The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2019 Football Roster
Roster
Sam Ehlinger
- Position:
- QB
- Height:
- 6-3
- Hometown:
- Austin, Texas
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Westlake
- Major:
- Marketing
A four-year quarterback who enrolled at Texas in January 2017 … played in 46 career games with 43 starts … guided Texas to 27 wins as the starting quarterback, the fourth-most in school history … the seventh two-time team captain (2019-20) in Texas history … winner of the 2020 Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year ... a finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, Wuerffel Trophy and Bobby Bowden Trophy in 2020 … selected to the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team and was the Co-Big 12 Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year … named a semifinalist for the Davey O’Brien Award and Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award as a senior … also a Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Top-10 Candidate … earned second-team All-Big 12 recognition from the league’s coaches … an Athlon Sports and CBS Sports Preseason All-American … also received votes as the CBS Sports Preseason Player of the Year … a semifinalist for the Maxwell Award, Davey O’Brien Award, Wuerffel Trophy and Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award in 2019 … a semifinalist for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award in 2018 … also earned honorable mention All-Big 12 recognition from the league’s coaches as a sophomore … a three-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection (2018-20) … a six-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (spring 2017, fall 2017, spring 2018, spring 2019, fall 2019, spring 2020) … was the 2015 Texas State Player of the Year and was named the MaxPreps National Junior of the Year at Westlake High School in 2015.
SENIOR (2020)
Winner of the Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year award ... a finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, Wuerffel Trophy and Bobby Bowden Trophy … also selected to the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team and was named the Co-Big 12 Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year … a semifinailst for the Davey O’Brien Award and Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award … also a Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Top-10 Candidate … named to the All-Big 12 Second Team by the league’s coaches … played in and started all nine games … completed 194-of-322 passes (60.2%) for 2,566 yards and 26 touchdowns to five interceptions … also rushed for 377 yards and eight touchdowns … tallied 2,943 yards of total offense and 34 total touchdowns … ranked sixth in the country with 208 points responsible for … ranked first or second among Big 12 quarterbacks in passing efficiency (150.7), passing touchdowns (26), passing yards per completion (13.23), points responsible for (208), points responsible for per game (20.8) and total offense (294.3) … his 26 passing touchdowns matched were the seventh-most in school history … did not throw an interception in his last 139 attempts, dating back to the fourth quarter of a win over Baylor … was the fourth-longest streak in school history and the third-longest streak of his career … competed 25-of-33 passes for career-highs of 426 yards and five touchdowns in the season opener against UTEP … his 426 passing yards rank as the third-most prolific passing game in school history, while his five touchdowns were tied for the second-best single-game output by a Longhorn on record … joined West Virginia’s Will Grier (2018) as the only Big 12 quarterbacks to throw for at least 420 yards and five touchdowns in a season opener … led the Longhorns to 45 first-half points, the program’s best output since scoring 47 points in the first half against UTEP in 2009 … was named the Player of the Week by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, Big 12 Conference and Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award … also named to the Davey O’Brien Award’s Great 8 and was a Manning Award Star of the Week … competed 27-of-40 passes for 262 yards and five touchdowns, and carried the ball 16 times for 69 yards and one touchdowns at Texas Tech … set a career high with six total touchdowns … marked the second-straight game with five passing touchdowns, joining Colt McCoy as the only players in school history to throw five touchdowns on multiple occasions … led the Longhorns to touchdowns on each of their final three drives, including one in overtime, after Texas Tech took a 56-41 lead with 3:13 remaining in the fourth quarter … completed 8-of-9 passes (inc. two-point conversion) for 105 yards and three touchdowns, and rushed for 18 yards on three carries during the 22-point run … marked his 15th career game with a passing and rushing touchdown, breaking a tie with McCoy for the school record … recorded his 100th career touchdown in the win over the Red Raiders, becoming the 13th player in Big 12 history to hit the century mark … threw