When Patrick Ewing Jr. moved from Atlanta to the Washington area in 2002, everyone assumed it was the signal that he was going to Georgetown. Problem was, Georgetown wasn't recruiting him, and other schools had backed off the 6-8 forward.

"I hadn't been recruited by many other people because they all assumed I was coming to Georgetown because of my father," said Ewing. "My mom talked to people and put it out there that I wasn't committed to Georgetown yet."

The younger Ewing decided to set his own course, signing with Indiana. Coach Mike Davis opted to place the 6-8 Ewing as a center/power forward, with mixed results. He averaged 3.4 points a game over two seasons, and lost a starting role early in his sophomore season. In March 2005, Ewing gave notice to transfer from IU. He gave some thought about joining fellow AAU teammate Matt Causey at Georgetown, but Causey transferred that spring.

Ewing was hesitant to follow in the steps of his father, but met someone who could relate. "Coach Thompson [III] was the first person to call me up," said Ewing in the New York Times. "He said, 'You're your own person and your own player.'"

Ewing became the first Division I transfer into Georgetown in 36 years, turning in his #3 at Indiana for the familiar #33. But even in the jersey made famous a generation earlier, Ewing was his own man, adept at the small forward position and well suited to the role of a valuable sixth man off the Georgetown bench. His enthusiasm added a touch of excitement on the court, and the younger Ewing was not afraid to show his emotions on the court when making the big play.

For 2007-08, Ewing split starting time with freshman Austin Freeman. Sixth in scoring and third in rebounding, he was a factor in nearly every one of the Hoyas' big wins that season. And as he approached the end of his college career, he became a leader off the court as well, though not afraid to poke a little fun at his well known stature. At the 2007 athletic banquet, Ewing introduced himself as the captain of the water polo team, but everyone knew better.

A second round draft pick of the Sacramento Kings in 2008, Ewing saw time with the Kings, Houston Rockets, and New York Knickerbockers in various training camps through 2010, but did not make the final roster with any of them. After three years in the NBA developmental league, he was signed by the New Orleans Hornets, playing in 10 games over portions of two seasons.

Following three years in professional leagues in Germany, Greece, and Qatar, Ewing returned to Georgetown as the team's director of basketball operations, but relinquished the role in 2017 when his father became head coach, due to a nepotism clause recently instituted within the athletic department. He returned for a role in the University's athletic development office.