Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers has declared for the 2025 NFL draft, he announced Wednesday.

Ewers, a redshirt junior with one season of eligibility remaining, led the Longhorns to the College Football Playoff semifinals in each of the last two years. In 36 games at Texas from 2022-24, he passed for 9,128 yards and 64 touchdowns.

“My entire life, I’ve dreamed about playing football on the 40 Acres,” Ewers set in a video posted to social media. “These past three years have been some of the best years I could have imagined. The relationships I’ve built, between coaches and teammates, will last forever. I’m truly thankful for the opportunity to play football in my home state at the best university in the world.

“With prayer and prayerful consideration, I’m officially declaring for the NFL draft.”

Ewers was the No. 1 overall player in the 2021 recruiting class out of Southlake Carroll High School near Dallas, but shocked many when he decommitted from Texas and signed with Ohio State during a period in which NIL laws had not been codified in his home state. He played in one game with the Buckeyes in 2021 before transferring to Texas and becoming the immediate starter behind center as a redshirt freshman in 2022.

Ewers’ departure now leaves the Texas quarterback job open for another former blue-chip recruit, Arch Manning. The No. 1 overall prospect in the 2023 recruiting class, Manning passed for 939 yards and nine touchdowns with also rushing for four scores in 10 games as a redshirt freshman for the Longhorns this past season.

The 2025 NFL draft is set for April 24-26 in Green Bay, Wisc. ESPN’s Mel Kiper has Ewers fifth in his latest quarterback rankings for the draft, behind Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders, Miami’s Cam Ward, Ole Miss’ Jaxson Dart and Alabama’s Jalen Milroe.