Steve Sarkisian confirmed earlier on Thursday that Ewers will receive the start for the Longhorns in Dallas.
For the second time in the last three years, the Texas Longhorns will get starting quarterback Quinn Ewers back from injury against the Oklahoma Sooners in the Cotton Bowl.
Hours after Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian confirmed that Ewers is returning to the starting lineup after missing two games with an oblique strain suffered against UTSA last month, the school removed Ewers from the second injury report ahead of Saturday’s game in Dallas.
“I think Quinn has shown over his time that when he’s been injured, he’s engaged, he comes back, and he plays really good football coming off of injury, and so that to me is another chance for him to go show that that he can do that here moving forward,” Sarkisian said.
Ewers went 21-of-31 passing for 289 yards and four touchdowns in 2022 when he returned from the left shoulder injury he sustained against Alabama. Last year, Ewers was 22-of-33 passing for 317 yards and one touchdown when he returned from his right shoulder injury in a 29-26 win over TCU that featured Ewers icing the game late with a completion to AD Mitchell.
Removing Ewers from the injury report on Thursday was the only change for the Horns from Wednesday’s initial injury report.
Meanwhile, Oklahoma confirmed the report from ESPN’s Pete Thamel that junior wide receiver Deion Burks will not play against Texas, becoming the fifth Sooners wide receiver ruled out for the Red River Rivalry.