Oklahoma lands junior college QB General Booty

Oklahoma acquired a dedication from junior faculty quarterback Basic Booty on Saturday.

Booty, a 6-foot-3, 195-pound sophomore out of Tyler Junior Faculty in Texas, could have three years of eligibility remaining at Oklahoma.

The son of former LSU receiver Abram Booty, he comes from a outstanding soccer household. His uncle Josh was a quarterback at LSU and a Main League Baseball participant. One other uncle, John David, performed quarterback at USC within the Pete Carroll period.

Basic Booty went to 4 completely different excessive faculties as his household moved, together with two in California and two in Texas, ending his profession at Allen, Texas, which is within the Dallas space.

He was not closely recruited out of highschool and opted to play at TJC, the place he had a breakout season, throwing for 3,115 yards and 25 touchdowns to rank second within the nation within the NJCAA. In a single sport towards Navarro final October, he threw for 528 yards and eight touchdowns and ran for 62 yards on eight carries.

His household lineage and that title, which Abram Booty mentioned stems from his fascination with the army, have lengthy drawn consideration his manner.

“Clearly my title’s an attention-grabber and folks love to do headlines with it, however I like to point out individuals with my play that I can again it up,” he advised The Dallas Morning Information in 2020. “I’ve finished that, I will proceed to do this as properly, and provides them a cause to recollect my title.”

Dillon Gabriel, who performed for brand new Sooners offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby at UCF, is all however entrenched as OU’s starter this season, even taking many of the reps for each groups in Oklahoma’s spring sport.

The Sooners signed QB recruit Nick Evers, No. 134 within the 2022 ESPN300, who was first-year coach Brent Venables’ first commit at OU, in December. The Sooners additionally acquired a dedication this previous week from former Pitt QB Davis Beville, a switch who was within the 2019 class.

Booty will be part of the Sooners this summer time with the remainder of the brand new signees to assist shore up a quarterback room after the departures of Caleb Williams and Spencer Rattler, who each transferred after the season.