for 236 yards and four touchdown passes against TCU … became the first player in school history to throw at least four touchdown passes in three consecutive games … recorded 399 yards of total offense (287 pass/112 rush) an six total touchdowns (2 pass/4 rush) in the AT&T Red River Showdown against Oklahoma … tied the Texas quarterback record with four rushing touchdowns … became the first Longhorn to record multiple games with six-plus total touchdowns since Ricky Williams during his 1998 Heisman Trophy-winning campaign … his 112 rushing yards were a career high and marked his third career 100-yard game … threw three touchdown passes in a come-from-behind road win over No. 6 Oklahoma State on Halloween … led the Longhorns on a game-winning drive for a school-record seventh time … threw for 298 yards and rushed for 65 yards against No. 13 Iowa State … marked his 11th career game with 350-plus yards of total offense, tying Colt McCoy for the most such outings in school history … also is tied with McCoy for the most 400-yard games on UT record with five … competed 20-of-27 passes for 274 yards and two touchdowns in the regular season finale at Kansas State … marked the 13th time he competed at least 70 percent of his passes (min. 10 attempts) … Texas is 13-0 in those instances … went 10-for-16 for 160 yards and one touchdown in the Valero Alamo Bowl versus Colorado before missing the second half due to injury … was his 94th career passing touchdown, and 127th total touchdown, of his career … ranks seventh in Big 12 history in passing touchdowns and fourth in total touchdowns … was an Athlon Sports and CBS Sports Preseason All-American … also received vote as CBS Sports’ Preseason Player of the Year … named the preseason watch lists for the Davey O’Brien Award, Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, Manning Award, Maxwell Award, William V. Campbell Trophy and Wuerffel Trophy.
JUNIOR (2019)
Played in and started all 13 games … was 296-of-454 for 3,663 yards and 32 touchdowns … also rushed for 663 yards and seven touchdowns on 163 carries … accounted for 4,326 yards of total offense (2nd in school history) and 39 total touchdowns (3rd) this season … a semifinalist for the Maxwell Award, Davey O’Brien Award, Wuerffel Trophy and Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award … was also a preseason candidate for the Walter Camp Player of the Year and Manning Award in 2019 … completed 28-of-38 passes for 276 yards and four touchdowns in the season opener against Louisiana Tech … started the game 15-of-18 passing with three touchdowns during the Longhorns first four drives of the game … completed passes to eight different receivers in that stretch … finished 31-of-47 for a career-high 401 yards and four touchdowns against No. 6 LSU … also rushed 19 times for 60 yards and scored a touchdown versus the Tigers … marked his second career game with five total touchdowns (versus Oklahoma, 2018) … his 401 passing yards was the sixth 400-yard game in Texas history and the first of his career … became the first quarterback to throw for more than 400 yards against LSU since West Virginia’s Geno Smith racked up 463 yards against the Tigers in 2011 … finished 23-of-27 for 279 yards with three touchdown passes against Rice … his 11 touchdown passes through three games tied Colt McCoy (2008) for the best three-game start to a season in Texas history … racked up 306 yards of total offense (279 pass/27 rush) to become the sixth player in UT history with 7,000 yards of total offense … also became the seventh Texas QB to surpass 6,000 career passing yards … his 1,077 yards of total offense through three games marked the best three-game start to a season by a Longhorn in school history … led Texas to scores on 11 of 12 drives (91.7%) he directed over five quarters of action versus No. 6 LSU (second half) and at Rice (first three quarters) … directed nine-straight scoring drives during that stretch, eight of which were touchdowns … threw for 281 yards and four touchdowns against Oklahoma State … became the first Texas quarterback to throw at least three touchdown passes in four-straight games since Colt McCoy in 2008 … his 15 passing touchdowns through four games were the most to open a season in school history … surpassed 1,000 passing yards for the season, becoming the ninth quarterback in school history to reach 1,000 passing yards in four games … threw for 1,237 yards through the first four games of the season, the best four-game start to a season in UT history … extended his streak to 162 consecutive passes without an interception, the second-longest streak in school history … owns the top-two streaks in school history, as he set a Big 12- and school-record with 308 consecutive passes without an interception in 2018 … rushed for 70 yard against Oklahoma State to become the 52nd 1,000-yard rusher in Texas history … the sixth Longhorn quarterback, and first since Colt McCoy (2006-09), to rush for 1,000 yards … recorded 1,428 yards of total offense through four games, the most by a Longhorn all-time … completed 18-of-33 passes for 211 yards and two