Heading into Saturday’s second scrimmage, the Texas Longhorns have their starting quarterback after head coach Steve Sarkisian named redshirt freshman Quinn Ewers the starter over redshirt sophomore Hudson Card on Friday.
After starting the first two games last season, Card was replaced by Casey Thompson, now the starter at Nebraska, for the Rice game and didn’t make another start despite Thompson’s thumb injury, eventually finishing 51-of-83 passing for 590 yards with five touchdowns and one interception.
Thompson departed for Nebraska after Ewers committed to Texas after spending the fall at Ohio State following his late re-classification from the 2022 recruiting class.