Ex-Texas star's agent slams NFL over quarterback's draft slide

Quinn Ewers took a chance on going to the NFL instead of transferring from the Texas Longhorns to further his college football career Ewers saw himself slide from a mid-draft projection to the final round last week The Miami Dolphins selected Ewers in the seventh round He will likely have to vie with Zach Wilson for the backup quarterback job CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMThe former Texas star and his agent Ron Slavin opened up to ESPN for a story about his draft slide Slavin revealed their mindset as the hours and minutes ticked away during the draft He stated he thought Ewers could have had a good chance to land with the Las Vegas Raiders or Seattle Seahawks on Day But the so-called nightmare scenario occurred when The Raiders passed on the quarterback for two FCS guys a division lower than the top in college football Slavin declared he had spoken with two teams before the seventh round started the Dolphins and the Dallas Cowboys That s when Miami definitively took him Slavin recounted ESPN he had reached out of about half the league to see why his client fell from a fourth-round projected all the way to round seven They thought he was a third- or fourth-round pick but too big of a name to be a clipboard holder he commented Which I think is chickens--- CBS ANALYST RECALLS TIME SHEDEUR SANDERS MISSED PREGAME OBLIGATION WITH NETWORKEwers disclosed he will use the draft slight as fuel It's definitely a lot of motivation that comes with it especially just being the last quarterback drafted Ewers stated I still have the high expectations for myself but just from the outside looking in this is the first time in my life to not have that much expectation There's definitely motivation and fuel A lot of it Ewers was one of the top quarterbacks in high school when he initially committed to Ohio State He transferred to Texas before the season and spent the rest of his career there He had passing yards and touchdown passes in The Longhorns made it to the College Football Playoff only to be eliminated by Ohio State in the semifinals Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter