A five-star phenom in high school, Ewers skipped his senior season at Southlake Carroll and enrolled early at Ohio State. After backing up future Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud as a freshman,

Texas quarterback and Texas native Quinn Ewers once played for Ohio State. After spending a semester deep on the depth chart in Columbus, Ewers headed back home to become the leader of Steve Sarkisian’s rebuilding project with the Longhorns.

As Ohio State and Texas clash in the Cotton Bowl, a unique chapter of Ewers’ and the Buckeyes’ past has returned to the spotlight.