Update (9:16 p.m.) — OU spokesman Mike Houck confirms Cody Thomas is leaving the football program to focus on baseball.
Oklahoma quarterback Cody Thomas is leaving the football program to focus on baseball for the spring semester.
The news was first reported by SoonerScoop and confirmed by NewsOK.
Cody Thomas confirms @CareyWWLS report via text. He's focusing on baseball this semester #Sooners
— Jason Kersey (@jasonkersey) January 24, 2016
Thomas was selected out of high school in the 30th round of the MLB Draft by the New York Yankees, but elected to enroll at OU.
Thomas made three career starts in an Oklahoma uniform, all in 2014 after then-starter Trevor Knight went down with a neck injury.
Thomas spent most of 2015 as the third-string behind Baker Mayfield and Knight. However, he moved up to second-string for the Sooners' regular season finale and bowl game.
Thomas is the second quarterback to depart the program this offseason. Knight elected to transfer to Texas A&M as a graduate and will be eligible to play immediately.
Their departures leave OU with just two scholarship quarterbacks eligible for the 2016 season in Mayfield and true freshman Austin Kendall. The Sooners' third scholarship quarterback, Texas A&M-transfer Kyler Murray, won't be eligible until 2017.
OU has two walk-on quarterbacks, as well — sophomores Reece Clark and Connor McGinnis.
