2022 Spring Preview: Dillon Gabriel steps in as the unquestioned starter for the Oklahoma Sooners

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 2020 player card: No. 9 Tanner Schafer

Sooners Wire will be creating player cards for readers to be introduced to the 2020 roster. Here is No. 9: Tanner Schafer.

There is a ton of momentum to having a 2020 college football season these days. No definite signs, yet, but the season would start less than 100 days from now.

Sooners Wire will be creating player cards for readers to be introduced to the 2020 roster.

Here is the offensive No. 9 for the Sooners.

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Name: Tanner Schafer 

Number: No. 9

Year: Redshirt senior

Position: Quarterback

Hometown: Canadian, Texas 

Height/Weight: 6-foot-3, 207 pounds


The oldest voice in the quarterback room belongs to a walk-on quarterback turned scholarship quarterback.

Tanner Schafer came to Oklahoma out of the 2015 recruiting class after dominating 2A high school football in Texas. He chose to walk-on for the Sooners after having offers from Tulsa and Ohio.

Schafer has made appearances in two games during his four years at Oklahoma. In Feb. of 2020, he was put on scholarship. Schafer has been in a quarterback room with Heisman Trophy winners Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray, as well as Heisman Trophy runner-up Jalen Hurts.

The Canadian, Texas, native is one of four scholarship quarterbacks on campus for Lincoln Riley in 2020.

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