COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) One-time Heisman Trophy contender Spencer Rattler is leaving Oklahoma for South Carolina to affix former Sooners’ assistant Shane Beamer.

Rattler tweeted Monday evening that he had dedicated to the Gamecocks. The submit confirmed Rattler in a South Carolina uniform with the Gamecocks’ emblem within the background with the phrases, ”COMMITTED.”

”Excited for the subsequent chapter,” Rattler’s submit mentioned.

The 6-foot-1 redshirt sophomore spent his first three seasons with the Sooners, and was thought of among the many high candidates for the Heisman Trophy getting into the 2021 season. However he misplaced the beginning job to Caleb Williams and mentioned he was leaving this system when the yr ended.

Rattler performed in 9 video games this season, finishing 140 of 187 passes for 1,483 yards, 11 touchdowns and 5 interceptions.

Certainly one of Rattler’s targets at Oklahoma, tight finish Austin Stogner, additionally tweeted he was heading to South Carolina. Stogner’s submit appeared just like Rattler’s, and added, ”Let’s roll.”

Stogner is 6-foot-6 junior from Plano, Texas, who had 14 catches for 166 yards and three touchdowns. His greatest season with the Sooners was in 2020 when he had 26 receptions for 422 yards and three TDs.

Beamer, South Carolina’s first-year coach, spent three seasons at Oklahoma below former coach Lincoln Riley as assistant head coach for offense and coached tight ends and H-backs.

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