Landry Jones landed in Pittsburgh after leaving the Oklahoma Sooners following his senior season, which left a void at the starting position for Bob Stoops to fill. One of the guys vying for that starting gig didn’t do himself any favors this week as Sooners quarterback Kendal Thompson was arrested on charges of public intoxication and disobeying police orders.
Per USA Today:
"According to a police affidavit, officers responding to a complaint about a loud party found Thompson asleep on a grass hill outside an apartment complex. Upon waking Thompson up, the officer observed that he smelled like alcohol, didn’t make sense when he spoke and attempted to walk away against the officer’s orders, according to the affidavit."
The Sooners gave the standard response that they’re aware of the incident and will be handling it internally. Thompson is the son of former Sooners quarterback Charles Thomson, who quarterbacked Oklahoma Sooners in The Game of the Century II in which the Sooners knocked off No. 1 Nebraska. However, Thompson was the subject of a high profile drug case on the campus of Oklahoma and became the poster boy for what Sports Illustrated dubbed, the out of control Sooners.
The recent arrest by the younger Thompson is troubling that that there’s history in his family of screwing up good chances. Hopefully Kendal Thompson uses this arrest as a wake up call and gets his act together, which is something his father eventually did, as there could very well be a bright future he’s jeopardizing with his current behavior.