Former Oklahoma QB Announces Entrance Into Transfer Portal

Originally posted on Oklahoma Sooners on SI
By John Hoover | Last updated Dec 5, 2024 9:42 PM ET

A former Oklahoma quarterback is on the move again.

Ben Harris, a preferred walk-on in OU’s 2021 class who transferred to North Alabama, announced via Twitter/X on Thursday that he’ll be entering the NCAA Transfer again.

Harris, a Carl Albert product, played sparingly over the last three seasons.

“Thank you to UNA for the past 3 years,” he wrote. “Thank you to my teammates for the memories and relationships I will hold onto forever. Thank you to my coaches for always pushing me every day. Thank you Coach Dearman for allowing me to play and grow as a quarterback at UNA. “Thank you to the Lord above for letting me play this sport and allowing me to be in this situation right now.

“With that being said, it is in my best interest to enter the transfer portal for the 2025 season. I will have one year of eligibility left.”

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— Ben Harris (@ben_harris18) December 5, 2024

Harris played in 16 games at North Alabama — 11 this season — and compiled 298 career passing yards with one touchdown and two interceptions. He also rushed for 133 yards and a TD on 28 rushes. Earlier this season, he caught a 19-yard touchdown pass on a double-screen-flea-flicker.

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Just like that, IT'S A ONE-SCORE GAME!#RoarLions pic.twitter.com/E2dLFm7mop
— North Alabama Football (@UNAFootball) November 2, 2024

Harris played for Oklahoma after compiling a 52-2 record and winning four state championships as the starting QB at Carl Albert. His win total is a record for the state of Oklahoma.

He told Sooners On SI he wanted to play for OU’s “quarterback whisperer” and said, “my goal is to become a scholarship guy.” Instead, Harris spent one year at OU before heading to UNA.

During his senior year at Carl Albert, Harris completed 67.3 percent of his passes (169-of-251) for 2,215 yards with 22 touchdowns and seven interceptions. He also ran for 571 yards and five TDs.

Harris put up solid numbers throughout his high school career: 2,766 yards and 35 touchdowns with four interceptions in 2017), 2,361 yards and 20 TDs with six INTs in 2018 ), and 2,101 yards and 16 TDs with three INTs in 2019.

He also punted three years for the Titans.

Harris joined Lincoln Riley’s QB room as a reserve behind 2020 starter Spencer Rattler, 5-star freshman Caleb Williams and walk-on Ralph Rucker. He committed to OU one day after walk-on Micah Bowens announced his transfer to Norman from Penn State.

By the time Brent Venables began his first training camp in August 2022, all five of Riley’s QBs had moved on.

This article first appeared on Oklahoma Sooners on SI and was syndicated with permission.

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