On the same day Jalen Hurts announced that he will pursue his final year of eligibility at Oklahoma and be Lincoln Riley’s next great transfer quarterback project following the impressive starting careers of Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray, news broke that the Sooners are simultaneously blocking the quarterback they don’t plan to start from leaving the program.
Austin Kendall entered the transfer portal on Friday after reportedly learning that Oklahoma was pursuing Hurts. Kendall backed up Mayfield in 2016, redshirted in 2017 and then backed up Murray last season. He understood that he wasn’t going to be the starter next fall—not with Hurts and five-star pro-style quarterback Spencer Rattler signing with OU’s 2019 recruiting class—so he took his future into his own hands and entered the portal.