The Seattle Seahawks, despite adding both Sam Darnold and Drew Lock to the team this offseason, could still be in the market for a quarterback. General manager John Schneider said as much during his weekly show on Seattle Sports 710. While the Seahawks have already met with Alabama’s Jalen Milroe and Louisville’s Tyler Shough, there is another path the team could travel down as well.
On NFL.com‘s latest seven-round mock draft, they have the Seahawks selecting Arizona wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan as a way to bolster their wide receiver corps. following the departures of Tyler Lockett and DK Metcalf. Makes sense, of course. But where it gets interesting is in the second round, where Seattle has two picks, NFL.com has the Seahawks selecting Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers at pick No. 52 overall – the second rounder they got for Metcalf from the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Ewers was originally with the Ohio State Buckeyes, but then transferred to Texas where he was the Longhorns’ starting quarterback from 2022-2024. During his tenure on the Forty Acres, Ewers was instrumental in helping to re-establish Texas’ brand as a national powerhouse contender. He guided the Longhorns to back-to-back College Football Playoff semi-final appearances, two playoff wins, a Big XII title in Texas’ final year in the conference and a trip to the SEC championship in their first year. Throughout his collegiate career, Ewers passed for 9,128 yards, 68 touchdown passes against only 24 interceptions and accumulated a 27-9 record as a starter.
However, I say this as someone who watched nearly every singly Texas game from the last few years: while Quinn Ewers was certainly a solid college quarterback, and was capable of making big time throws (his performance in overtime of the Peach Bowl was nothing short of sublime), there was always a sense the Longhorns offense was underperforming. It felt as if there was a hard ceiling and the reason was related to who was under center. Ewers was good, but far too often it seemed as if he did not have that “X” factor in the biggest moments elevating him – and Texas – to greatness.
Needless to say, this is not necessarily the quarterback I would want Seattle to invest such a lofty draft pick in, especially since in this mock draft the Seahawks only pick one guard in their top five picks in the first three rounds. The draft capital can be spent better elsewhere to support Sam Darnold.
This article originally appeared on Seahawks Wire: Seahawks select Texas QB Quinn Ewers in latest 2025 NFL mock