By operating off two proficient quarterback, strain is on head coach Brent Venables to discover a quarterback who will stick.
Arnold appeared in 10 video games this season as a sophomore, going 154-of-246 (62.6%) for 1,421 yards, 12 touchdowns and three interceptions whereas including 444 yards and three touchdowns on the bottom.
Oklahoma struggled in its first season within the SEC, going 6-6, together with 2-6 in convention. Venables fired first-year offensive coordinator Seth Littrell in-season and the Sooners completed the common season 94th in scoring offense (24.3 factors per recreation).
It was Oklahoma’s worst offensive season since 1998, when it completed a hundred and first in scoring, averaging 16.7 factors per recreation.
Arnold was benched for freshman Michael Hawkins Jr. on Sept. 21 in opposition to Tennessee. Hawkins began Oklahoma’s subsequent three video games earlier than Arnold returned to the beginning lineup on Oct. 26 in opposition to Ole Miss.
Hawkins could possibly be the Sooners’ future at quarterback after this system added his brother, Maliek Hawkins, throughout faculty soccer’s early signing interval on Wednesday.
Hawkins appeared in six games total during the regular season and was 48-of-77 (62.3%) for 536 yards, two whole touchdowns, two interceptions whereas gaining 143 speeding yards on 52 makes an attempt.
Venables recently hired former Washington State offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle to guide Oklahoma’s offense, and his potential to construct an offense round Hawkins, or whoever begins at quarterback in 2025, is paramount to the Sooners’ success.
Arnold, a former five-star recruit, ought to have loads of suitors within the portal. How he fares subsequent season may additionally put strain on Oklahoma. If he is as triumphant at his subsequent cease as Gabriel has been at Oregon, that might result in some uncomfortable conversations about Venables.
It wasn’t that way back that Oklahoma was a vacation spot faculty for high quarterback expertise. Now, it will possibly’t get them to remain.
