Austin – No. 4/3/3 Texas Football junior QB Quinn Ewers was named to the Davey O'Brien Postseason Great 8, the Davey O'Brien Foundation announced Wednesday.
Ewers was honored for his performance against fourth-seed No. 10/10/12 Arizona State in the CFP Quarterfinal/Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, a game in which he led the Longhorns to a 39-31 overtime victory on January 1 in Atlanta. In that game, he completed 20-of-30 passes for 322 yards and three touchdowns in addition to scoring a rushing touchdown.
With the game in the balance, Ewers threw critical touchdown passes on consecutive plays in the overtime sessions.