In our latest installment of GM Sports Media College Athlete Of The Week, we turn to Texas sophomore quarterback and Southlake Carroll grad Quinn Ewers, which second award of the year.
He was named athlete of the week after UT beat Alabama earlier this season.
Winners are athletes that played high school in DFW.
In a record-setting performance, Ewers was 35 of 46 for 452 yards with four touchdowns as UT defeated Oklahoma State 49-21 in the Big 12 championship game at AT&T Stadium on Saturday.
Texas captured its fourth Big 12 title and first since 2009
Then on Sunday, UT clinched a spot in the College Football Playoff.
Ewers was the first play to throw four touchdown passes in the fist half of a Big 12 championship game. His 458 yards passing was the most passing yards in a Big 12 championship game – passing Oklahoma’s Sam Bradford, who threw for 384 yards vs Missouri in 2008.
In 11 games this year, Ewers has thrown for 3,161 yards and 21 touchdowns. Last year, he was honorable mention Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Year after starting in 10 games. he threw for 2,177 yards and 15 TDs. Ewers was the top ranked player out of Carroll and an All-American.
In his Carroll HS career, he threw for 6,500 yards and 73 touchdowns to only 8 INTs and had a 70 completion percentage. He added 12 TDs in 22 career games.
Past Winners
Quinn Ewers (SLC)/Kyndal Stowers (Guyer)
Chandler Rogers (Lake Ridge)/Kate Lang (Keller)
Lily Bickley (Eaton)
Billy Bowman Jr. (Guyer)
Josh Hoover (Rockwall-Heath)
Payton Chamberlain (Byron Nelson)
Alli Wells (Waxahachie)
Caitlin Kobiske (Keller Central)
Ollie Gordon (Euless Trinity)
