could jump and do a 360 and complete a pass to an unguarded receiver????!?!???!?

 

[ScriptOhio]

It was a better deal when tOSU was on quarters so greyshirts were able to stay with the team through the first 2-3 games of the season and were back with the team for bowl prep. A guy that leaves HS early to get paid probably isn't going to stick around college 5-6 years.

For recent comparisons (i.e. with Justin Fields and Trevor Lawrence), both only spent 3 years in college. Maybe Quinn Ewers considers 2021 a post high school/redshirt/learning year and he'll stick around for 4 years.

I'm guessing that if Stroud or McCord puts up Fields/Haskins type QB1 stats for 2 seasons (i.e. 2021 & 2022) he'll be gone to the NFL after the 2022 season. If he doesn't put up the big QB1 stats in 2021, he'll be very vulnerable to be beat out for QB1 by Ewers in 2022.

 

[RugbyBuck]

It's certainly a management/recruiting puzzle to be solved, but I don't think there's any downside for the mighty Quinn. Either he comes in, catches fire, and gets substantial playtime in the second half of the season or he is a sponge and trains like hell for a year and walks away with it next season.

 

[Dryden]

 

[ScriptOhio]

 

[MaxBuck]

Man, can CJ sling the bullshit or what?

 

[MistaBohmbastic]

Theoretically this could work out for 3/4 qb’s in one scenario (Dr Strange GIF):

Stroud for next two years, Quinn for a year after, then McCord - patiently waiting this whole time, comes in and saves the day with Jaydn Davis under his wing in ‘24

 

[shetuck]

Theoretically this could work out for 3/4 qb’s in one scenario (Dr Strange GIF):

Stroud for next two years, Quinn for a year after, then McCord - patiently waiting this whole time, comes in and saves the day with Jaydn Davis under his wing in ‘24

I don't think a kid who comes out of high school a year early is going to spend two years sitting on a bench.

A year, maybe. But not two.

 

[Jaxbuck]

I don't think a kid who comes out of high school a year early is going to spend two years sitting on a bench.

A year, maybe. But not two.

What if he has a million or so NIL reasons to do so?

That's the wildcard that no one has a clue about yet.