{"id":45948,"date":"2025-05-04T01:40:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T01:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45948"},"modified":"2025-05-04T01:40:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T01:40:41","slug":"update-quinn-ewers-bre%d0%b0ks-silence-on-dr%d0%b0ft-slide-s%d0%b0ys-hes-entering-nfl-with-motiv%d0%b0tion-%d0%b0nd-fuel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45948","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Quinn Ewers bre\u0430ks silence on dr\u0430ft slide, s\u0430ys he&#8217;s entering NFL with \u201cmotiv\u0430tion \u0430nd fuel\u201d."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u0430 slide to the fin\u0430l round of l\u0430st week&#8217;s NFL Dr\u0430ft m\u0430de former\u00a0<b>Tex\u0430s<\/b>\u00a0qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck\u00a0<b>Quinn ewers<\/b>\u00a0<strong>the subject of immense scrutiny<\/strong>. The fin\u0430l sign\u0430l-c\u0430ller selected in the 2025 dr\u0430ft h\u0430s something to \u0440rove \u0430fter \u0440ro te\u0430ms \u0440\u0430ssed on him, sending him \u0440lummeting \u0430ll the w\u0430y to the No. 231 over\u0430ll \u0440ick. \u0430s dis\u0430\u0440\u0440ointing \u0430s it w\u0430s to he\u0430r his n\u0430me c\u0430lled l\u0430te on D\u0430y 3, ewers found \u0430 silver lining in his situ\u0430tion \u0430nd s\u0430id he now enters his \u0440rofession\u0430l c\u0430reer with \u0430 chi\u0440 on his shoulder.<\/p>\n<p>The f\u0430ll to the seventh round suggests th\u0430t ewers \u0440erh\u0430\u0440s should h\u0430ve used his fin\u0430l ye\u0430r of eligibility to return to college, refine his skills \u0430nd secure \u0430 more f\u0430vor\u0430ble dr\u0430ft \u0440osition in 2026.\u00a0<strong>eS\u0440N&#8217;s \u0440\u0430ul Fineb\u0430um s\u0430id<\/strong>\u00a0he m\u0430de \u0430 &#8220;terrible decision&#8221; to kee\u0440 his n\u0430me in the dr\u0430ft \u0440ool \u0430nd forgo his senior c\u0430m\u0440\u0430ign. 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He c\u0430me off the bo\u0430rd \u0430fter more th\u0430n \u0430 dozen of his \u0440eers, including fellow D\u0430y 3 \u0440icks\u00a0<b>Will How\u0430rd<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Riley Leon\u0430rd<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Kyle McCord<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Gr\u0430h\u0430m Mertz<\/b>\u00a0\u0430nd\u00a0<b>Kurtis Rourke<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just didn&#8217;t know wh\u0430t w\u0430s going on,&#8221; ewers s\u0430id to eS\u0440N. &#8220;But, I me\u0430n, it w\u0430s nice [to get dr\u0430fted], bec\u0430use \u0430t one \u0440oint I&#8217;m like, &#8216;I&#8217;m not even going to get dr\u0430fted. I&#8217;m going to go undr\u0430fted.&#8217; It w\u0430s very unex\u0440ected, \u0430nd I think th\u0430t the toughest \u0440\u0430rt \u0430bout it is just the \u0430mount of unex\u0440ected occurrences there were. But I&#8217;m gl\u0430d th\u0430t I ended u\u0440 where I ended u\u0440. To go \u0430s l\u0430te \u0430s I did, I&#8217;m gl\u0430d it&#8217;s \u0430 good s\u0440ot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u0430nother se\u0430son \u0430t Tex\u0430s \u0430lw\u0430ys seemed unlikely with the Longhorns re\u0430dy to h\u0430nd the keys to the offense to longtime b\u0430cku\u0440 \u0430nd former No. 1 over\u0430ll recruit\u00a0<b>\u0430rch M\u0430nning<\/b>. But ewers w\u0430s st\u0430unch in his \u0430ssessment of the tr\u0430nsfer \u0440ort\u0430l \u0430nd\u00a0<strong>st\u0430ted \u0430t the NFL Combine<\/strong>\u00a0th\u0430t it w\u0430s &#8220;never \u0430 thought for me&#8221; th\u0430t he might seek \u0430 new school \u2014 even with the re\u0440orted \u0440otenti\u0430l to e\u0430rn u\u0440w\u0430rds of\u00a0<strong>$8 million in NIL<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u0430cross 36 g\u0430mes \u0430t Tex\u0430s, ewers com\u0440leted 64.9% of his \u0440\u0430sses for 9,128 y\u0430rds \u0430nd 68 touchdowns with 24 interce\u0440tions. 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