When Texas Longhorns starting quarterback Quinn Ewers went down with an abdominal injury in Saturday’s 56-7 win over UTSA, there was concern the junior signal-caller could miss a significant amount of time.
But fortunately for UT, the school got good news on Sunday when it was revealed that Ewers is listed as week-to-week and could return after next weekend’s game against Louisiana Monroe, according to a report from ESPN’s Pete Thamel.
“There’s no set timetable for a return, but optimism after consulting with doctors the last 24 hours,” Thamel said. “Orangebloods first reported the week to week diagnosis.”
The non-contact injury happened in the second quarter of Saturday’s game. Ewers had completed 14-of-16 passes for 185 yards, two touchdowns and an interception before leaving the game and giving way to sophomore QB Arch Manning.
In relief, Manning, the nephew of NFL legends Peyton and Eli Manning, light up the UTSA secondary. The 19-year-old signal-caller threw for 223 yards and four touchdowns, and he added a 67-yard rushing touchdown as well.
Ewers missed two games last season with an AC-joint injury to his throwing shoulder. After missing wins over BYU and then-No. 23-ranked Kansas State, Ewers returned to lead the Longhorns to wins over Iowa State, Texas Tech and Oklahoma State before they fell 37-31 to Washington in the College Football Playoff semifinal.
After Saturday’s game, Manning (+1600) actually had higher odds to win the Heisman Trophy than Ewers, who entered the week as the Heisman favorite with +500 odds but dropped off the board completely after exiting the UTSA game according to DraftKings.
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Injured Texas QB Quinn Ewers week-to-week, likely out vs. Louisiana Monroe
Texas star quarterback Quinn Ewers’ availability is week-to-week because of an oblique strain, and he is likely to miss the next game for the new No. 1 Longhorns, ESPN reported Sunday afternoon. Texas hosts Louisiana Monroe this Saturday, then opens Southeastern Conference play against visiting Mississippi State on Sept. 28. Then after an off week, Texas faces No. 15 Oklahoma on Oct. 12 in Dallas and hosts No. 2 Georgia on Oct. 19. Orangebloods.com first reported Ewers’ playing status. Ewers exited Saturday’s 56-7 victory over UTSA early in the second quarter due to a strained abdomen, coach Steve Sarkisian said. Highly regarded backup Arch Manning replaced Ewers and he accounted for five touchdowns (four passing, one rushing) for the then-No. 2 Longhorns. Manning completed 9 of 12 passes for 223 yards. Ewers completed 14 of 16 passes for 185 yards, two touchdowns and one interception before exiting. “Quinn has an oblique strain, an abdomen strain,” Sarkisian said after the game. “It remains to be seen, you know, the seriousness of that or the length of that, but that’s what it is. We don’t think it’s anything structural or broken — it was an odd play. But again, that gave Arch an opportunity to get some valuable playing time and experience.” Ewers threw for 3,479 yards and 22 touchdowns against six interceptions last season while leading Texas to a Big 12 championship and College Football Playoff appearance.
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