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Ohio State’s 5-star QB commit threw for over 350 yards in Texas state title game

Mark Schipper

By Mark Schipper

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Quinn Ewers is the 247 Sports across-the-board number-one quarterback prospect for the class of 2022 and he is committed to play for the Ohio State Buckeyes.

This year, as a junior, he led Southlake Carroll High-School, a traditional Texas superpower, to a 12-2 record and an appearance in the state championship game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.

While the Texas title game is a top-three most pressure-packed situation a high-school athlete can play in, Ewers acquitted himself well in a losing effort, completing 23-of-39 passes for 352 yards and 3 touchdowns.

On the other hand, Ewers also threw 2 interceptions in what ended up a 52-34 championship loss for the Dragons. He’ll have one more opportunity as a senior to return and vindicate the championship game defeat.

Part of the reason that now-former Texas Longhorns head coach Tom Herman was fired from that post was for was losing in-state superstars like Ewers to other schools, both out of state and within. Ewers has spoke in the past of a superlative feeling of understanding between himself and the Ohio State coaching staff and will matriculate there in 2022 to battle for a starting job on the always-in-contention Buckeyes. 

If his performance in the state title game was any indication, Ewers is more than capable of being the starting quarterback for some very talented Buckeyes teams.

Mark Schipper

Mark Schipper is a reporter, sportswriter, and aspiring novelist living in Chicago, Illinois.