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Oklahoma football: Ranking every Sooners’ starting QB since 1999

By Aaron Gelvin

NORMAN, OK - NOVEMBER 23: A Ruf/Nek parades the Oklahoma Sooners flag around the field after a touchdown against the TCU Horned Frogs on November 23, 2019 at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. OU held on to win 28-24. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images)
NORMAN, OK - NOVEMBER 23: A Ruf/Nek parades the Oklahoma Sooners flag around the field after a touchdown against the TCU Horned Frogs on November 23, 2019 at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. OU held on to win 28-24. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images) /
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MORGANTOWN, WV – NOVEMBER 17: Landry Jones #12 of the Oklahoma Sooners drops back to pass against the West Virginia Mountaineers during the game on November 17, 2012 at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)
MORGANTOWN, WV – NOVEMBER 17: Landry Jones #12 of the Oklahoma Sooners drops back to pass against the West Virginia Mountaineers during the game on November 17, 2012 at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images) /

No. 7 — Landry Jones

Ten starts in 2009, 14 Starts in 2010, 13 Starts in 2011, 13 Starts in 2012

Landry Jones still holds many of the all-time passing records in Sooner history, mainly due to his longevity at the position in Norman. That longevity pushes him past more highly touted or talented players like Rattler or Williams.

Jones took over the starting gig when Sam Bradford was injured against BYU in 2009 and was called back into action again when Bradford was re-injured against Texas, ending the reigning Heisman winner’s season.

From that moment until the end of the 2012 season, it was all Landry Jones as the Sooners’ starter, and he led the way to a Big 12 championship in 2010 and a share of another in 2012. Jones also went 3-1 in bowl games during that time, dropping his final start against Texas A&M in the Cotton Bowl in the 2012 season.

Jones had many incredible performances, such as the 2010 Big 12 Championship game against Nebraska, where he led a comeback over the Cornhuskers with darts all over the field. In the late stages of 2012, he had masterful performances in nail-biting wins over both West Virginia and Oklahoma State in high-scoring, entertaining shootouts.

So why doesn’t Jones rank higher? Simply because the final six QBs on this list all led the Sooners to higher heights as a team and achieved more national recognition when it came time to earning individual awards.

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