Former Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Brendan Zurbrugg is on the move again for the 2026 season. Zurbrugg entered the transfer portal after 2025, and he’s found his new home at the NCAA Division II level for next season.
Zurbrugg has transferred to Walsh University in North Canton, Ohio for the 2026 season. There he’ll be back in his home state, where he should have a big opportunity to star for the Cavaliers. Though his time at the NCAA Division I FBS level didn’t pan out as he’d hoped, Zurbrugg gained valuable learning experience in both the SEC and the Big 12.
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Zurbrugg spent just one year in Norman, signing on as a part of the 2024 recruiting class and playing his true freshman season for the Sooners. From there, he transferred to Utah for the 2025 season. He did see the field at either school, but that should change in 2026.
Zurbrugg was part of the ultimately ill-fated 2024 quarterback room at Oklahoma. That group of players had such high potential that season, but things never panned out for any of that five-man group in Norman. None of those players (Jackson Arnold, Michael Hawkins Jr., Casey Thompson, Zurbrugg, and Steele Wasel) will be on the roster for the Sooners in 2026, just two years after comprising the entirety of the OU quarterback room.
As a former four-star prospect from Alliance High School in Ohio, Zurbrugg brings three more years of eligibility with him to Walsh, where he already appears on the team’s online roster. The Cavs compete in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference, and they had their best season as an NCAA team in 2025.
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