Oklahoma football: With all its recent success, why don’t the Sooners have a 2020 QB yet?

The Spencer Rattler effect

In the era of the transfer portal it’s rare to find a blue-chip quarterback who is willing to sit on the bench and learn an offense before unleashing his skills on the world.

That just seems to get harder every time we see a player like Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence take the college football world by storm in his true freshman season with the program.

The Sooners have the No. 1 dual threat quarterback in the country locked up from the 2019 class and for some, that’s a tough act to follow. Rattler, barring some crazy circumstance, is going to redshirt this coming year behind Jalen Hurts and enter 2020 with four years of eligibility left and a year’s head start in the offense to any true freshman contender for the quarterback job next season. That’s not even mentioning Tanner Mordecai, who drew rave reviews from coaches last season during his true freshman campaign and will likely have experience as a backup signal caller this coming season.

The Sooners are likely only taking one quarterback

Lincoln Riley seems to have a policy when it comes to recruiting quarterbacks, one per each class. He has only taken one freshman quarterback in each class since he got to Oklahoma back in 2015 starting with Austin Kendall.

Of course, this doesn’t apply when it comes to older players transferring in. He inherited Baker Mayfield, who made the decision to come to Norman the year before he arrived. Then he pulled the trigger on Kyler Murray shortly after being hired. This past fall he made shockwaves throughout college football by taking Alabama graduate transfer Jalen Hurts.

Still, when it comes to recruiting Riley seems to make it pretty clear that he’s committed to you as long as you are committed to him. This means he has to be picky before making his decision, but luckily…