{"id":7905,"date":"2020-04-14T14:07:27","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T19:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=7905"},"modified":"2020-04-14T15:34:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T20:34:59","slug":"greatest-oklahoma-sooner-quarterbacks-number-ten-tie-jalen-hurts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=7905","title":{"rendered":"Greatest Oklahoma Sooner Quarterbacks-Number Ten (tie): Jalen Hurts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Greatest Sooner Quarterbacks-Number Ten (tie): Jalen Hurts<\/span><\/h2>\n

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T<\/strong><\/em><\/span>o qualify this ranking of quarterbacks at Oklahoma, I have included only players that I have personally seen in person at the stadium or live on television.\u00a0 I began watching Sooner football in 1958 and my remembrances go back to 1961.\u00a0 With that, I have not included any player before 1961. This is the second part of a series of greatest Sooner football players by position. You can find my list of best running backs at this blog in the search box and the post will pop up).\u00a0 Please comment on my lists and argue your best Sooner players.\u00a0 There are no right or wrong rankings.\u00a0 Statistics, abilities, awards, accomplishments and overall significance to the OU football program are all included in picking the ten, but when all things are equal, my personal preference is the tie breaker.\u00a0 I have a specific rating for each quarterback and will publish the total point list when I have finished with my top OU quarterback later in the year.<\/span>
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(Note:\u00a0 In rating my top Sooner quarterbacks I ended up with a tie for 10th.\u00a0 JC Watts was tied with my next entry which will posted very soon.)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ability to play, and production noted, this Alabama transfer was the greatest running quarterback that I ever viewed in a Sooner uniform, with respect to Thomas Lott, Jamelle Holiefield and of course, Kyler Murray.\u00a0 Jalen\u2019s statistics on the ground bear that out. HIs great 2019 season was historic with regard to yardage rushed by a quarterback at OU and he was most deadly running for scores in the red zone.\u00a0 His passing ability and production in the air puts Hurts as the 10th greatest quarterback I have viewed for OU.
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Murray was a better passer and more elusive with great speed, but his running was not as extensive for OU in his big Heisman year of 2018.\u00a0 Thomas Lott was so good in the wishbone that Coach Barry Switzer had the ultimate confidence in how he could run the triple option as Lott burned many a foe with his legs and power running if allowed to keep the ball, which defenses paid a heavy price..\u00a0 And Jamalle was an adequate\u00a0 passer (with Keith Jackson helping) to go with is lightening speed in the bone, giving OU that added push to win a National title.<\/span><\/h6>\n

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With Hurts in control, OU devastated the opposition with both his running and passing and his on field decision making.\u00a0\u00a0 In just one year at OU, Hurts was hell to stop when he tucked the ball and took off after a breakdown in the passing game.\u00a0 Added, Hurts was big and strong enough to make significant yards in all situations that Lincoln Riley wanted rushing yardage, allowing him to be a primary ball carrier.\u00a0 Hurts rarely disappointed the Sooner Nation and his only bugaboo was an occasional, yet costly fumble.\u00a0 I will not hold that against him.<\/span><\/h6>\n

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An average downfield passer at best, the transfer sill delivered deadly strikes to a bevy of outstanding pass catchers, especially All-American CeeDee Lamb.\u00a0 Hurts gave OU that needed signal caller and team leader (on and off the field) that allowed the Sooner offense to move the ball in the season after two Heisman winners in Mayfield and Murray played the position, leading the Sooners to another National Semi-final birth in challenging for that elusive national championship.<\/span><\/h6>\n

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One of the most honored and successful players in the history of college football, Hurt\u2019s awards were many. A national title quarterback at Alabama and a Heisman Trophy runner-up for the Sooners lead his list of accomplishments\u00a0 They were:<\/span><\/h6>\n
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