In both seasons with the Texas Longhorns, redshirt sophomore quarterback Quinn Ewers has gone down with shoulder injuries, suffering different damage in each shoulder, ultimately missing five total games in 2022 and 2023.
The last time the Longhorns played in the postseason with a chance to win the national championship against the Crimson Tide in 2010, star quarterback Colt McCoy went down on the fifth play from scrimmage for Texas and was unable to continue, thrusting freshman Garrett Gilbert into a spotlight for which he was demonstrably not prepared in committing five turnovers, including a fumble inside the Alabama 20-yard line down 24-21 and two of his four interceptions coming on the final two possessions.