Oklahoma Sooners

Mayfield is the starter

Published Aug. 24, 2015 3:54 p.m. ET

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Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops made it official on Thursday, picking Baker Mayfield as the starting quarterback.

Trevor Knight had started the past two openers for the Sooners.

Mayfield, a former walk-on at Texas Tech who became a starter, also walked on at Oklahoma before last season. He sat out all of 2014.

"It's been a very tight battle among those three guys," Stoops said in a news release. "Baker, Trevor (Knight) and Cody (Thomas) have all made substantial progress and I feel we can win with any of them."

Knight is 11-5 in his career as a starter. Thomas is 2-0.

Stoops announced the news in a press release and the school Tweeted it out. Mayfield also posted a picture to his Instagram.

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