Since the invention of Twitter in 2006, the Texas Longhorns Twittersphere hasn’t had a moment like Friday’s commitment from 2022 Southlake Carroll quarterback Quinn Ewers, the nation’s top prospect in the class. Ewers is the first No. 1 prospect to commit to Texas since Vince Young and could join Young as one of six players to earn perfect ratings from 247Sports.
There simply hasn’t been anything like this in the age of social media — perhaps Five-Star Friday was close, the day that the Horns landed Jordan Hicks and Jackson Jeffcoat, but those decisions didn’t have the type of huge ramifications that the Ewers decision does.