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Former Nebraska quarterback Casey Thompson transferring to old Big 12 rival

Derek Peterson

By Derek Peterson

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Former Nebraska quarterback Casey Thompson will be ending his college career in a familiar place. He announced on Thursday that he’ll spend his final season of eligibility in Norman with the Oklahoma Sooners.

Oklahoma needed some depth behind Jackson Arnold heading into the 2024 season, and probably some experience to help what is otherwise a young room. Thompson checks both of those boxes.

He spent his first four seasons at Texas and threw for 388 yards and five touchdowns in an absolutely electric Red River clash in 2021. Then he transferred to Nebraska and spent a season as the Huskers’ starting quarterback.

Thompson was a graduate student at Florida Atlantic during the 2023 season playing for the coach who initially signed him at Texas — Tom Herman. He tore his ACL three games into the season and was granted a medical hardship waiver for a seventh season of eligibility.

An Oklahoma City native, Thompson is returning home to play for the school his father, Charles, once quarterbacked. He’ll become the third player in modern history to have played for both Oklahoma and Texas during a career.

Thompson has 5,338 yards and 52 touchdowns across 33 games throughout his college career. He has completed 64% of his passes while throwing 24 interceptions. He also has 10 rushing scores.

In his lone season with the Huskers, he threw for 2,407 yards and 17 touchdowns while rushing for another five. On Nov. 25, 2022, he threw for 278 yards and three scores to help Nebraska beat Iowa and snap a seven-game losing streak in the series. When Matt Rhule took over the program the following offseason and installed Jeff Sims as the starter, Thompson moved on.

At OU, he’s expected to back up soon-to-be sophomore Jackson Arnold. A 5-star signee out of the 2023 class, Arnold will be taking the reins of the Sooner offense as the program makes its transition to the SEC. He played in seven games as a true freshman and earned his first career start in the Alamo Bowl against Arizona.

Derek Peterson

Derek Peterson does a bit of everything, not unlike Taysom Hill. He has covered Oklahoma, Nebraska, the Pac-12, and now delivers CFB-wide content.