The Sooners are seeing more transfer portal news.
Rotational quarterback General Booty entered the transfer portal on Thursday, 247Sports Matt Zenitz and Chris Hummer have confirmed.
Booty becomes the fifth scholarship player to leave Oklahoma by way of the transfer portal in the post-spring window. He joins linebacker Shane Whitter, defensive back/linebacker Justin Harrington, cornerback Jasiah Wagoner and wide receiver Gavin Freeman.
After playing high school football at San Antonio (Texas) Cornerstone Christian and San Juan Capistrano (Calif.) J Serra Catholic, Booty went the junior college route. In his one season at Tyler Junior College, Booty threw for 3,115 yards, 25 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.
The former Allen Eagle was second in the junior college ranks in passing yards per game and fourth in passing touchdowns for Tyler, who went 7-5 in 2021 and finished second in the Southwest Junior College Football Conference. In one of his games, Booty passed for 528 yards and eight touchdowns.
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After his dominant year, Booty committed to the Sooners in May 2022 to join them for their transitional season in the Brent Venables era. He was set to be part of former offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby’s offense and help bring depth to the position group. However, Booty has been behind highly-touted quarterbacks Dillon Gabriel and Jackson Arnold, so he hasn’t been able to muster much playing time behind the group.
His most recent action came in the Sooners’ spring game where Booty ran for a 32-yard touchdown on the opening drive of the second half. He made appearances in the season opener in 2022 against TCU and in the season opener in 2023 against Arkansas State. But the two official games were his only appearances for the Sooners.
Gabriel, Booty, Nick Evers, and Davis Beville were the group the Sooners brought in for the 2022 season. Now, all four have parted ways with the Sooners. Gabriel transferred to Oregon, Nick Evers transferred to UConn, while Beville landed at South Carolina.
However, the Sooners quarterback room is far from lacking depth. With Arnold, Maliek Hawkins, seventh-year Cason Thompson, and others, the Sooners still have some weapons in their rotation.
Booty’s father, Abram Booty, played wide receiver at LSU while his uncle, Josh Booty, played quarterback at LSU and in the NFL.
