Oklahoma Sooners get dedication from junior faculty QB Common Booty

Oklahoma received a dedication from junior faculty quarterback Common Booty on Saturday.

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

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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.

Common 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 in opposition to 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 stated stems from his fascination with the army, have lengthy drawn consideration his method.

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

Dillon Gabriel, who performed for brand spanking new Sooners offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby at UCF, is all however entrenched as OU’s starter this season, even taking a lot 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 received a dedication this previous week from former Pitt QB Davis Beville, a switch who was within the 2019 class.

Booty will be a part of the Sooners this summer season 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.