Since taking over as the full-time quarterback for the Texas Longhorns, senior Sam Ehlinger has been rewriting the Texas record books.
By the end of his junior season, Ehlinger held outright or was tied for seven of the school’s passing records, putting his name alongside Colt McCoy, Major Applewhite, and Vince Young statistically as the best quarterbacks in Texas history.
The senior actually sits at second all-time in several different statistical categories, but overtaking McCoy would require also breaking McCoy’s single-season record for the same feat. For example, he sits second behind McCoy in career passing yards, but to overtake him, Ehlinger would also need to break Colt’s single-season yardage total by nearly 500 yards.