Two days after information broke that WSU Cougars quarterback John Mateer had entered the switch portal, he has introduced the place he’ll play subsequent season.
It’s the workforce that most individuals anticipated Mateer to land with: the Oklahoma Sooners.
Mateer is becoming a member of his offensive coordinator at WSU, Ben Arbuckle, at Oklahoma. Arbuckle went to the Sooners for his or her OC job earlier this month.
It’s been a newsworthy week for WSU followers, and never in a great way. In addition to Mateer now formally leaving, head coach Jake Dickert was introduced as the brand new coach at Wake Forest earlier Wednesday.
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The Cougars will now transfer on with the Dec. 27 Holiday Bowl in San Diego towards No. 22 Syracuse with performing head coach Pete Kaligis, a former UW Huskies standout. Zevi Eckhaus is ready to be WSU’s quarterback within the recreation.
In the Holiday Bowl, Washington State’s teaching employees can even be with out earlier defensive coordinator Jeff Schmedding, who was let go by Dickert the identical day that Arbuckle left for Oklahoma.
Oklahoma was the favourite to get Mateer not simply due to Arbuckle. According to Cougfan.com, which covers WSU athletics, an “unnamed SEC faculty” – believed to be Oklahoma – had an NIL supply to Mateer price roughly $3 million, which was roughly “3 times larger than the package deal WSU is believed to have offered Mateer.”
Mateer took over as Wazzu’s QB this yr after Cam Ward transferred to Miami following the 2023 season, and the Texas native had a standout displaying as a redshirt sophomore. He is sixteenth within the nation with 3,139 passing yards and tied for fifth with 29 passing touchdowns (to only seven interceptions). Mateer can also be a stellar runner, having rushed for 826 yards and 15 touchdowns in 2024.
Mateer’s 44 whole touchdowns is first within the nation, and his common of 330 yards of whole offense per recreation ranks fifth.
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