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Former Oklahoma QB Announces Transfer Destination

The Sooner quarterback room has filled up lately, and Harris decided he could live out his "childhood dream" at another school.
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Former Oklahoma QB Announces Transfer Destination
Former Oklahoma QB Announces Transfer Destination

Former Oklahoma quarterback Ben Harris has found a home.

The Sooner freshman, who walked on last year and redshirted under Lincoln Riley, announced last week that he has entered the transfer portal, and Thursday announced via Twitter that he’ll be attending North Alabama.

The 6-foot-3, 204-pound Harris went 52-2 as a starter and won four Class 5A state championships as a starter at Midwest City Carl Albert.

North Alabama went 3-8 last season, but won three of their last five games as an FCS program in Florence, AL. In his tweet, he thanked the North Alabama coaching staff for "giving me the opportunity to live out my childhood dream."

At OU in 2021, Harris was behind starters Spencer Rattler and Caleb Williams as well as true freshman walk-on Ralph Rucker and Penn State transfer Micah Bowens, who return this season. 

Harris was projected to be behind 2022 starter Dillon Gabriel as well as transfers Davis Beville from Pittsburgh and General Booty from Tyler Junior College.

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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