
"The Chinese ain't taking my stuff man": Quinn Ewers caught off guard as Jon Gruden pulls up Texas QB's hilarious TikTok
Former Super Bowl-winning head coach Jon Gruden brought Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers as a guest on Monday's episode of "Quarterback Class," hosted in collaboration with Barstool Sports. The former Raiders head coach pulled up one of Ewers' TikTok clips, leading to a hilarious exchange.
Ewers was caught off guard and defended himself by saying that he was only following the trend on the social media platform. In the video, Ewers can be seen making some irregular hand movements in an attempt to be funny.
"It's, uh... it's some TikTok trend. I don't even have TikTok, so I didn't know what was going on," Ewers said [4:49].
Ewers added that he has deleted TikTok, which saw a brief exit from the US market before a quick reinstatement several weeks back.
"Yeah, I deleted that crap. The Chinese ain't taking my stuff, man," Ewers added.
However, when Gruden showed him the video, Ewers, who has declared for the 2025 NFL draft, requested that he take it down.
"You gotta delete this. All the NFL coaches and scouts and all the freakin' GMs and owners are going to see this, man," Ewers said.
But Gruden wasn't buying it.
"Man, they better. They're going to love it, man. They're going to see some personality," Gruden said.
Quinn Ewers, clearly amused, fired back:
"Shut up, man—I ain't gonna go there."
Quinn Ewers makes his feelings known on getting benched for Arch Manning
In 2024, Quinn Ewers had to deal with lots of media speculation tying him and then-backup quarterback Arch Manning. Ewers copped criticism from fans after losses, with suggestions that Manning should get the starting nod from Steve Sarkisian.
When Texas trailed 20-0 against the Georgia Bulldogs, Sarkisian opted to bench Ewers in favor of Manning in an attempt to get something going. The game ended 30-15 for Georgia.
Talking about the game, Ewers said:
"Shoot, I got benched in this game. You know, it made the year tough, but again, it's just the reality of the position. Looking back, I'm not glad that it happened in the moment, but I'm glad I had to go through it. There's gonna be big names all around us in this league, especially in this quarterback room, wherever I go.
"I'm not gonna sit here and lie like it's sunshine and rainbows, man, it was tough. It was tough."
Quinn Ewers played three seasons with the Longhorns before he decided to hang up his college football shoes and trade them for NFL ones. He is predicted to go in the third round of the 2025 NFL draft, possibly to the Pittsburgh Steelers with the No. 83 pick.