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2025 Football Roster

Whitt Newbauer headshot
Jersey Number 16

Whitt Newbauer

  • Position:
    QB
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Height:
    6-6
  • Weight:
    231
  • Hometown:
    Raleigh, N.C.
  • Prev School:
    Mercer University
Season GP-GS C-A PCT YDS AVG/G TD INT LG RUSH YDS AVG TD LG
2024 9-7 101-179 56.4 1,398 155.3 12 4 69 41 19 0.4 2 37
Career 9-7 101-179 56.4 1,398 155.3 12 4 69 41 19 0.4 2 37


2024 (MERCER)
Earned All-Southern Conference Freshman Team honors … played in nine games and made seven starts … completed 101 of 179 passes (56.4%) for 1,398 yards and 12 touchdowns … threw for three TD passes in two games (including a 15-for-30, 282-yard performance in a win at VMI [11/9]) … totaled 257 passing yards and three scores vs. Furman (11/23) … rushed for touchdowns vs. Princeton (10/12) and Western Carolina (10/26). 

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Cardinal Gibbons High School in Raleigh, N.C. … two-time all-conference selection … limited by injury as a senior but still completed 97 of 154 passes for 1,186 yards and nine touchdowns (three interceptions) over six games … also rushed for 164 yards and a TD … opened season with 347 yards and four touchdowns on 29-of-43 passing vs. Jordan and added 377 yards and three TDs on 22-of-40 passing against Rolesville … completed 62.3% of his passes as a junior for 1,962 yards and 16 touchdowns (registered multiple TD passes in six games) and rushed for 159 yards. 

PERSONAL
Enrolled at OU in June 2025 … major is business.
Oklahoma Press Conference - 9/9/25
Tuesday, September 09
Sooner Sports Talk - 9/8/25
Monday, September 08
Sooner Football With Brent Venables - 9/7/25
Sunday, September 07
FB Highlights: OU 24, Michigan 13
Saturday, September 06