Whitt Newbauer holds the QB · Backup spot in Oklahoma Sooners’s quarterback room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Whitt Newbauer logged a 5.3% overall usage rate in 2025.

Whitt Newbauer is a 6'6" quarterback from Raleigh, North Carolina, who transferred to Oklahoma from Mercer. At Mercer in 2024, he earned All-Southern Conference Freshman Team honors after playing in nine games with seven starts, completing 101 of 179 passes for 1,398 yards and 12 touchdowns. In his first season with the Sooners, Newbauer appeared in three games as a backup, taking snaps against Kent State, South Carolina, and Ole Miss while redshirting. He threw for 6 yards on 2-of-4 attempts and rushed for 10 yards on three carries.

Mercerthrough 2024

Oklahoma2025 — present