Arizona's opponent in the Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio will be short-handed.
In the initial hours of the transfer portal officially opening on Monday, Oklahoma redshirt senior quarterback Dillon Gabriel announced that he's transferring from the Sooners with one year of eligibility remaining.
Gabriel will be replaced by freshman Jackson Arnold, a former five-star quarterback who was rated by 247Sports.com as the fourth-best quarterback for the 2023 recruiting class.
Gabriel, who transferred from UCF to OU in 2022, is sixth in college football this season with 3,660 yards to go along with 30 touchdowns and six interceptions.
Gabriel's 14,865 career yards ranks eighth all-time by college quarterbacks behind Case Keenum, Timmy Chang, Landry Jones, Graham Harrell, Sam Hartman, Ty Detmer and Bo Nix. Gabriel's 42 all-purpose touchdowns this season leads the Big 12.
The Alamo Bowl kicks off on Dec. 28 at 7:15 p.m. on ESPN.
Arizona head coach Jedd Fisch held a news conference this week and discussed the Wildcats ending the regular season 9-3, bowl game prep, coaching contracts and increasing the salary pool, transfer portal and potential bowl opt-outs, among other topics. Video by Justin Spears / Arizona Daily Star
