AUSTIN, Texas — Redshirt junior Quinn Ewers, the starting quarterback for the No. 2 Texas Longhorns and an early-season Heisman contender following two strong performances to open the 2024 season, will not return to Saturday’s game against the UTSA Roadrunners after leaving the game early in the second quarter with what head coach Steve Sarkisian described as a “strained abdomen.”
Ewers went down on the field following a handoff on the fourth Texas drive, which started with a 49-yard pass to senior tight end Gunnar Helm.
The coaching staff took Ewers’ helmet as he received attention in the medical tent, he did pull his jersey over his head in frustration as he walked gingerly to the tent.