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Oklahoma Sooners Football: Report - Oklahoma will grant QB Austin Kendall a waiver to be immediately eligible at West Virginia

According to George Schroeder of USA Today, Oklahoma has changed course in regards to quarterback Austin Kendall and a potential transfer to West Virginia. The Waxhaw, N.C. native will be allowed to transfer to West Virginia (if he so chooses) as a graduate transfer without losing a season of eligibility.

BREAKING: Oklahoma will grant grad transfer QB Austin Kendall the waiver to be immediately eligible at West Virginia, @usatodaysports
has learned.

The school worked through its concerns over a transfer within the Big 12 to arrive at the decision.— George Schroeder (@GeorgeSchroeder) January 16, 2019

Earlier in the day, ESPN’s Jake Trotter reported that OU was blocking Kendall from immediate eligibility at West Virginia on the grounds that it would be a move to a Big 12 opponent.