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Reports: Oklahoma QB Enters Transfer Portal

Jacob Switzer is Barry Switzer's grandson and was on the roster in 2023 after transferring from Southeastern Louisiana.

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Jacob Switzer
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Oklahoma royalty is moving on.

Jacob Switzer, a walk-on quarterback at OU and the grandson of "The King," Hall of Fame coach Barry Switzer, has reportedly entered the NCAA Transfer Portal.

The news was first reported Friday by On3 transfer portal reporter Pete Nakos.

Jacob Switzer came to OU last spring as a walk-on transfer from Southeastern Louisiana. The 6-foot-2, 193-pound Switzer played high school football at Prestonwood Christian in Plano, TX.

A fourth-year junior, Switzer will have two seasons of eligibility.

Switzer didn't get to play in any games, but made his name last year as one of the Sooners' top scout-team quarterbacks. He also provided plenty of value in passing drills in 2023 practices as coaches tried not to heap too many reps on starter Dillon Gabriel and backup Jackson Arnold.

In three seasons on the Prestonwood varsity, he played in 17 games and passed for 1,590 yards (.554 completion percentage) with 10 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. 

He began his college career by walking on at Arkansas, then transferred to Southeastern Louisiana.

The Sooners' quarterback room suffered its departures this offseason, with Gabriel going to Oregon and third-string QB Davis Beville heading to South Carolina. But new quarterbacks coach Seth Littrell landed two incoming recruits in Michael Hawkins and Brendan Zurbrugg, and Kevin Sperry is still committed in the 2025 class.

Former Texas and Nebraska QB Casey Thompson is expected to be Arnold's backup in 2024 after he recovers from a knee injury last season at Florida Atlantic.

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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