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Quinn Ewers, NIL, & his Rookie Contract in the League
Posted on 5/9/25 at 1:24 pm
Posted on 5/9/25 at 1:24 pm
Ewers signs a 4 year/$4.33M contract with the Dolphins, only $130k guaranteed, so he will be making around $1.1M per year
He was making $3-4M at Texas per year, and was rumored to have a $5-6M offer to transfer to another school for 1 year
College NIL upside down
He was making $3-4M at Texas per year, and was rumored to have a $5-6M offer to transfer to another school for 1 year
College NIL upside down
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Posted on 5/9/25 at 1:38 pm to charliethehun
He cares about being a Texas Longhorn for the rest of his days and I respect him for taking a stand even when it wasn't in his financial best interest to do so.
I said it the minute he walked out on senior day vs Kentucky that he had some large stones to do that.
I said it the minute he walked out on senior day vs Kentucky that he had some large stones to do that.
Posted on 5/9/25 at 1:40 pm to charliethehun
Good for him. Walked away from more money to have a chance at his dream of playing in the NFL.
Hope it works out for him.
Hope it works out for him.
Posted on 5/9/25 at 1:48 pm to Pimphand
Why did he go to Ohio State if he was all Texas? Sounds real convenient.
Kid just made a dumb decision. Should have stayed in School, collected a big pay day and repositioned himself to be drafted higher.
Cost himself millions.
Kid just made a dumb decision. Should have stayed in School, collected a big pay day and repositioned himself to be drafted higher.
Cost himself millions.
Posted on 5/9/25 at 1:50 pm to BhamDore
Because Tom Herman was the coach at Texas when he left high school.
Posted on 5/9/25 at 2:11 pm to BhamDore
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Why did he go to Ohio State if he was all Texas? Sounds real convenient.
He was committed to Texas for like 2.5 months back in 2020 but two things happened...
1) Ohio State dropped a bag and at the time Texas hadn't gotten NIL organized worth a shite under Herman
2) Tom Herman was a moron and was fired soon after
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Kid just made a dumb decision. Should have stayed in School, collected a big pay day and repositioned himself to be drafted higher.
He made the decision to remain a Texas Longhorn for the rest of his life he will get plenty of speaking engagement opportunities across the state when he hangs up his hat. If he had gone to another program on a one year rental that likely isn't the case so he's not nearly as dumb as you think.
This post was edited on 5/9/25 at 2:12 pm
Posted on 5/9/25 at 2:19 pm to charliethehun
arch couldn’t beat him for the job but is now a heisman candidate 
Posted on 5/9/25 at 2:20 pm to BhamDore
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Why did he go to Ohio State if he was all Texas? Sounds real convenient.
Kid just made a dumb decision. Should have stayed in School, collected a big pay day and repositioned himself to be drafted higher.
Cost himself millions.
Tom Herman. It's pretty common knowledge if you bother to look. He made no secret of it.
Posted on 5/9/25 at 2:22 pm to momentoftruth87
This take is exceptionally dumb..... Sark was always going to be loyal to Quinn for agreeing to transfer to Texas after he dropped the 5-7 turd on the table in 2021.
Perhaps you will believe Sark when he says it himself...
Perhaps you will believe Sark when he says it himself...
This post was edited on 5/9/25 at 2:47 pm
Posted on 5/9/25 at 2:34 pm to charliethehun
Post career, he may make a whole lot more money in his home state if he still has the aura of being a Texas QB. If he chases some one year NIL bag, he may not get in on some of those extra perks a guy like Colt McCoy gets just for being a successful "Texas QB" that is generally well liked. Hell just speaking engagements alone, Colt pulls in 30-50k a pop. That is pretty good money just for showing up and to maybe 10 or so 2-3 hour events a year. Ewers likely doesn't get that if he is an OSU(doesn't really count)/Texas/Team#3.
Posted on 5/9/25 at 3:44 pm to Pimphand
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He was committed to Texas for like 2.5 months back in 2020 but two things happened...
1) Ohio State dropped a bag and at the time Texas hadn't gotten NIL organized worth a shite under Herman
2) Tom Herman was a moron and was fired soon after
I won't get into the Herman piece but Ewers was I think trying to leverage high schools in TX to have NIL? When they said they wouldn't do that for some reason he bolted to OSU? Never really made sense to me honestly but OSU does have a good recent record with QBs
Posted on 5/9/25 at 3:48 pm to charliethehun
His skills are more valuable at the college level than at the NFL level.