touchdowns at West Virginia … became the only player in Texas history to throw for at least 200 yards and two touchdowns in the first five games of a season … was the first Texas QB to achieve the feat in four games during the 2018 season … also carried the ball nine times for 45 yards and two touchdowns against the Mountaineers … his two rushing touchdowns made him the fifth quarterback in Texas history to rush for at least 20 touchdowns … through five games, threw for 1,448 yard and 17 touchdowns, and accounted for 1,684 yards of total offense, all of which rank as the best five-game start to a season by a QB in school history … became the first Texas quarterback throw multiple touchdown passes in five-straight games since Shane Buechele in 2016 … completed 26-of-38 passes for 210 yards and rushed for two touchdowns in the 2019 AT&T Red River Showdown … has rushed for eight touchdowns against Oklahoma in his career, the most by any FBS player in the last 20 seasons… tied his career high with 31 completions, threw for 399 yards and tossed four touchdown passes against Kansas … marked his fourth game with four passing TDs this season, the most in school history … has passed for at least three touchdowns on five occasions this season, tying Colt McCoy (2008, 2009) for the school record … his 31 completions made him the third player in Texas history to complete at least 600 passes … surpassed 7,000 career passing yards against KU … also carried the ball 14 times for 91 yards against the Jayhawks, the third-best rushing output of his career … his 490 yards of total offense (399 pass/91 rush) was the third-best output in school history, and he now owns the two of the program’s top-four marks … his 490-yard day pushed him over 8,000 yards for his career and up to third on the school’s career total offense list, trailing only Colt McCoy (2006-09) and Vince Young (2003-05) … threw for 321 yards and two touchdowns at TCU … the first Texas QB since Colt McCoy in 2007 to pass for at least 200 yards in the first eight games of the season … marked his eighth career outing with more than 300 passing yards at the time, the third-most in Texas history … surpassed Vince Young (2003-05) for the second-most total touchdowns in Texas history … his 2,378 passing yards, 23 passing touchdowns, 2,739 yards of total offense and 28 total touchdowns are were the most through eight games in school history … completed 22-of-29 passes for 263 yards and one touchdown against No. 16 Kansas State … also rushed for 40 yards in Texas’ come-from-behind win … became the third QB in school history to pass for at least 200 yards in 25 games … his passing touchdown – a connection with senior WR Collin Johnson – was the 60th of his career, tying him with Major Applewhite (1998-2001) for the second-most by a Longhorn … became the third player in school history to surpass 9,000 yards of total offense … surpassed 3,000 yards of total offense for the season … the second player in school history (Colt McCoy, 2008) to total more than 3,000 yards of offense in fewer than 10 games … completed 22 passes for 273 yards and three touchdowns at Iowa State … marked his sixth game with at least three passing touchdowns in 2019, the most in school history … became the third Texas quarterback to throw for at least 8,000 yards … made him the seventh Longhorn to throw for at least 200 yards in 10-or-more games in a single season … the first Texas QB to throw for at least 200 yards in each of the first 10 games of a season since Major Applewhite did so in 1999 … marked his ninth game with 20-plus completions in 2019, tying his total from the 2018 campaign in four fewer games … surpassed 3,000 passing yards for the season in Texas’ outing against No. 13 Baylor … made him only the second quarterback in Texas history to throw for at least 3,000 yards in multiple seasons … finished 19-of-27 for 348 yards and threw two touchdowns against Texas Tech … also rushed for 83 yards and scored one touchdown on 10 carries … responsible for four of the 18 games where a Texas player has recorded at least 400 yards of total offense … marked his eighth game with at least three total touchdowns in 2019 … tallied his fourth 300-yard game through the air, matching his total from the 2018 season in two fewer games … tied Colt McCoy (2008) for the school record with his twelfth 200-yard passing game this season … the only quarterback in UT history to throw for 200 yards in 12 straight games during a single season … surpassed 4,000 yards of total offense in the win over the Red Raiders, making him the third player in school history to do so … also surpassed 10,000 yards of total offense for his career, just the second Longhorn to do so … completed 12-of-18 passes for 201 yards and three touchdowns in the Valero Alamo Bowl versus No. 11 Utah … also carried the ball 11 times for 73 yards and one touchdown against the Utes … named the 2019 Big 12 Preseason Offensive Player of the Year … was a 2019 All-Big 12 Preseason Team selection, a third team preseason All-American by Athlon Sports and a fourth-team honoree by Phil Steele in 2019.
