Texas QB Quinn Ewers continues to get some prominent placement in 2025 NFL mock drafts, but that lofty potential first-round status continues to take hits. Perhaps the biggest jolt to Ewers as a draft prospect came Saturday night, when Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian benched Ewers for celebrated freshman QB Arch Manning.

Quinn Ewers is a polarizing quarterback -- not just at Texas where Arch Manning waits in the wings with a good deal of support behind him to become the starter now, but also throughout the world of college football when it comes to his prospects as an NFL prospect.

The former No. 1 team in the country got its hindquarters kicked and its quarterback had to digest a benching. The unblockable Georgia Bulldogs routed the Texas Longhorns 30-15 and there were plenty of fingers to point after the disappointing showing in front of 105,