Posted on 5/9/25 at 3:54 pm to Buckeye06
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I won't get into the Herman piece but Ewers was I think trying to leverage high schools in TX to have NIL?
AFAIK Ohio State was Quinn's first legitimate offer and he visited y'all a couple of months later once he was a freshman. He committed to Texas briefly but the state of Texas didn't even allow NIL until July 2021 and so he had already signed the LOI and would enroll in Columbus a month later.
He was never going to get a snap in Columbus in 2021 with McCord backing up Stroud
Posted on 5/9/25 at 4:17 pm to Pimphand
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Sark was always going to be loyal to Quinn
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Perhaps you will believe Sark when he says it himself...
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This take is exceptionally dumb.....
I agree, your coach being in the cfp and not playing a “better” qb is the dumbest shite I’ve ever heard. Especially since Quinn had major issues this last season and injuries.
Posted on 5/9/25 at 4:31 pm to momentoftruth87
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I agree, your coach being in the cfp and not playing a “better” qb is the dumbest shite I’ve ever heard. Especially since Quinn had major issues this last season and injuries.
Sark is far from dumb. He is stubborn beyond reason however. Also at least get it right Quinn missed games all 3 years at Texas he never once played a complete season.
Posted on 5/9/25 at 4:41 pm to Pimphand
He's not going to make up that 5 million dollar difference in speaking engagements in the future. Especially if the 5 million was invested and compounded. I doubt if Vince Young has even made that type of money in 20 years after delivering an epic National Championship.
Not only did he lose 5 million this year he could have possibly been drafted much higher next year making 10s of millions more on his first contract as opposed to what he is making as a 7th rd pick.
It was just a dumb impulsive decision. The NFL wasn't going anywhere. He got some bad advice and cost himself and his family probably 10 million + dollars.
The good thing is he got drafted to a team where the starting QB is probably not going to ever start all 17 games and he should get a shot to show something.
Not only did he lose 5 million this year he could have possibly been drafted much higher next year making 10s of millions more on his first contract as opposed to what he is making as a 7th rd pick.
It was just a dumb impulsive decision. The NFL wasn't going anywhere. He got some bad advice and cost himself and his family probably 10 million + dollars.
The good thing is he got drafted to a team where the starting QB is probably not going to ever start all 17 games and he should get a shot to show something.
Posted on 5/9/25 at 4:44 pm to Pimphand
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Sark is far from dumb
His job is to win not to be loyal to a qb. It’s fine with me if he wants to keep making poor decisions though, that’s it arch is truly better than Quinn, which is what you and your fanbase thinks.
Posted on 5/9/25 at 7:35 pm to Pimphand
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AFAIK Ohio State was Quinn's first legitimate offer and he visited y'all a couple of months later once he was a freshman. He committed to Texas briefly but the state of Texas didn't even allow NIL until July 2021 and so he had already signed the LOI and would enroll in Columbus a month later.
He was never going to get a snap in Columbus in 2021 with McCord backing up Stroud
The NCAA didn’t even allow NIL until July 1, 2021. ewers had only completed his junior year, so by the time he reclassified from the 2022 class to the already done 2021 class in late July/early August Texas’s law allowing NIL was already in effect (couldn’t sign before his reclassified). Texas’s NIL law went in effect on same day the NCAA announce its “interim” NIL policy - July 1, 2021
I thought he reclassified because even after Texas and the NCAA allowed NIL in college the state of Texas still prevented NIL in high school sports, and then he stayed with his Ohio State commitment from November 2020 and likely pre-NIL offer from them just made legitimate and maybe bumped a little.
Maybe Ohio State was better prepared for NIL than Texas due Texas having to wait until June to know final wording of the law, but it seems like it wouldn’t be by much. He also later transferred to Texas before the 2023 update to the Texas NIL law.
Unless the new Texas law still had some NIL limits due to Ewer’s age at the time that Ohio didn’t have it seems like the decision between Texas and Ohio State was more than NIL at the time.
This post was edited on 5/9/25 at 7:41 pm
Posted on 5/9/25 at 7:40 pm to charliethehun
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College NIL upside down
A bottle of water is more valuable to someone stranded in the desert than sitting at a bar.
A lot of factors go into someone or something’s value.
Posted on 5/9/25 at 8:49 pm to charliethehun
Eh, the way things are going, he can probably come back to TX after Arch leaves.
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