No. 14 — Rhett Bomar
Rhett Bomar is a classic case of what-could-have-been. He was a highly-touted five-star recruit that the Sooners landed in their 2004 class. He didn’t win the starting job out of camp to begin the 2005 season, but after the Sooners lost to TCU in Week 1, Bomar was handed the reins for the rest of the ’05 season.
He completed just 54.2% of his passes in the 2005 season and threw just 10 touchdowns to 10 interceptions. The Sooners went 8-4, but they were able to win the Holiday Bowl over Oregon.
Then in 2006, Bomar was dismissed from the team along with J.D. Quinn in August. The school said in a statement that the players violated NCAA rules by working at a private business and taking “payment over an extended period of time in excess of time actually worked.” Bomar apparently filed for 40-hour work weeks at Big Red Sports/Imports, making up to $18,000, when he only worked five hours a week.
Bomar could have potentially gone on to do great things at Oklahoma, but the much-hyped recruit only got eleven games in the spotlight.