Texas Football: What do the Longhorns do IF Quinn Ewers gets hurt?
By Robbie Price
This week, we’re going to kick off a new weekly segment called “What If Wednesdays” in which we attempt to pass the time of the offseason by coming up with Texas Football hypotheticals, some more ridiculous than others.
Today’s “What If” scenario is not ridiculous; in fact, it is very likely that this situation will come up at some point in the 2023 season if it is anything like the 2022 campaign when Texas’ starting QB hurt his shoulder in Week 2.
What if Quinn Ewers gets hurt this fall?
What does Texas football do if QB Quinn Ewers gets hurt again this fall?
The nightmare scenario for every football team is QB1 going down for any amount of time. Last year, Texas had a talented, experienced backup in Hudson Card. Card brought security when Ewers left the field by maintaining a high floor to the offense. His ability to keep the offense moving was exactly what one wants in a backup QB.
In 2023 Texas will have more talent behind Ewers in the QB room, but that talent will lack experience. Sources were high on true freshman Arch Manning in spring camp, and everyone got to see Maalik Murphy ball out during the spring game. So who would get the nod if Ewers were to go down? I don’t think the answer is as obvious as some may think, and there are two different situations that have different needs. Let’s dive in…