Shedeur Sanders wasn’t the one star school quarterback coping with draft disappointment.
Quinn Ewers, who led Texas to back-to-back journeys to the Faculty Soccer Playoff, was taken within the seventh spherical by the Dolphins with decide No. 231.
His girlfriend, Madelyn Barnes, thinks 31 groups will find yourself crammed with remorse.
“Miami child!!” Barnes wrote on her Instagram Story. “Time to show ’em all fallacious.”
Barnes additionally included a video from the College of Texas of an emotional Ewers presumably getting the decision from Miami’s draft struggle room after he received phrase that the group chosen him.
Ewers, 22, was embraced by his household after placing down the cellphone and wiping away tears.
Barnes, a advertising and marketing pupil at Oklahoma, and Ewers seem to have been relationship for over two years based mostly on pictures she shared on her Instagram.
“So extremely proud and overjoyed!!” Barnes added on Instagram. “Quinn, you might be so deserving of this and a complete lot extra! You’re essentially the most pushed, devoted, and real man each on and off the sector. I’m so excited for this journey and to observe you reside out your desires. GO DOLPHINS!!”
Ewers’ fall was not as stunning as Sanders, who went within the fifth spherical to the Browns, however there was an opportunity he can be a Day 2 or early Day 3 decide. As a substitute, solely 26 gamers went after him.
Ewers was a three-year starter for the Longhorns after transferring from Ohio State and threw for 9,128 yards and 68 touchdowns in opposition to 24 interceptions.
Ewers had gone viral earlier within the draft due to the precipitous quantity of animal heads within the background proven in a video of him ready for his identify to be known as on the draft.
Throughout his remaining two years in Austin, Ewers fended off Arch Manning for the beginning job.
“Sark [Texas coach Steve Sarkisian] actually likes him and was excessive on him, speaking about him enjoying by means of the accidents this 12 months — which affected his play a bit of bit,” Dolphins GM Grier stated, per ESPN.
“However [Sarkisian] talked about his toughness, his psychological toughness pushing by means of with the harm, the expectations, all of the strain with [Arch] Manning there coming in. He liked his competitiveness and the way he performs, and the way his teammates reply to him. So, he was somebody that we all the time had a watch on and the chance at that time within the draft simply made sense for us.”
Ewers will be part of starter Tua Tagovailoa and Zach Wilson, who signed with Miami this offseason, within the Dolphins’ quarterback room.
Ewers is thought for his passing accuracy, however his arm power — or lack thereof — is probably going the rationale he tumbled down draft boards.
“Pushing the soccer down the sector and outdoors the quantity has not been form to Ewers this season,” based on Bleacher Report’s scouting tackle the QB. “His passes are dropping steam the additional he makes an attempt to down the sector. His arm is practical and environment friendly however not nice by any means.”
