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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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NORMAN, OK – SEPTEMBER 18: Oklahoma Sooners cheerleaders run across the field with Sooners flags after a 100-yard return on a blocked point-after-touchdown for two points against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on September 18, 2021 in Norman, Oklahoma. Oklahoma won 23-16. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images)
NORMAN, OK – SEPTEMBER 18: Oklahoma Sooners cheerleaders run across the field with Sooners flags after a 100-yard return on a blocked point-after-touchdown for two points against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on September 18, 2021 in Norman, Oklahoma. Oklahoma won 23-16. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images) /

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.

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