Quinn Ewers reportedly has a $6 million NIL offer to move out of Texas, but a former Longhorn seems to believe that would be a huge mistake.
On3 Sports reported this on Tuesday that Ewers has a huge offer in front of him to stay in the collegiate ranks and enter the transfer portal instead of turning pro.
Ewers made the decision to return to school in 2024, but with a sub-par season by his standards, his draft stock has dropped.
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Johntay Cook II at Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium on September 14, 2024 in Austin, Texas. (Miya Tanner/The University of Texas Athletics/University Images via Getty Images)
But Johntay Cook, who played at Ewers the past two seasons, says the school would regret it.
In respond to the report about XCook said the school would “(really) waste your money.” His X account has since been made private.
Cook played for the Longhorns in 2023 and 2024 before moving to Washington. With the Longhorns, he caught 16 passes for 273 yards and two touchdowns in 20 total games.
Ewers has Texas as the fifth seed in the College Football Playoff, and they will face Arizona State in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.
Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers throws a pass during the second half against Clemson in the first round of the College Football Playoff, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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A majority of questions about Texas quarterbacks entering the transfer portal are directed at freshmen Bow Manning. He dismissed rumors on Monday that this would happen.
“I mean, I really don’t have any plans to go into the portal or anything,” the redshirt freshman said. per Rivals. “So I don’t really know anything about it, all the windows and stuff.”
Notre Dame was investigated in a Sports illustrated post as a possible landing spot for Ewers, as the team will see Riley Leonard leave after this season. However, Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman said the team had no plans to enter the transfer portal for a quarterback.
Quinn Ewers of the Texas Longhorns throws the ball during the first quarter against the Clemson Tigers in the first round of the College Football Playoff at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on December 21, 2024 in Austin, Texas. (Jack Gorman/Getty Images)
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Ewers committed to Texas in 2020, but decommitted to join Ohio State. He had just two snaps with the Buckeyes in 2021 before transferring to Texas for the 2022 season.
Fox News’ Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.
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