- NCAA. Ewers fights back after NFL drops worrying injury bombshell
- NCAA. Will Quinn Ewers' injuries impact his NFL Draft stock? Experts weighs in
Quinn Ewers, the former Texas Longhorns quarterback, is in full damage-control mode as the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine kicks off in Indianapolis on February 27, 2025. A bombshell injury update has flipped the script on his draft stock, leaving NFL teams buzzing and forcing Ewers to clarify his health status ahead of a pivotal pre-draft moment.
Initially reported as a strained oblique from his 2024 season, the injury's now been upgraded to a torn oblique-suffered in Week 2 against Michigan, not UTSA as first thought. Here's why this revelation's got everyone talking and what it means for Ewers' NFL future.
The news broke via NFL Network's Tom Pelissero on February 25, confirming Ewers played 12 games with a torn oblique, a far cry from the "strain" Texas labeled it during the season. "Quinn Ewers played most of last season with a torn oblique muscle, not a strain as was once thought," tweeted Josh Newman of LoneStarLive.com, adding, "That's pretty ridiculous given the numbers he posted in 14 games."
Those numbers-3,472 yards, 31 touchdowns, and 12 picks-look even gutsier now, but the update's raised red flags about his durability. With Ewers set to throw at the Combine (unlike top QBs like Shedeur Sanders), he's scrambling to shift the narrative.
Ewers battles NFL doubts ahead of Combine
Ewers isn't ducking the chatter. "Nobody's 100%," he'd said back in November 2024, shrugging off lingering pain during Texas' playoff run. Now fully healed, he's training with ex-Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy in Dallas, aiming to flash the arm talent that made him the No. 1 recruit in 2021.
"He's healthy and ready to roll," Pelissero noted, hinting this could be Ewers' chance to climb draft boards. Still, the NFL's not sold yet-his PFF ranking as the seventh-best QB prospect reflects skepticism after a season hampered by that oblique tear and a late ankle sprain.
Fans on X are split. Some call him "a warrior" for gutting it out, while others worry, "Injuries keep piling up-can he stay on the field?" The timing's brutal-once a top-5 lock, Ewers' stock dipped from No. 10 to a projected No. 119 pick after 2024's ups and downs. Texas coach Steve Sarkisian's play-calling (60% short throws) masked the injury, but NFL scouts want proof he can air it out.