Juco QB visiting Sooners
By JOHN E. HOOVER World Sports Writer
12/11/2005
Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said a few weeks back he would like to go after a junior college quarterback to add depth, either to back up starter Rhett Bomar next season, or to push him.
So among OU's campus visits this weekend is Joey Halzle, a first-year QB from Golden West Community College in Huntington Beach, Calif.
Halzle (6-foot-4, 215) is visiting OU this weekend and Michigan next weekend, he told several recruiting services.
"I was just making a highlight tape and sent it out at the end of the season, and I guess Oklahoma liked what they saw," Halzle told SoonerScoop.com. "They've been on me ever since then."
Halzle was on the PrepStar all-region team at Oaks Christian High School in Westlake Village, Calif., and as a junior reportedly threw 27 touchdown passes. But at 175 pounds, he wasn't heavily recruited, with his only Division I offer as an invited walk-on at Oregon.
The summer after his senior year, Halzle broke an ankle, so he didn't enroll until last January, meaning he has four years to play three at the Division I-A level. He plans to enroll at his college of choice in January and practice in the spring.
According Scout.com,
Halzle "was arguably the top quarterback at the 2005 JCFootball.com SoCal Combine."
The Sooners are in the market because backup Paul Thompson, a senior next year, is considering a full-time switch to wide receiver. That means OU's other two QBs for next year are Putnam City North commitment Sam Bradford and walk-on sophomore Hays McEachern. Bomar will be a sophomore next season.