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Former Oklahoma QB Spencer Rattler Announces Transfer Destination

Rattler announced on Monday night he'll join Shane Beamer at South Carolina.

John E. Hoover

Former Oklahoma quarterback Spencer Rattler announced his transfer destination on Monday night.

Rattler will join former Sooners assistant Shane Beamer at South Carolina.

Rattler, who spent three seasons at OU after a 5-star high school career in Phoenix, announced his decision on social media.

After redshirting behind Jalen Hurts in 2019, Rattler had a rocky start to the 2020 season, but improved all year and was MVP of the Cotton Bowl. He returned as a third-year sophomore in 2021 and had a solid start to the season, but also experienced plenty of struggles.

In the Sooners' game against Texas, he was replaced by true freshman Caleb Williams and never got his job back as Williams became an OU sensation.

At South Carolina, Rattler will also team up with former OU teammate Austin Stogner, who also entered the transfer portal after Lincoln Riley's departure for USC.

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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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