MIA Quinn Ewers
NFL player. Position: QB. Team: MIA.
Quick Facts
- Position: QB
- Team: MIA (Miami Dolphins)
- Bye week (2026): 6
2026 Outlook
Backup QB competing for the starting role with Malik Willis on the Miami Dolphins. Willis is the front-runner after the team signed him to a $67.5M deal ($45M guaranteed) and committed coaching staff attention. For Ewers to win the job, he would need to dramatically outperform Willis during training camp and preseason, which coaching staff has indicated is unlikely given the financial and developmental commitment to Willis. (per Dolphins Sunday mailbag: What Could Lead to Ewers Starting?)
FOX Sports ranks Ewers as the #5 second-year QB breakout candidate for 2026, noting his long-shot path to meaningful production. Ewers currently sits behind Willis with limited opportunity to start unless circumstances dramatically shift (Willis injury or dramatic regression). 2025 rookie line: 4 games played, 3 starts, 66.3% completion with 622 yards, 3 TDs, 3 INTs. Major headwind: weak receiving corps (top three WRs—Jalen Tolbert, Malik Washington, Tutu Atwell—combined for just 712 receiving yards in 2025). Unless Ewers takes over the starting job, his fantasy upside remains minimal and largely dependent on Willis' status. (per Year 2 Leap: Ranking The Top 5 Second-Year Quarterback Breakout Candidates)
Role / Depth Chart
Backup QB competing for snaps. Expected to be behind Willis unless significant circumstances change. Opportunity exists if Willis struggles or gets injured.
Injury Status
Healthy.
Recent News
- 2026-05-20 — Year 2 Leap: Ranking The Top 5 Second-Year Quarterback Breakout Candidates (Year 2 Leap: Ranking The Top 5 Second-Year Quarterback Breakout Candidates)
- 2026-03-04 — QB predictions for every NFL team: From Malik Willis sweepstakes to Flacco’s next stop... (QB predictions for every NFL team: From Malik Willis sweepstakes to Flacco’s next stop...)
- 2026-06-21 — Dolphins Father's Day Mailbag: Evaluating How Sullivan Managed the Cap and Roster (Dolphins Father's Day Mailbag: Evaluating How Sullivan Managed the Cap and Roster)
- 2026-03-06 — 2026 NFL free agency: Biggest needs, predictions for 32 teams (2026 NFL free agency: Biggest needs, predictions for 32 teams)
- 2026-06-02 — Conor Orr’s 100 Bold Predictions for the 2026 NFL Season (Conor Orr’s 100 Bold Predictions for the 2026 NFL Season)
- 2026-06-02 — Chris Perkins: Dolphins QB Quinn Ewers ended 2025 as starter, but begins 2026 as backup (Chris Perkins: Dolphins QB Quinn Ewers ended 2025 as starter, but begins 2026 as backup)
- 2026-06-18 — Fantasy football buzz: Is a return to prominence in store for Lions' Sam LaPorta? (Fantasy football buzz: Is a return to prominence in store for Lions' Sam LaPorta?)
- 2026-05-18 — Ranking the 10 worst QB rooms in NFL entering 2026; starting predictions for Week 1 (Ranking the 10 worst QB rooms in NFL entering 2026; starting predictions for Week 1)
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