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Davey O’Brien Award and Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award semifinalist … a second-team All-Big 12 selection by the Associated Press and Phil Steele … an honorable mention All-Big 12 honoree be conference coaches … chosen to the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Top 25 … played in and started 12 games … completed 272-of-394 passes (69.0 %) for 3,479 yards, 22 touchdowns and six interceptions … rushed 59 times for 75 yards and five touchdowns … his 3,479 passing yards were the fifth-most in a season in UT history and 272 completions rank sixth … has six 300-yard passing games, tied for the most in a season in program history … completed 19-of-30 passes for 260 yards and three touchdowns against Rice … also rushed for 12 yards and a touchdown … connected on 24-of-38 passes for 349 yards and three touchdowns in a win at No. 3 Alabama … the Longhorns secured the first victory over a Top-3 team since 2008 (Oklahoma) and the first-ever win on the road versus an AP Top-3 program … the victory snapped Alabama’s 21-game home winning streak … Alabama had won 57 consecutive regular-season games versus non-conference opponents … Texas’ win was also the first double-digit home loss for Alabama head coach Nick Saban as a college football head coach since 2003 … Ewers was the first non-SEC quarterback to eclipse 250 passing yards and two touchdowns since Saban took over the Crimson Tide program in 2007 … named Maxwell Player of the Week, Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week, Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week, Davey O’Brien National Quarterback of the Week, Manning Award Star of the Week and Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Player of the Week and to the Davey O’Brien Great 8 list for his performance against Alabama … threw for 131 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for another touchdown against Wyoming … marked his third-straight game with multiple touchdown passes … connected on 18-of-23 passes (78.3%) for 293 yards and one touchdown and rushed for 16 yards and one touchdown at Baylor … completed 25-of-35 passes (71.4%) for 325 yards and one touchdown and established career highs with 40 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns against Kansas … had a string of 245 passes without an interception come to an end, the second-longest streak in Texas history … successful on 31-of-37 passes (83.8%) for 346 yards and one touchdown in the Red River Showdown against Oklahoma … established a program record with 19 consecutive completed passes … the 31 completions tied the mark for the 10th-most in a game in program history … marked his second-straight 300-yard passing game, the seventh Longhorn to accomplish the feat … connected on 23-of-29 passes (79.3%) for 211 yards and two touchdowns at Houston before leaving in the fourth quarter with a shoulder injury … had a streak of 14-straight completions, the eighth-longest streak in program history … passed for 317 yards on 22-of-33 passing with one touchdown at TCU … connected on 23-of-33 passes for 281 yards and two touchdowns at Iowa State … completed 17-of-26 passes for 196 yards and one touchdown against Texas Tech … had a historic outing in the Big 12 Championship Game against Oklahoma State, completing 35-of-46 passes (76.1%) for 452 yards and four touchdowns … also rushed three times for six yards … established a Big 12 title game record for passing yards and tied the record for passing TDs (all four thrown in the first half) … the 452 passing yards and 35 completions were the third-most in a game in program history … named the Big 12 Championship Game Most Outstanding Player … threw for 318 yards and one touchdown on 24-of-43 passing in the CFP Semifinal against Washington … also rushed for 54 yards on eight carries … named to the preseason watch lists for the Maxwell Award, Walter Camp Player of the Year, Davey O’Brien Award, Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, Manning Award, Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award and Lonestar Player of the Year … chosen third-team Preseason All-Big 12 by Athlon Sports and Phil Steele … selected second-team Preseason All-Texas by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football.
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