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Oklahoma Sooners Football: Adapting Lincoln Riley’s offense around Jalen Hurts

The stories from Jalen Hurts’ three years with the Alabama Crimson Tide tend to end up as life lessons about the importance of handling adversity with grace and the value of character.

The upshot of all that collected wisdom: Being a good locker room guy should help him slide into the role of starting quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners fairly seamlessly. That’s a plus, but what about the actual quarterbacking part of the gig?

Hurts’ skill set represents a major departure from his two most immediate predecessors at QB for OU.