SOPHOMORE (2018)
Played in and started all 14 games … was 275-of-425 for 3,292 yards and 25 touchdowns to just five interceptions … added 16 rushing touchdowns, the most ever by a Longhorn quarterback … his 41 touchdowns responsible for are second-most in school history, behind only Colt McCoy (45 in 2008) … became the first player in UT history to pass for at least 25 touchdowns and rush for at least 15 in a season … his 3,292 passing yards are the fifth-most in school history for a single season … honorable mention All-Big 12 … started the season opener at Maryland and went 21-of-39 for 263 yards and two touchdowns … also rushed seven times for 30 yards against the Terrapins … completed 21-of-27 passes for 237 yards and two touchdowns in a win over Tulsa … also rushed for 51 yards on 12 attempts against the Golden Hurricane … the .778 (21-of-27) completion percentage was a career best … completed 15-of-33 passes for 223 yards and two touchdowns in a win over USC … also rushed for 35 yards and a touchdown on 17 attempts … was 22-of-32 for 255 yards and two passing TDs, and added a rushing score in the win over No. 17 TCU … it was his third straight game with two passing and one rushing TD, the first Longhorn QB since Colt McCoy in 2008 to do so … was 29-of-36 for 207 yards and one touchdown in a road victory at Kansas State … began the season with six straight 200-yard passing games, just the fourth time in school history (Colt McCoy, 2007, ‘09; Major Applewhite, 1999; Peter Gardere, 1992) that has been done … was the first Longhorn QB in school history to begin a season with four straight games of 200 passing yards and multiple TDs … was 24-of-35 for 314 yards and two touchdowns … also rushed 19 times for 72 yards and three touchdowns and had one catch for eight yards in a victory over No. 7 Oklahoma … was 4-of-5 for 35 yards and two rushes for five yards in the win over Baylor … was 22-of-42 for 283 yards and two touchdowns and rushed 10 times for 47 yards and two touchdowns in the 38-35 loss to Oklahoma State … was 25-of-36 for 354 yards and three touchdowns and rushed 11 times for 52 yards and a touchdown in the 42-41 loss to No. 12 West Virginia … was 22-of-34 for 312 yards and four touchdowns and rushed 15 times for 14 yards in the 41-34 road win over Texas Tech … was 12-of-15 for 137 yards passing and a touchdown, while adding 32 yards rushing and a touchdown, all in the first half of the win over No. 18 Iowa State … was 16-of-28 for 154 yards and two touchdowns as well as eight rushes for one yard and a touchdown in the 24-17 road win over Kansas … was 23-of-36 for 349 yards and four total touchdowns in the Big 12 Championship Game … his 349 yards passing and 391 total yards were the most ever for a Longhorn against Oklahoma … was 19-of-27 for 169 yards through the air while adding 64 yards and three touchdowns on the ground in the 28-21 win over Georgia in the Allstate Sugar
FRESHMAN (2017)
Played in nine games with six starts (San Jose State, at USC, Kansas State, versus Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech) … became the first Longhorn since Colt McCoy in 2008 to lead the program in both passing and rushing in a season … completed 158-of-275 (57.5 percent) passes for 1,915 yards and 11 touchdowns … also rushed for 385 yards and two scores … made his Longhorn debut with a week two start against San Jose State … became the 10th true freshman in school history to start a game at QB, and just the eighth to win at least one game … guided the Longhorns’ offense to 623 yards, 15th-best in school history … completed 15-of-27 passes for 222 yards, the fifth-best (third-best by true freshman) debut game by a freshman QB in school history … started his second straight game in a hostile environment at No. 4/4 USC … was 21-of-40 for 298 yards and two touchdowns … his 298 yards were a career high and the second-most by a true freshman QB in school history … guided the Longhorns on a late, fourth-quarter, go-ahead drive with a 14 play, 91-yard drive which