Breaking: Oklahoma land in a new QB from the transfer portal in a blockbuster trade.
During his senior year at Choctaw High School in Choctaw, Oklahoma, Wasel, a previous in-state star, passed for 3,325 yards and 38 touchdowns. In his last game, he guided the Yellowjackets to an 11-2 record.
The quarterback room of the Sooners has been expanded.
Steele Wasel, a transfer signal-caller from Akron, has officially announced his move to Oklahoma and will enroll in the program this summer in preparation for the 2024 campaign. Wasel was a standout student at Choctaw High School in Choctaw, Oklahoma, where he was an in-state star. As a senior, he passed for 3,325 yards and 38 touchdo
The 6-foot-4, 215-pound athlete committed to Akron in the spring of 2022. He inked a deal with the Zips in December. On May 1st, 2024, Wasel would open the transfer portal following his 2023 season as a redshirt.
wns. In his final year of prep ball, he guided the Yellowjackets to an 11-2 record and a trip to the 6A-II state title game, where Stillwater defeated Choctaw by a final score of 26-21.
Oklahoma has been looking for a new PWO signal caller in an effort to improve their depth after losing a couple of their favorite walk-on quarterbacks. Wasel offers precisely that.
Wasel, a native of the state who gets to return home, adds another FBS caliber arm to Oklahoma’s already formidable group of quarterbacks, which is led by Jackson Arnold, a former five-star who will soon be a full-time starter. There is a lot of depth in the room beyond Arnold, with Florida Atlantic transfer Casey Thompson—who has previously attended Texas and Nebraska—likely leading the pack for the No. 2 spot.
True freshman Michael Hawkins and Northwestern transfer Brendan Zurbrugg make up the remaining roster, with Wasel stepping in to take General Booty’s place. Booty pledged to Louisiana-Monroe at an earlier stage of the portal cycle after spring break.
Wasel becomes the latest addition to a transfer portal class that has shown to be fairly successful for the Sooners in the post-spring cycle. TCU’s defensive end Damonic Williams and SMU’s offensive lineman Branson Hickman are two possible starters that the team has already signed.
SEC Media Days are scheduled for mid-July, and Oklahoma has already started summer workouts in Norman. Fall camp will begin in early August. All of this builds up to OU’s inaugural SEC season, which begins on Friday, August 30 at Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman at home versus Temple.
