By Bane Rossi

09.12.2023

Sophomore QB Quinn Ewers was named the Maxwell Player of the Week Award and Davey O’Brien National Quarterback of the Week.

AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Football quarterback Quinn Ewers was named the Maxwell Player of the Week by the Maxwell Football Club and the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback of the Week by the Davey O’Brien Foundation, the organizations announced on Tuesday.

Ewers, a native of Southlake, Texas, completed 24-of-38 passes for 349 yards and three touchdowns to guide the Longhorns to a 34-24 victory over then-No. 3 Alabama in Tuscaloosa, its first road win over a top-3 team since 1969.

The sophomore led the Longhorns’ 21-point fourth quarter effort with a pair of touchdown passes that lifted Texas to victory and snapped the Crimson Tide’s 21-game home winning streak. In that fourth quarter, Ewers completed 6-of-7 passes for 135 yards and the two scores.

Ewers also earned Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week and Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week honors and was named a Manning Star of the Week for his performance that snapped Alabama’s 21-game home winning streak. It also halted Alabama’s 57-game regular-season winning streak against nonconference teams.

The Maxwell Football Club was founded in 1935 and is the oldest football organization of its kind in America. The Club recognizes excellence in performance at the high school, collegiate and professional levels of the game. The Maxwell Club is also deeply involved and fully vested in the community through programs to promote academic excellence, community volunteerism, and leadership. High school student-athletes around the country have an opportunity to participate in MFC Showcase events, free of charge, through the generosity of our corporate partners, Ivy Rehab, SAFR, the ETC Foundation and the Run Around Inc.

The Davey O’Brien Foundation was created in 1977, and the National Quarterback Award, the oldest and most prestigious college quarterback award, was first issued in 1981. Over its time, the Davey O’Brien Foundation has given away more than $1.3 million in scholarships and university grants to help high school and college athletes transform leadership on the field into leadership in life.

COURTESY TEXAS ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS