Quinn Ewers' journey to Texas was bumpy, but he's right where he always wanted to be

NEW ORLEANS – Riley Dodge was the offensive coordinator at Justin Northwest High School in 2017 when his buddy and North Texas’ offensive coordinator Graham Harrell stopped by the football offices to chat and recruit a few of Dodge’s players. Harrell told Dodge that he’d done something new in his career – offered a middle school prospect a scholarship opportunity. That middle schooler was Quinn Ewers. 

Dodge, who starred at quarterback for Southlake Carroll for his dad, and former Texas quarterback, Todd Dodge, returned to his alma mater as the head coach of the Dragons the next season. That’s when he first saw Ewers throw the football, and it is when he knew that Dragon Stadium would be the place to be for the next four years.