Oklahoma football: Quarterback Drew Allen looking at possibility of transferring

Allen took to Twitter on Friday to address the situation.

"I have a permission to contact form that allows me to look around, talk to other schools," Allen tweeted. "Doesn't mean I am transferring yet." 

Allen, who is on course to graduate in May but still has a year of eligibility remaining, could transfer to another Football Bowl Subdivision university and be immediately eligible.

Under certain circumstances, the NCAA doesn't require its usual one-year benching for transfers between FBS schools.

Blake Bell, a junior next season, supplanted Allen as Landry Jones' backup before the 2012 season. Since then, with Bell likely the favorite to start next season — plus the emergence of redshirt freshman Trevor Knight, who starred on the scout team — there has been speculation that Allen might transfer.

“The option's there,” Allen said during the week before Oklahoma's Jan. 4 Cotton Bowl loss to Texas A&M. “My goals and aspirations since I came to college were to play. I've always wanted to play here and have a significant role here and I'd love to do that.”

Allen didn't take a single snap during the 2012 season. During his sophomore season in 2011, Allen appeared in five games and completed nine of 16 passes for 71 yards.