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Oklahoma’s John Mateer officially questionable to face Texas

John Mateer’s status for Saturday’s Allstate Red River Rivalry game against Texas remained up in the air Wednesday, with the Oklahoma star quarterback listed as questionable in the SEC’s initial availability report for this week.

Mateer is recovering from his Sept. 24 hand surgery, and sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel earlier this week that Mateer is pushing for an earlier-than-expected return against the Longhorns on Saturday.

Asked about Mateer’s status earlier Wednesday, Sooners coach Brent Venables deferred to the next availability report.

“It will come out here tonight and everyone will receive it at the same time,” Venables told reporters.

Additional availability reports will be released Thursday and Friday evening, as well as 90 minutes before kickoff at 3:30 p.m. ET Saturday in Dallas.

Mateer, the Heisman Trophy favorite at the time of his injury, was injured in the first quarter of Oklahoma’s 24-17 victory over Auburn on September 20. He played the rest of the game and finished 24 of 36 for 271 yards.

He has only missed one game since his injury was announced, with No. 6 Oklahoma taking a bye and then playing Kent State last week. Michael Hawkins Jr. started at quarterback against the Golden Flashes, leading the Sooners to a 44-0 victory.

ESPN’s Eli Lederman contributed to this report.

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