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Quinn Ewers’ Body Transformation Ahead of 2025 NFL Draft Catches Attention

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Michael Gallagher | Last updated Feb 19, 2025 1:40 PM ET

Where Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers will be selected in the 2025 NFL draft is one of the more hotly debated topics of the college football offseason.

Ewers began the year as a borderline first-round pick but saw his draft stock fall after struggling with inconsistency and ineffectiveness in some of UT’s biggest games against its top opponents like Georgia (twice), Oklahoma and Ohio State.

With the combine a little over a week away and the draft two-and-a-half months away, Ewers is seemingly making small changes to improve his draft stock, and he’s started with changing his body.

Ewers was measured at 6-foot-2 and 210 pounds ahead of last season, but according to ESPN draft expert Matt Miller, he’s since bulked up to better handle the beating his body will likely take in the NFL.

“His camp has told me he’s put on 10-15 pounds of ‘good weight,’” Miller recently stated on “NFL Live.” “If you remember, he lost some weight between his freshman and sophomore seasons at Texas to be a little more agile.

"I think he’s going to put on a show at the Combine, and we know he’s going to interview well. So he could be another one of those names that as teams have these needs at quarterback, Quinn Ewers is the guy that could be going up.”

Ewers threw for 3,472 yards, 31 touchdowns and 12 interceptions this season while leading the Longhorns to the College Football Playoff semifinal, where they fell 28-14 to eventual national champion Ohio State.

Though some scouts are down on Ewers with the way his junior season ended, Miller believes there’s plenty of room for him to rise up draft boards between now and April, especially if he has a good showing at the combine.

“I know he did not have the best year this past season,” Miller added. “The oblique tear, the ankle injury. But he took Texas back. They were in back-to-back College Football Playoff semifinal games.

"He was the No. 1 overall recruit in his class — one of the highest-rated prep quarterbacks of all time, by the way. He’s still 21 years old because he reclassified, skipped his senior year of high school. I’m expecting a pretty big combine workout from Quinn Ewers.”

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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