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Former Texas, Nebraska and FAU quarterback granted 7th year of eligibility to play at Oklahoma

Former Texas, Nebraska and Florida Atlantic quarterback Casey Thompson has been granted a seventh year of eligibility.

Thompson committed to Oklahoma on Thursday. He will be 26 years old when the Sooners play Texas next season.

Here are more details from ESPN:

Thompson was a graduate student at FAU this past season playing for coach Tom Herman, who originally signed him at Texas. He played in three games before tearing an ACL and was granted a medical hardship waiver for one more year.

Thompson, the son of former Sooners quarterback Charles Thompson, will return home to Oklahoma where he was a high school star, setting a state record with 12,840 yards of offense and 154 touchdowns.