Spencer Rattler’s football journey is one of peaks and valleys.
He left high school in Arizona as the Class of 2019’s top pro-style quarterback, according to 247 Sports, and committed to the University of Oklahoma with the hopes of being the Sooners’ latest and greatest Heisman-caliber quarterback. Rattler spent his freshman year sitting behind 2019 Heisman Trophy runner-up and 2022 NFL MVP runner-up Jalen Hurts before taking the reins in 2020.
Oklahoma got off to slow start in 2020, dropping two of their first three games in Rattler’s first season as the starter. However, after throwing six touchdowns to four interceptions in losses to Kansas State and Iowa State, he settled in and threw 18 touchdowns to only three interceptions the rest of the way to finish the year with 28 touchdowns to seven picks. The result was ending the year on an eight-game winning streak that included winning the Big 12 Championship and the Cotton Bowl.
Rattler’s Sooners career was then derailed in 2021 thanks to another five-star quarterback emerging behind him: Caleb Williams, the presumed first overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. Oklahoma fell behind 28-7 against their archrivals, the Texas Longhorns, so Williams was subbed into the game in place of Rattler. His understudy ran for a 66-yard touchdown right away. When it was all over, Williams had amassed 212 passing yards and two touchdowns on 16 of 25 passing while adding 88 rushing yards in total en route to a stunning 55-48 Sooners comeback victory.
That game essentially closed the book on his time at Oklahoma, so he transferred to South Carolina. He had an uneven first season in Columbia, throwing 18 touchdowns to 12 interceptions, but his final two regular-season games of the year spoiled two College Football Playoff hopefuls national title dreams with a 63-38 blowout of No. 5 Tennessee and a 31-30 nail-biting victory at No. 7 Clemson. Rattler threw a career-high six touchdowns and 438 passing yards on 30 of 37 passing in the flattening of the Volunteers.
He improved in Year 2 in the SEC, tossing 19 touchdowns to just eight interceptions, but the Gamecocks went 5-7 as Rattler was unable to recapture his production and winning ways from his sophomore year at Oklahoma.
Rattler finished his last showcase for the NFL on a high note, winning MVP honors at the 2024 Senior Bowl by completing all four of his passes for 65 yards and a…
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