Quinn Ewers scouting report: Texas’ Heisman contender gets compared to NFL’s hottest QB in 2024

Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers is one of the biggest names in college football. As arguably the best quarterback in college football on the number one team, he gets attention as a potential top pick in the 2025 NFL draft. Ewers is eligible to enter the draft in the spring and is expected to do so.

Ewers has received national attention since his high school playing career when he was a top recruit. He had his first stand-out performance last fall in a game against Alabama. He threw for 349 yards and three touchdowns in a 34-24 win for Texas.

That performance got Ewers into the Heisman conversation, but like last season, a mid-season injury significantly reduced his chances of winning the award. Ewers missed two full games this season after getting injured against UTSA on Sept. 14. Fortunately, he returned on Saturday to help Texas defeat Oklahoma 34-3.

Now that he is back in the lineup, scouts will look at him as a top prospect. Before the injury, he had been compared to one of the NFL's hottest quarterbacks, Baker Mayfield.

Quinn Ewers draws comparisons to Baker Mayfield

Baker Mayfield is the quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and has seen a career resurgence since joining the Bucs in 2023. Although Mayfield struggled early in his NFL career, he had the credentials to show he could become an elite quarterback like he is today.

Mayfield primarily played for Oklahoma in college and won the Heisman Trophy with them in 2017. This led to him becoming the number one overall pick for the Cleveland Browns in 2018.

NFL analyst and former scout Daniel Jeremiah said this about Ewers before the season:

"I couldn't come up with a perfect comp for Ewers after studying the three games. The first name that popped into my head was a throwback to my younger days as a scout: Kevin Kolb. Something about Ewers' delivery and play style evoked that old-school name."

"However, the more game tape I watched, the more I thought of Baker Mayfield. Both guys have a quick twitch in everything they do -- seeing the field, setting up in the pocket and delivering the ball. There's a moxie and playmaking skill set to build around with both guys. I don't think Ewers is quite as polished as Mayfield was at the same point in his college career, but I do see similar upside and potential."

Ewers is not expected to be the number-one pick like Mayfield, but he should be a first-round pick. Some mock drafts even have him near the top 10.