NORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley still isn't ready to name Jalen Hurts the Sooners' starting quarterback, but said the Alabama graduate transfer has endeared himself to teammates with the way he has embraced the competition, and that OU hopes to use him a little differently than he was used at Alabama.
Hurts was 26-2 as a starter at Alabama and played in six College Football Playoff games for the Crimson Tide, but lost his starting job last season to Tua Tagovailoa. Hurts is vying with redshirt freshman Tanner Mordecai and true freshman Spencer Rattler for the OU starting job.