Why Quinn Ewers can lead Texas Football back to glory

Breaking down what the addition of five-star quarterback Quinn Ewers will mean for the Texas football program.

In terms of big recruiting victories, it won’t get much bigger for Steve Sarkisian and Texas football than landing five-star quarterback Quinn Ewers.

Not only is Ewers a Texas high school legend, even though he didn’t even play his senior season, instead opting to enroll early at Ohio State, but he was the No. 1 overall prospect and quarterback in the 2022 recruiting class before he decided to reclassify.

Obviously, he wants to play sooner than he will likely get the chance at Ohio State, so Ewers entered the transfer portal and it was clear he eyed a return to Texas.

Texas football, who held Ewers commitment at one time during the recruiting process, before things with Tom Herman got shaky, became an immediate contender.

Texas Tech was another team in the mix. Texas A&M also seemed like a great fit but the Aggies have their own five-star QB coming in 2022, so Texas football made perfect sense and Ewers pulled the trigger on a commitment Sunday night.

Now, we look at what it means for the Texas football program and why Ewers is the guy to lead the Longhorns back to glory.

Ewers is the best prospect since Vince Young

To say that landing Ewers is a major addition is an understatement. It’s massive and he’s the best player the Texas football program has recruited since Vince Young.

And we all know how that worked out.

I’m not saying that Ewers is going to have that kind of impact. But if any player can lead Texas football back national title contention, Ewers has got to be it.

There are some other exciting pieces at Texas and Sarkisian is another reason for optimism. Now, the head coach has his quarterback and a guy with the ability to be the No. 1 overall pick.

Texas hasn’t had a superstar quarterback in a long time and now it does, which might just prove to be the missing piece.