Former Longhorns quarterback "lighting it up" in Miami Dolphins training camp

The Miami Dolphins may have gotten a "steal" in the 7th round of the 2025 NFL Draft with Quinn Ewers falling into their laps. He's been doing everything right for Mike McDaniel and his offensive staff throughout the past three months.

Though nagging injuries in 2024 hampered his ability to do some more impressive things, Ewers was highly regarded for his overall toughness, mentality, and ability to handle pressure both on and off the field.

Chris Grier discussed how Steve Sarkisian helped convince the Dolphins to select Ewers on day three shortly after the NFL Draft concluded:

"We’ve talked to Coach Sarkisian about him and, you know, Sark really likes and was high and was talking about him playing through the injuries this year, which affected his play a little bit,” Grier said. “But, talked about his toughness, his mental toughness, of pushing through with the injury, the expectations, all the pressure, you know, with (Arch) Manning there coming in. He loved his competitiveness and how he plays and how his teammates respond to him"

It's not easy to be struggling with injuries while an "up and coming" quarterback is right behind you on the depth chart, and that obviously played into his performance and perception in 2024.

Now with Miami, Ewers is healthy and looking extremely good whenever he's on the field. Everywhere you look on social media regarding Dolphins training camp, it's Ewers throwing a touchdown or making a nice play with whatever offensive unit he gets to roll with.

It's one thing to get the fans and crowd hyped up on a fairly consistent basis, but it's another to draw the type of rave reviews that he has from his coaches and fellow teammates.

If Ewers continues to play like this throughout the rest of training camp and during the preseason, there's a very good chance that he'll end up beating out Zach Wilson for the No.2 quarterback job this year.