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Texas football quarterback Quinn Ewers has landed on the 2024 preseason Maxwell Award watchlist for the second year in a row. The award has been given to the College Player of the Year since 1937.
The third year quarterback is coming off of the best season of his career, leading the Longhorns to a 12-2 record and their first-ever College Football Playoff appearance. He’s thrown for 5,656 career passing yards and 37 career touchdowns, respectively the eighth and seventh most all time in Texas history.
Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers (3) sends a pass to a team mate in the third quarter of the Big 12 Conference Championship game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. Texas won the game 49-21 to become 2023 Big 12 Conference Champions.
Ewers completed 272-of-294 passes (69%) for 3,479 yards, 22 touchdowns and just six interceptions this past year. His best moments included throwing for 349 yards and three touchdowns to beat Alabama and putting on a stellar performance against Oklahoma State in the Big 12 Championship, passing for 452 yards and four touchdowns.
The hype for Ewers’ 2024 season has already begun. He is one of the favorites to win the Heisman Trophy as Texas enters the SEC and is one of the cover players for the recently released College Football ’25 video game. Washington quarterback Michael Penix won the 2023 Maxwell Award, leading the Huskies to an undefeated regular season and the College Football Playoff.
This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Texas football’s Quinn Ewers lands on 2024 watchlist for Maxwell Award
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Author : Austin American-Statesman
Publish date : 2024-07-29 18:28:44
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