Spencer Rattler
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Oklahoma Sooners – No. 7 | |
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Position | Quarterback |
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Major | Public Relations [1] |
Personal information | |
Born: | Phoenix, Arizona | September 28, 2000
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
Career history | |
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High school | Pinnacle |
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Spencer Rattler (born September 28, 2000) is an American college football quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners.
Early years
High school career
Rattler attended Pinnacle High School in Phoenix, Arizona, for all of his four years of high school. He broke the Arizona high school passing record on his 18th birthday.[3] Rattler threw for 11,083 yards in his four years with 116 passing TDs and rushed for 1,040 yards with 14 rushing TDs.[4] Early in his senior season, he was named MVP of the Elite 11 at The Opening in Texas.[5]
QB1
In his final season at Pinnacle, Rattler starred in a Peter Berg-directed Netflix sports documentary series called QB1: Beyond the Lights. Rattler was later suspended for violating a district code of conduct, and was ineligible to play for the rest of the season.[6] Rattler initially said he had a sprained MCL, but the school administration later advised him not to speak of the nature of the code of conduct violation.
Recruiting
By the end of his sophomore year in high school, he had received 14 offers from NCAA D-I schools, including Alabama, Notre Dame, and Miami. On June 19, 2017, he visited Oklahoma on an unofficial visit and committed to Oklahoma a week later. On December 19, 2018, he signed his letter of intent to play for Coach Lincoln Riley and the Sooners.[7] He was considered a 5 star quarterback by 247Sports[8] and Rivals.com,[9] and a 4 star by ESPN.[10] Rattler was also considered the consensus #1 quarterback in the 2019 recruiting class.[11]
College career
Redshirt year
On June 12, 2019, Rattler enrolled at Oklahoma.[12][13] He had seen action in the second half of the College Football Playoff Semi-Final Game against LSU. Overall, he appeared in a total of three games in the 2019 season, and thus was able to redshirt his freshman year of college.[14]
Redshirt freshman year
Going into his redshirt freshman season, Rattler competed with Tanner Mordecai for the starting job.[15] On September 1, Lincoln Riley announced that Rattler had won the starting quarterback job over Mordecai,[16] and Rattler made his starting debut on September 12th against Missouri State. [17] On September 26, Rattler tied the Oklahoma record for most touchdown passes through two weeks with 8, set by Sam Bradford in 2008.[18] However, Rattler's starting job got off to a rocky start when he and his Sooners were upset by Kansas State in his second start.[19] In his third start, Rattler threw for 300 yards and 2 touchdowns in the upset loss at Iowa State. This loss snapped a streak of 24 straight home losses by Iowa State to Oklahoma.[20] On November 7, Rattler injured his hip in a win against Kansas.[21] As the starting quarterback, he led the Oklahoma Sooners to a 6th consecutive Big 12 Championship, winning 27-21 over Iowa State.
College Statistics
As of the 2020 season:[22]
Season | Games | Record | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||
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G | GS | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | ||
2019 | 3 | 0 | 0–0 | 7 | 11 | 63.6 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 155.5 | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 |
2020 | 11 | 11 | 9–2 | 214 | 317 | 67.5 | 3,031 | 28 | 7 | 172.6 | 81 | 160 | 2.0 | 6 |
Career | 14 | 11 | 9–2 | 221 | 328 | 67.4 | 3,112 | 29 | 7 | 172.0 | 84 | 183 | 2.2 | 6 |
References
- ^ "Spencer Rattler - 2020 - Football". University of Oklahoma.
- ^ Pickman, Ben. "Hurts, Oklahoma Win Big 12 Title Over Baylor". Sports Illustrated.
- ^ "Oklahoma commit Spencer Rattler breaks Arizona passing yards record". September 29, 2018.
- ^ "Spencer Rattler's High School Football Stats". MaxPreps.com.
- ^ Obert, Richard (October 23, 2018). "Pinnacle QB Spencer Rattler ruled ineligible for rest of season after violating school policy". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
- ^ "QB1: What did Spencer Rattler do? Season 3 suspension explained!". April 6, 2020.
- ^ "Spencer Rattler Timeline". July 25, 2020.
- ^ "Spencer Rattler, Pinnacle , Pro-Style Quarterback". 247Sports.
- ^ "Spencer Rattler, 2019 Dual-threat quarterback - Rivals.com". n.rivals.com.
- ^ "ESPN Football Recruiting - 300 Player Rankings". ESPN.com.
- ^ "Spencer Rattler, Pinnacle , Pro-Style Quarterback". 247Sports.
- ^ "Spencer Rattler Timeline Events". July 25, 2020.
- ^ "Jalen Hurts announces transfer to Oklahoma after three seasons at Alabama". January 16, 2019.
- ^ https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/spencer-rattler-1.html. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
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(help) - ^ "Tanner Mordecai will reportedly return to Oklahoma, compete with Spencer Rattler for quarterback job". Sooners Wire. January 3, 2020. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ^ Brunt, Cliff. "Spencer Rattler Named Starting QB for #5 Oklahoma". AP News. AP News. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ https://www.espn.com/college-football/game?gameId=401236054
- ^ Boan, Christopher (September 26, 2020). "Former Pinnacle HS quarterback Spencer Rattler ties OU passing record". Arizona Sports. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
- ^ "Kansas State vs. Oklahoma - Game Recap - September 26, 2020 - ESPN". ESPN.com.
- ^ "Oklahoma vs. Iowa State - Game Recap - October 3, 2020 - ESPN". ESPN.com.
- ^ Plaisance, Steven (November 7, 2020). "Oklahoma's Spencer Rattler hurts hip in game against Kansas". Sooners Wire. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
- ^ "Spencer Rattler College Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 25, 2020.