{"id":37608,"date":"2025-05-09T23:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T23:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/37608\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T23:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T23:31:08","slug":"quinn-ewers-miami-dolphins-jersey-number-recalls-nfl-draft-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/37608\/","title":{"rendered":"Quinn Ewers&#8217; Miami Dolphins jersey number recalls NFL Draft fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quinn Ewers has a new number now that he&#8217;s in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/miami-dolphins\/345\" data-autotag=\"22ef43a4-dc5a-43ce-87cd-912a7e348a81\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Miami Dolphins<\/a>. Ewers has spent all of his career wearing the No. 3. He was No. 3 at Southlake Carroll High School, at Ohio State and with the Texas <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/texas-longhorns\/3488\/\" data-autotag=\"822d9954-d86b-4626-bf51-6dd81a3c1a32\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Longhorns<\/a>. But veteran K.J. Britt already has that number in Miami, so Ewers chose a number that is derived from his <a href=\"https:\/\/longhornswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/longhorns\/2025\/05\/04\/quinn-ewers-says-ready-for-nfl\/83445373007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">disappointing fall in the 2025 NFL Draft<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ewers will wear No. 14. He will be the first No. 14 in Miami since Ryan Fitzpatrick in 2020. But he didn&#8217;t pick No. 14 to honor Fitzpatrick. Ewers was the 14th quarterback chose in the NFL Draft. Ewers was the 231st pick in the seventh round.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was very unexpected, and I think that the toughest part about it is just the amount of unexpected occurrences there were,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/44902288\/nfl-draft-quinn-ewers-miami-dolphins-texas-longhorns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Ewers told ESPN NFL reporter Todd Archer<\/a>. &#8220;But I&#8217;m glad that I ended up where I ended up. To go as late as I did, I&#8217;m glad it&#8217;s a good spot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udfa5Miami Dolphins rookie mini camp. First on field action. Video below includes<\/p>\n<p>1st rd pick &#8211; DT Kenneth Grant #90<br \/>2nd rd pick &#8211; G Jonah Savaiinaea &#8211; #72<br \/>5th rd pick &#8211; DT Jordan Phillips #94<br \/>5th rd pick &#8211; S Dante Trader Jr #29<br \/>7th rd pick- QB Quinn Ewers #14 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1XGvDzdiJA\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/1XGvDzdiJA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yianni Kourakis (@WPBF_Yianni) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPBF_Yianni\/status\/1920925173101760665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s definitely a lot of motivation that comes with it, especially just being the last [quarterback] drafted,&#8221; Ewers said. &#8220;I still have 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&#8217;s definitely motivation and fuel. 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