Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger takes a question at Big 12 Media Days in AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (PHOTO: John E. Hoover/The Franchise)
ARLINGTON, Texas — Sam Ehlinger’s growth as the Texas quarterback has been impossible to miss.
“He’s really developed,” Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said of Ehlinger at Big 12 Media Days. “When they’re young, they make some mistakes and then they kind of grow out of them. I thought he really improved the latter part of the season.”
Ehlinger’s own coaches and teammates certainly saw that remarkable transition in 2018, from a one-dimensional football player who threw two interceptions at the end of an ugly loss to Maryland to a proficient Big 12 quarterback who set the league record for most consecutive passes without an interception (308).
“If there was a quarterback in the country that improved from Year 1 to Year 2 more than Sam Ehlinger,” said UT coach Tom Herman, “you’re going to have to prove that to me.”
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Columnist John E. Hoover is co-host of “The Franchise Drive” every weeknight from 6-8 on The Franchise in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, and appears throughout the day on other shows on The Franchise. Listen at fm107.7 in OKC, fm107.9/am1270 in Tulsa, on The Franchise app, or click the “Listen” tab on The Franchise home page. Hoover also covers the Big 12 for Sporting News and Lindy’s magazine and is a feature writer for Sooner Spectator magazine. Visit his personal page at johnehoover.com.
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