What does the quarterback position look like for the Oklahoma Sooners as they get set to start spring practice?
As spring practices for Oklahoma get underway on March 22, it’s time to begin taking stock of what the Sooners have on campus in each respective position group. Here at the Sooners Wire, we’ll give you a breakdown of what to watch for as Oklahoma begins preparations for the 2022 season.
Yesterday, Josh Helmer took a look at a wide receiver group that lost several of their top pass catchers but looks to be in great shape anyway. Today, we’ll take a look at the position throwing them the football, the quarterback.
No position group has seen as much upheaval in the last few months as the quarterback group. After a benching and a coaching change in the last eight months, Oklahoma was well connected in the transfer portal and despite its losses at the position, remain in fantastic shape at quarterback.
Oklahoma wide receiver Spencer Jones was named the Pete Mortell Holder of the Year on Thursday evening.
The most highly-coveted award in football has been given to an Oklahoma player: the Peter Mortell Holder of the Year Award.
Sooners wide receiver Spencer Jones has picked up the honor due to his good work holding down extra points and field goals for kicker Gabe Brkic in the 2020 season.
A redshirt senior out of Nashville, Tennessee, Jones served as the holder for all eleven Oklahoma games in the 2020 season. With Jones holding, Brkic went 49 for 49 this year on extra points and 20 for 26 on field goals.
The award, which was created in 2015, and is named after it’s first winner in Minnesota’s Peter Mortell for his work for the Golden Gophers. With Jones earning the honor, the Sooners become the first program to have won this award twice with Connor McGinnis having received the honor in 2017.
Oklahoma wide receiver Spencer Jones found a way to stay entertained during quarantine: winning a $1,000 bet against his father.
Oklahoma wide receiver Spencer Jones found a way to stay entertained during quarantine: winning a $1,000 bet against his father.
In a video the senior recently posted on social media, the senior is shown making the wager. His dad said he would pay out a $1,000 reward if his son could make the crazy shot in just three tries. The video got over 36,000 likes on Twitter after SportsCenter re-posted it.
The goal can barely be seen in the background of the video, and Jones was far enough from the goal that he needed to heave the ball with one arm.
The first try was wide left, and Jones’ dad then said he would pay out $250 if the ball even hit rim. Jones’ second attempt was high arcing, dropping straight through the hoop.
Jones, a 6-1 receiver out of Nashville, Tennessee, will be in his redshirt senior year at Oklahoma. He played in 14 games in the 2019 season.
NCAA prospects have until April 26 to declare early entry for 2020 NBA Draft. There are several notable prospects who could join this class.
NCAA prospects have until next week to declare early entry for 2020 NBA Draft. There are several notable prospects who could join this class.
Two freshmen (Precious Achiuwa and Jahmi’us Ramsey) are widely projected as first-round prospects. Meanwhile, three sophomores (Isaiah Joe, Aaron Henry and Joel Ayayi) typically appear on mock drafts.
Others who are likely Top-100 prospects: Romeo Weems, Trayce Jackson-Davis, Filip Petrusev, Joe Wieskamp, Corey Kispert, Terrence Shannon Omer Yurtseven, Yves Pons, AJ Lawson, Charles Bassey, Anton Watson and Miles McBride.
Below is a list reviewing all of the key players in college basketball who have yet to make a public decision about their NBA futures, even if it is simply just to test the waters so long as they already applied to receive feedback from the Undergraduate Advisory Committee before April 16.
