Xavier Worthy, Longhorns 'Dialed in' to QB Quinn Ewers

Quinn Ewers has taken a major step forward this offseason, and Xavier Worthy revealed exactly how.

Matt Galatzan | Aug 28, 2023

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The Texas Longhorns begin their season on Saturday against the Rice Owls in Austin with huge expectations behind them.

One of the biggest reasons for those massive expectations is the improvements made by starting quarterback Quinn Ewers, who, by all accounts looks like a totally new player.

And according to Longhorns star wide receiver Xavier Worthy, the biggest change Ewers made was to his leadership qualities.

"Overall, like I said his leadership," Worthy said. "He's become way more vocal. Telling us that oh... I want you to do this, I want you to do that. I just feel like everybody's gonna dial in and listen to him when he does it."

For the Longhorns to be successful, Ewers needs to live up to his talent and expectations.

But the Southlake native has yet to do that on the field thus far.

At times, Ewers looked like the best player on the field last season. While at others, he still looked like a high school senior.

But after what he has seen from Ewers this offseason, Worthy believes Ewers has made the necessary adjustments to take the step forward to becoming a complete quarterback.

"I feel like his mindset, he got more comfortable," Worthy said. "Just talking about the throws and talking about where you want the ball, and as a receiver, I feel like that's easier for us because we have a stable quarterback and somebody that we can work with after practice. So I feel like that was the biggest thing."

Ewers will get his chance to prove just that when the Longhorns take the field against Rice on Saturday at 2:30.

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Published Aug 28, 2023

MATT GALATZAN

Matt Galatzan is the Managing Editor and Publisher of Texas Longhorns On SI and Texas A&M Aggies On SI and a long-time member of the Football Writer’s Association of America. He graduated from the University of Mississippi, where he studied integrated marketing communications, with minors in journalism and business administration. Galatzan started in the sports journalism industry in 2014 covering the Dallas Mavericks and SMU Mustangs with 247Sports. He then moved to Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation network in 2020, eventually being taking over as the Managing Editor and Publisher of the Longhorns and Aggies sites a year later. You can find Galatzan on all major social media channels, including Twitter on @MattGalatzan.