A highly, highly regarded quarterback prospect is looking for a new place to play college football.
Pete Thamel of Yahoo! Sports reports that Ohio State quarterback Quinn Ewers will enter the transfer portal. Thamel adds that Texas, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech are possible destinations for Ewers.
Sources: Top-ranked 2021 quarterback Quinn Ewers has informed Ohio State that he’s entering the transfer portal. Texas, Texas A&M and Texas Tech are among the considerations for his next stop. https://t.co/SLZdtGIyNp
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) December 3, 2021
Ewers, 18, was the top prospect of the 2022 recruiting class, and committed to Ohio State in Nov. 2020 after decommitting from Texas.
And in August, Ewers reclassified to enroll early for the 2021 season. He went on to play just two snaps (in Ohio State’s final home game against Michigan State), both of which were handoffs.
As Thamel notes, Ewers “made well over $1 million in name, image and likeness money by leaving high school early and signing deals, which included memorabilia and a kombucha company.”
Ewers is from Texas, and it seems like there’s a good chance that’s where he goes back to for his next school.
Redshirt freshman C.J. Stroud has thrown for 38 touchdowns and five interceptions for Ohio State this season.
Here’s how the college football world has reacted so far to the news of Ewers’ intention to transfer:
With news that Quinn Ewers has entered the transfer portal, let's look back at his illustrious Ohio State career which included two handoffs, over $1M in NIL deals, and equity stake in a kombucha company. pic.twitter.com/wKl3OqSChb
— Josh Sánchez (@joshnsanchez) December 4, 2021
Quinn Ewers left high school a year early, cashed $1 million in NIL deals, hardly played a down and now will have a cornucopia of schools begging to have him.
Flawless start to a college career. pic.twitter.com/TJBbJNTLpB
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) December 4, 2021
Quinn Ewers in his one year at Ohio State:
College snaps: 2
NIL contracts: $3 million
— Dane Brugler (@dpbrugler) December 4, 2021
What a genius move by Quinn Ewers:
-Reclassify and leave HS early
-Cash in huge NIL money
-Develop at OSU for a year
-Doesn't have to live in Ohio anymore
-Gets to do the recruiting thing over again
-Only needs two more years before going to the NFLMakes sense to me.
— WC (WBOS) (@WolverineCorner) December 4, 2021
“#WreckEm”
Patrick Mahomes’ tweet amidst Quinn Ewers entering the transfer portal 👀 pic.twitter.com/7xjCrHoKhn
— PFF College Football (@PFF_College) December 4, 2021
Texas WR Xavier Worthy already starting to work his recruiting magic on Quinn Ewers. https://t.co/dV05gYThHE
— Brian Davis (@BDavisAAS) December 4, 2021
If Texas Tech was to land a commitment from Quinn Ewers it would no doubt be an historic one for the Tech football program. Ewers was the #1 overall recruit in the Class of 2021 according to Rivals.
Buckle up Tech fans… 🗣 Buckle up! https://t.co/3OM3OTmWRd
— RC Maxfield (@RCMB323) December 3, 2021
Ohio State QB Quinn Ewers hit the portal.
Lincoln Riley is the head coach at USC.
Brian Kelly is the head coach at LSU.
Marcus Freeman is the head coach at Notre Dame.
Oklahoma hasn't hired a head coach.
And all this since Sunday.
— RJ Young (@RJ_Young) December 4, 2021
Ewers got his bread and was like ✌. With CJ being a Heisman finalist it was either going to be Ewers or McCord that hit the portal. Landing Devin Brown yesterday was enormous.
— jbook™ (@jbook37) December 4, 2021
Since 247Sports began ranking prospects in 2000, only two quarterbacks have been given a perfect composite score of 1.0000
• Vince Young
• Quinn EwersWill they both play at Texas??? 👀#ThisIsTexas #HookEm 🤘🏽
— Kyle Umlang (@kyleumlang) December 4, 2021
If Texas doesn't get Quinn Ewers, I might as well shut Orangebloods down. Otherwise, it'll burn down.
Either way… no pressure, Sark.
— Geoff Ketchum (@gkketch) December 4, 2021
Where should 5⭐️ QB Quinn Ewers transfer?pic.twitter.com/iRhSVzWpUB
— PFF College Football (@PFF_College) December 4, 2021
Quinn Ewers, Spencer Rattler, Adrian Martinez and Dillon Gabriel are all headed for the transfer portal. This college football offseason is gonna be nuts. pic.twitter.com/DT4sHZ0oeL
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) December 4, 2021
