Will the Ohio State football team keep Quinn Ewers?

A lot can happen between now and 2022 when Ewers is supposed to be on campus. Can the Ohio State football program keep him committed? 

Quinn Ewers is the top-ranked prospect in the country for 2022. As a quarterback, he is supposed to be the next Trevor Lawrence. He would be the best prospect the Buckeyes have ever grabbed. That is if he stays committed to the Buckeyes until 2022.

Ryan Day’s track record as an offensive play-caller and his work with quarterbacks is what has gotten the Texan to go out of state and commit to Ohio State. If Day wants to keep him, a lot of questions need to be answered in the next year or so.

Perhaps the most obvious question that needs answered is who the starting quarterback is going to be next season. If it’s Kyle McCord, there’s a reduced chance Ewers would grab the starting job right away as a freshman. Ewers is not the kind of prospect to wait around to start.

If it’s either C.J. Stroud or Jack Miller, that would probably be the most ideal scenario to keep Ewers. They would be easier to replace. The starting QB for next season is not the only factor in keeping the top prospect of the 2022 class.

The new head coach at Texas will undoubtedly try to pry Ewers from Columbus. Steve Sarkisian is the new coach at UT and is coming off a national championship victory over the Buckeyes as the offensive coordinator at Alabama. He definitely has some pull as an offensive play-caller.

I don’t see Texas being able to bring Ewers back home. Their program has fallen so far that it wouldn’t make sense for Ewers to end up there. That wouldn’t be the place that steals him. Somewhere like Oklahoma that is still close to home and good with QB’s might be more of a threat.

As of right now, I don’t believe there is any reason to worry about losing Ewers’ commitment. But as I said before, a lot can happen between now and 2022. The Ohio State football program just has to show that’s where he belongs.