culminated in a 17-yard TD strike to Armanti Foreman with 39 seconds remaining … made just his third career start and guided Texas to a double-overtime win against Kansas State … named The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Player of the Week and also Davey O’Brien ‘Great 8’ … completed 30-of-50 passes for 380 yards and also rushed for 107 … became just the third player to pass for 300 and rush for 100 in Texas Football history, joining Jerrod Heard (2015) and Colt McCoy (2009) … his 487 offensive yards were the third-most in school history, behind Heard and Vince Young (2005) … his 380 yards passing were the 10th-most in school history and the most ever by a true freshman … passed for 278 yards and rushed for 110 as he became the third-ever Longhorn true freshman QB to start against Oklahoma in the Red River Showdown … became first freshman QB in school history to rush for 100 yards in back-to-back games, joining Vince Young and Jerrod Heard as the only three to do so twice in their freshman campaigns … became just the fourth player (seventh time) to pass for 275 yards and rush for over 100 in a game, and joins Young (Nov. 6 & 13, 2004) as the only players in school history to do so in consecutive games … Colt McCoy is the only other player to do so twice in a career … finished 22-of-36 for 241 yards against No. 10/11 Oklahoma State … returned to the field in a 42-27 victory over Kansas, completing both pass attempts and throwing an eight-yard touchdown pass … entered the game in the first quarter and totaled 136 passing, 68 rushing and 23 receiving yards in the win … threw two touchdown passes as he completed 12-of-19 … was 26-of-47 for 239 yards and a touchdown against Texas Tech … rushed 10 times for 35 yards and had a 27-yard reception … completed 11-of-15 passes for 112 yards and a touchdown in a 33-16 win over Missouri in the Texas Bowl … now has six career 200-yard games and one career 300-yard game … Went 2-4 (.333) as a starter.
HIGH SCHOOL
Coached by Todd Dodge at Westlake High School … an early enrollee who was an all-state and two-time all-district quarterback from nearby Westlake High School … participated in Nike’s The Opening and was an Elite 11 finalist prior to his senior season … 2015 APSE Texas Player of the Year … named All-Central Texas Player of the Year as a junior … was also named MaxPreps National Junior of the Year … a three-year starter who is the school’s all-time leader in passing yards and touchdowns … finished his career with 7,491 passing yards and 89 touchdowns through the air … compiled a career record of 23-6 in games that he started and was healthy throughout … threw just 10 interceptions in 762 career pass attempts … rushed for 2,395 career yards and 35 touchdowns … set the school record in total yards (9,886) and finished with 125 total touchdowns … ranked No. 115 (No. 5 QB) nationally and as the No. 17 player in Texas by Rivals … 247Sports rates him as the No. 119 (No. 4 Dual QB) nationally and No. 20 in Texas … ranked No. 123 (No. 4 QB) on the ESPN300 as well as No. 21 in Texas … Scout lists him as the No. 130 (No. 8 QB) player nationally and the No. 2 QB in Texas … No. 14 on the Austin American-Statesman’s Fab 55 … also ranked in the Waco Tribune’s Top 100 … was named preseason All-State Quarterback of the Year by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football entering his senior season … named DCTF Tops in Texas at QB … also was named first-team quarterback on Dave Campbell’s Texas Football preseason Super Team … battled injuries throughout the 2016 season … threw for 907 yards and seven touchdowns in just four games … also added 194 yards rushing and four scores on the ground … started the season and threw for 356 yards and rushed for 63 more in a 32-29 win against 2015 Class 6A DII state champion Katy … named Ford Tough Player of the Week following his performance in that game … was injured and missed the next four … came back in time for a matchup with cross-town rival Lake Travis, but was once again