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OU Pro Day: Oklahoma QB Casey Thompson's Success Comes the Usual Family Resilience

Tuesday was a full circle moment for Casey Thompson, and his whole family, really. Sitting quietly, humbly, in the portable bleachers on the 25-yard line was Charles Thompson, the dad who got this thing rolling so many years ago when he signed with Barry Switzer’s wishbone Sooners in 1986 as a flashy option quarterback out of Lawton.

College Football News / Oklahoma Sooners on SI / January 12, 2024
Column: To Oklahoma QB Casey Thompson, ‘Legacy’ Means Something Different

Column: To Oklahoma QB Casey Thompson, ‘Legacy’ Means Something Different

Incredibly, it was 13 years ago next week that Kendal Thompson told me what playing quarterback at Oklahoma meant to him. Following in his dad Charles Thompson’s famous, fast, footsteps — at least part of the way — was everything he wanted.

College Football News / Oklahoma Sooners on SI / January 11, 2024
Oklahoma Lands Veteran Legacy QB Out of Transfer Portal

Oklahoma Lands Veteran Legacy QB Out of Transfer Portal

A former Oklahoma high school star is returning home to finish his college career. Quarterback Casey Thompson, son of OU legend Charles Thompson, is transferring to Norman to join his father’s old team.

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