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Sam Ehlinger comments on his first NFL completion

Wade-Peeryby: Wade Peery08/16/21

Former Texas Longhorn Sam Ehlinger pulled of a rare feat by just making it to the NFL. In Sunday’s game against the Panthers, he pulled off an even rarer accomplishment — completing his first NFL pass to his former high school teammate from Westlake (Austin, Texas), Kylen Granson.

The former Longhorn great was fired up about the completion to his former Westlake teammate.

“I loved it. I loved it. That’s so cool, ” Ehlinger said. “I mean, what are the odds?! I bet that’s never happened before. Same high school. Same draft class. First completion. Might have made history!”

Check out the video of the throw below.

Granson Turning Heads in Fall Camp

Granson and Ehlinger helped lead Westlake to the 6A Division state championship game when they played in high school together.

Now, Granson is turning heads of many media members for his play in fall camp for the Colts, including Zak Keefer of The Athletic. Granson attended SMU and finished his career there with the most career receiving touchdowns by a tight end (14).

Sam Ehlinger High School Career

Sam Ehlinger played for head coach Todd Dodge at Westlake. He participated in Nike’s “The Opening” and was an Elite 11 finalist prior to his senior season, a camp where the nation’s top-20 quarterbacks compete. He set the school record for total yardage at Westlake (9,896 yards).

Westlake has one of the proudest quarterback traditions of any school in the country, as future Hall of Famer Drew Brees suited up for the Westlake Chaparrals as well. Former Philadelphia Eagle quarterback and current Chicago Bears’ quarterback Nick Foles also played for Chaparrals in high school.

SAM EHLINGER DURING SENIOR BOWL WEEK

Ehlinger put together a solid performance at the 2021 Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama. Noted NFL Draft expert Matt Miller was impressed with some of the throws he was making during the week.

He had a touchdown pass in the 2021 Senior Bowl, a 12-yard touchdown pass to UCLA’s Demetric Felton.

The former Longhorn signal-caller completed 4 of his 10 passing attempts in the Senior Bowl for 42 yards and a touchdown.

DECORATED TEXAS LONGHORN CAREER

Ehlinger finished his Texas career as one of the most decorated quarterbacks ever to suit up in Austin. He guided Texas to 27 wins as the starting quarterback, the fourth-most in school history.

One of the more impressive stats in Ehlinger’s resume is the fact that he broke Vince Young’s single-season rushing touchdown mark at Texas. He ran for over 1,900 rushing yards and 33 rushing touchdowns in his Texas career.

The Austin native accumulated 13,339 total yards of offense in his career at Texas, the twentieth most in NCAA history. He plastered his name all over the record books, ranking second in Longhorn history in the following stat categories: passing yards (11,346), passing touchdowns (94), pass completions (923), and total touchdowns (127).