Texas QB Quinn Ewers potentially leaving Longhorns for transfer portal after College Football Playoff could lead to a Jackson Arnold situation in Austin | Sporting News
Texas QB Quinn Ewers potentially leaving Longhorns for transfer portal after College Football Playoff could lead to a Jackson Arnold situation in Austin image
FanSided’s Wynston Wilcox believes Texas QB Quinn Ewers’ potential exit from Austin via the transfer portal after the College Football Playoff could lead the Longhorns into a Jackson Arnold situation with Arch Manning.
“It’s a real possibility Ewers departs to another program and is the missing piece to get them over the hump,” Wilconx wrote. “If Ewers enters the transfer portal his phone would blow up from all the calls he’s going to be getting to lure him to a prospective program.
“And he could very well pull a Dillon Gabriel and prove why it was a mistake to force him out. I’m sure when Texas got Arch Manning they were planning for Ewers to enter the draft. So with that philosophy, it made sense to usher Manning in as the incumbent.
“But with Ewers’ draft stock falling to the wayside, it wouldn’t benefit him to leave now. And now that Texas is sending subliminal signs that they’re ready to turn to Manning, it could come back to haunt them. Oklahoma turned to Jackson Arnold and that was a mistake. At one point, Arnold was benched this season for a true freshman to replace him. That’s not quite what the Sooners envisioned when they groomed him to replace Gabriel. Texas could have that same fate.”
Manning, like Arnold, is a threat with his legs. Oklahoma’s QB1 just went for 131 rushing yards in a shocking Week 13 win over Alabama. Manning, though, already has more 300-yard passing games than Arnold, who has yet to have one.
The Arnold situation in Norman has a lot to do with the Denton, Texas native not gelling with Seth Littrell and the Sooners’ offensive staff. Manning brings a different dynamic to the Longhorns and has an exponentially higher ceiling. He also is a proven success working with Texas offensive coordinator Kyle Flood.
Don’t expect anything close to an Arnold situation in Austin. The ingredients just aren’t there.
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