With the announcement by former Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts on Wednesday that he is taking his talents to Oklahoma next season under the NCAA graduate transfer rule, it appears that he will become the third consecutive transferee to take over the starting QB duties for the Sooners.
The arrival of all three spans the time since 35-year-old Lincoln Riley has been at Oklahoma. Riley, one of the most innovative and productive offensive maestros in the college game, has worked with two starting QBs in the two seasons he has served as head coach of the Sooners — Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray — and both ended up winning the Heisman Trophy as field generals for college football’s No.