injured in the game … recovered in time for the beginning of the playoffs, but suffered a third – and season-ending – injury in a 55-15 win over Laredo United … in that playoff game he completed 16-of-22 passes for 203 yards and two touchdowns, battling through injury before exiting with a 38-0 halftime lead … named honorable mention Academic All-State in 2016 … was the first junior to be named the Associated Press Sports Editors Texas Player of the Year in 2015 … earned APSE Class 6A Offensive Player of the Year honors as well as MaxPreps National Junior of the Year distinction … earned first-team All-State and District 14-6A honors … named District 14-6A Most Valuable Player … was the AP Texas Offensive Player of the Year … named second-team All-USA Texas … honored as the All-Central Texas Player of the Year … named Offensive Player of the Year and first-team All-State quarterback by the Texas Sports Writer Association … guided Westlake to the 2015 Class 6A Division I state championship game, a 21-14 overtime loss to Galena Park North Shore … passed for 4,041 yards and rushed for 1,325 yards … had 50 passing, 20 rushing and one receiving touchdown … began his junior season completing 18-of-29 passes for 216 yards and a touchdown against Carroll … added 73 rushing yards and a touchdown in the 20-14 win … totaled four touchdowns (two passing, two rushing) in a 28-17 win over Temple … passed for 334 yards and four touchdowns (five total) in a dominant 73-10 win at Anderson … had seven total touchdowns (five rushing) on 167 yards passing and 225 yards rushing in a win over Austin … passed for 148 yards and rushed for 137 more in a win over Bowie … threw for 306 yards and six touchdowns (seven total) in a 58-19 win over Akins … threw for 371 yards and six touchdowns against Hays, while rushing for 55 yards and a score … suffered their first setback of the season against Lake Travis, as he totaled 187 passing, 71 rushing and two scores … got back in the win column with 180 passing yards and six total touchdowns in a 48-3 victory at Del Valle … closed out the regular season with a win as he threw for 256 yards and four touchdowns against Lehman … began the playoffs with a 35-14 win over Round Rock where he had 290 passing yards, 95 rushing and five total touchdowns … beat the Woodlands as he accounted for all four touchdowns on 160 yards passing and 98 more rushing … moved on with a dominating 56-7 win over North Mesquite the following week, throwing for 209 yards and registering four total touchdowns … advanced to the state semifinals with a win over Atascocita where he threw for 260 yards (five touchdowns) and rushed for 174 yards (two touchdowns) … held on late for a 24-17 victory over Allen to advance to the 6A Division I state championship game … in the semis, he passed for 259 yards (three TD) and rushed for 127 … lost in overtime in the state championship game to North Shore, a game which he totaled 219 yards through the air and 82 on the ground … was named District Newcomer of the season as a sophomore … passed for 2,543 yards and had 876 rushing that season with 42 total touchdowns … completed 17-of-21 passes for 304 yards and four touchdowns in a dominating 49-7 win over Hays … also had 12 rushes for 55 yards and a score in that game … threw for 139 yards and rushed for a touchdown against Lake Travis … had four total touchdowns in a win over Del Valle … passed for 223 yards (three TD) and rushed for 118 yards (two TD) in a win at Lehman to end the regular season … was 22-of-37 for 225 yards and two touchdowns in a 16-14 loss to Round Rock in the first round of the playoffs … also had 56 rushing yards in the game.
PERSONAL
Full name is Samuel George Ehlinger … the son of Ross and Jena Ehlinger … father passed away in March of 2013 during the Escape from Alcatraz triathlon … has two siblings - a brother, Jake and a sister, Morgen … brother, Jake, is a walk-on linebacker with the program ... was born in Austin … three-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
