Top 10 OU QB’s of the Last 10 Years

College football season is so close it seems like time is standing still to me. In my anticipation I find myself reading one review after another and checking all the blogs to see what they are saying about the upcoming season.

In order to help time pass I thought over the next several weeks I would list my top players at each position over the past ten seasons for the Sooners. Here is the only stipulation to be on the list. You must have actually played a down of football for the Sooners. It doesn’t matter how highly recruited you were or are you must have actually made it on the field or you don’t count. Are you listening Brent Rawls?

Here are the Top 10 Sooner QB’s of the last 10 years. Feel free to add your own list if you are not a Sooner fan.

1. Jason White (1999-2004) – That was easy! In his full two years as a Sooner starter White eclipsed over 7,000 yards passing and 75 touchdowns. He led the Sooners to back-to-back undefeated regular season games as well as Big 12 Championship games and BCS Championship games. He also took home the 2003 Heisman Trophy.


2. Josh Heupel (1999-2000) – Heupel could be known as the savior of OU football. He led the team back to mediocrity in 1999 earning a birth in the Independence Bowl and then to national prominence in 2000 with the upset of Florida State in the Orange Bowl to claim Oklahoma’s seventh national championship.


3. Nate Hybl (2000-2002) – Hybl led the Sooners to the Big 12 Championship in 2002 and was the Rose Bowl MVP that same year in Oklahoma’s 34-14 romp over Washington State. He finished his career 20-3 as a starter.

4. Patrick Fletcher (1998-2000) – A back-up the majority of his career Fletcher became the inspirational leader and the team spokesperson for the 2000 national championship team. He also became one of the most dangerous kick holder in college football by frequently being the trigger man on fake field goals and extra points.

5. Rhett Bomar (2004-Present) – Still very early in his career Bomar could move way up this list over the next three years. Quite possibly the most physically gifted QB on this list Bomar shook off a bad start to his first season to guide Oklahoma to win six of their final seven games including a victory in the Holiday Bowl over the #5 ranked Oregon Ducks. The future should be bright for Bomar.

6. Paul Thompson (2002 – Present) – A career back-up, now moved to wide receiver, Thompson’s best moments came in mop-up duty particularly in the 77-0 thumping of Texas A&M in 2003. His worst moments came when he opened the 2005 season as the starter and was replaced by Rhett Bomar during the 17-10 loss to TCU.

7. Eric Moore (1995-1996) – Maybe one of the most humble people you will ever meet Moore was in the wrong place at the wrong time his entire OU career. He was one of the key players in John Blake’s QB controversy.

8. Brandon Daniels (1996-1999) – Sooner fans remember when Daniels, part two of Blake’s QB controversy, was supposed to bring the wishbone back to Owen Field but it was a failed experiment to say the least. He is better known as a kick returner/wide receiver during Bob Stoops first season in 1999.

9. Tommy Grady (2003-2004) – Grady is best known for finishing out OU’s blow-out loss to USC in the 2005 Orange Bowl and for flunking out of the three man race to be the incumbent to Jason White.

10. Justin Fuente (1996-1997) – Fuente, part three of Blake’s QB controversy, was supposed to be Josh Heupel only three year’s earlier. The only problem was that he had John Blake coaching him instead of Bob Stoops. He passed for almost 3,500 yards and 27 touchdowns for Murray St. in 1999.

Honorable Mention: Jake Sills (1998)