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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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Dec 28, 2019; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Jalen Hurts (1) during the fourth quarter of the 2019 Peach Bowl college football playoff semifinal game between the LSU Tigers and the Oklahoma Sooners at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 28, 2019; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Jalen Hurts (1) during the fourth quarter of the 2019 Peach Bowl college football playoff semifinal game between the LSU Tigers and the Oklahoma Sooners at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports /

No. 6 — Jalen Hurts

Fourteen starts in 2019

Jalen Hurts spent less than a calendar year in Norman, but he sure made the most of his time as a Sooner. Hurts transferred as a result of losing his starting job at Alabama to Tua Tagovailoa and won the starting job for the Sooners for the 2019 season, which would be his last in college football.

Hurts led OU to a 12-2 record while he was under center, and the team won the Big 12 and made a trip to the College Football Playoff. Hurts was the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy in 2019 and had a dynamic season as both a runner and a passer. He threw for over 3,800 yards and had 32 touchdowns through the air. He also added 20 touchdowns on the ground and almost 1,300 rushing yards.

However, none of those individual accolades or team accomplishments might have been possible without Hurts engineering the greatest comeback in Sooner history on a November night in Waco, Texas. A 28-3 lead for Baylor evaporated into thin air as Hurts pounded the ball time and time again to keep OU’s playoff hopes alive.

Hurts had a legendary collegiate career in both Tuscaloosa and Norman, and it ended when he was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in 2020. Hurts is currently entering his second full season as Philly’s starter after guiding the team to the playoffs in 2021.

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