Jackson Arnold evaluates his performance in Oklahoma's spring game

Jackson Arnold is running the offense for Oklahoma as the team’s starting quarterback for this fall. That began in the Sooners’ bowl game to end last season and continued this weekend in the program’s spring game.

Arnold assessed his outing from Saturday’s scrimmage in Norman with the media afterward. He thought that he played well, even though he doesn’t believe it was perfect either.

“Yeah, I thought I played good,” Arnold said. “Obviously there’s some plays and some throws I want back but, overall, I thought I was solid.”

Arnold gave credit where he felt credit was due, though. He said it was a great performance by the entire offense, who won 65-58 over the defense, as a unit.

“The O-line played great and just the offense as a whole played great in my opinion,” said Arnold. “The O-line played great, receivers played great, running backs played great.”

Arnold went 10-20 at 50% completion for 233 yards, a pair of touchdowns, and no interceptions. That was his first stat line since completing 26-45 (57.8%) for 361 yards, two scores, and three picks during a loss to Arizona in the Alamo Bowl.

Most of that came from the new quarterback to one of the new wide receivers. Arnold hit Deion Burks, a transfer wideout for Oklahoma, for five catches that went for 174 yards and two touchdowns. One was a 64-yard touchdown catch to start off in the game before they connected again for another score of 50 yards.

Plenty is riding on Arnold as he leads the Sooner offense from here in his sophomore year. He’s off to a nice start, though, with what he showed in the inter-team matchup yesterday.

WATCH: Burks dazzles with long touchdown from Arnold

One of Oklahoma‘s top additions via the transfer portal is having a big day in the team’s annual spring game with Deion Burks proving to be an excellent target for Jackson Arnold.

The Sooners are hoping that duo can produce sparks in the fall as well following the departure of Dillon Gabriel through the portal.

So far, so good.

Burks helped open the scoring during the spring game when he wiggled free on a route up the seam. Arnold was waiting on him and hit him in stride for a 64-yard touchdown.

The Purdue transfer is picking up right where he left off. Burks had a breakout season in 2023 when he caught 47 passes for 629 yards and seven touchdowns.