How Oklahoma Quarterbacks Opened Spring Practice on Tuesday

The Sooners began their 2023 spring practice on a sunny Tuesday at the stadium, and Jeff Lebby's quarterbacks took snaps in a very specific order.

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How Oklahoma Quarterbacks Opened Spring Practice on Tuesday

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NORMAN — Jeff Lebby spent the first day of Oklahoma’s spring practice Tuesday working with five quarterbacks.

And on day one, at least, they took snaps in a definitive order.

Lebby brings back starter Dillon Gabriel, who led the group as expected. Taking snaps immediately after Lebby was 2022 backup Davis Beville.

True freshman Jackson Arnold, wearing jersey No. 10, got the No. 3 snaps, while 2022 reserve General Booty got the reps behind Arnold.

Walk-on Jacob Switzer, a walk-on from Norman North via Plano, TX, and grandson of Barry Switzer, wore No. 20 and was Lebby’s fifth QB. Switzer began his career at Arkansas.

Under sunny skies but wet grass, the Sooners are doing drills on the practice fields outside the Barry Switzer Center. The first 45 minutes of the session was open to media to gather photos and video.

Among those watching Lebby’s quarterbacks was new offensive analyst Seth Littrell, the former Sooner fullback and previously the head coach at North Texas.

OU welcomes 25 scholarship newcomers (14 freshmen, 11 transfers) to the roster this spring.

Published Mar 21, 2023

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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