Scott Wright: What is your accurate height, weight and forty time?

Rhett Bomar: I am probably about 6-2^1/2, 220. Forty, I’d say about 4.65.

Scott Wright: You were an elite recruit coming out of high school and on the verge of a great college career at Oklahoma before being dismissed amid some NCAA rules violations. What are your thoughts about that whole situation now that you are a couple of years removed from it?

Rhett Bomar: It was a tough deal. I guess all kinds of emotions come to mind. Sad. Bitter. I try not to think about it anymore. I’ve moved on and I’m a peace with it. I’m just trying to be successful here (at Sam Houston St.) and move on to the next level.

Scott Wright: When scouts and NFL decision makers inevitably ask you about your time with the Sooners how are you going to explain the situation to them?

Rhett Bomar: I’ll explain it to them. I don’t want to get into it right now but it’s not going to be as big of a deal as everybody says. They don’t care that much and it was a long time ago. It’s nothing that hasn’t gone on at a lot of places… It’s just a thing that happened and I’ve moved on. If I have to answer questions I’ll do that but I don’t think it’s going to be that big of a deal in the long run.

Scott Wright: Now that you are at Sam Houston St. the “level of competition” question is going to come up when evaluating you. Having previously played at both a big-time DI program and Division I-AA how would you compare the two?

Rhett Bomar: It’s different. I guess the speed of the game is a little different depending on what team you’re playing. I think the main difference is the depth and the size and speed of the offensive and defensive lines. At a lot of these I-AA schools there’s some skill guys who can play, you know. A lot of skill guys that could play at bigger schools and things like that. It’s a real competitive level with a lot of good players and it’s been fun.

Scott Wright: You tore the ACL in your left knee at the end of the 2007 season. Where are you in your recovery from that and where would you put yourself percentage wise?

Rhett Bomar: I’m good, it feels good. I got cleared after 6-6 ½ months for football activities and it’s felt good all year. It’s been close to a year since I hurt it and it hasn’t bothered me yet. They say you’ll think about it when you get out there for the first game but I haven’t thought about it since, it hasn’t bothered me at all. I’d say I’m 100% now.

Scott Wright: If you had a choice would you rather be thrown into the fire and play right away as a rookie or sit on the bench and learn behind a veteran for a year or two?

Rhett Bomar: That’s a tough question. I guess you can look at it both ways. As a competitor you want to play all the time. You don’t want to sit on the bench, you want to play and compete. So I guess my competitive side wants to play right away if that opportunity presented itself but the other aspect of it is you look at guys who sat behind someone for a few years like Tony Romo and Aaron Rodgers. There isn’t as much pressure, you can learn and then be successful when you do get a chance to play. I don’t know how to choose… I guess if I had to pick I’d like to play right away but there’s good and bad in both.

Scott Wright: What would you say is your greatest strength as a football player and what area do you need to work on?

Rhett Bomar: I feel that I have a good arm and can make all of the NFL type throws. Also my competitive nature, I’m a fiery competitor out there on the field. I get after it and I’ll play hard all game and just give it 100%. I don’t know if there is on specific aspect that I need to work on… Probably the mental part of the game because at the next level it gets more complicated with more schemes than what I’ve been seeing.

Scott Wright: What current NFL quarterback do you most admire and who do you think you compare favorably to?

Rhett Bomar: Brett Favre. He’s a great quarterback, one of my all-time favorites, and for a guy to play that many years and not miss a start is pretty amazing in the NFL. Especially at the quarterback position where you get hit, play through pain and things like that. I admire him the most and I’d say I play a little like Favre too. He’s a fiery guy also, he can move around, make plays, throw from different angles and I feel like I can do the same kinds of things.

Scott Wright: What is your greatest football moment to date?

Rhett Bomar: My redshirt freshman year at OU when we played in the Holiday Bowl. I was the offensive MVP and we beat Oregon, who was in the Top 5 at the time.

Scott Wright: Who is the best opposing player you have faced during your career?

Rhett Bomar: Probably Michael Huff from Texas.

Scott Wright: Who was your favorite college or pro team growing up? Did you have a favorite player?

Rhett Bomar: I didn’t have a favorite college but growing up in Texas I was, of course, a Dallas Cowboys fan. John Elway was my favorite player but I liked Troy Aikman too.

Scott Wright: What current pro are you looking forward to going up against in the NFL?

Rhett Bomar: I’d say Favre. I don’t know how much longer he’s going to play, maybe two more years, but hopefully I’ll get a chance to throw against him.

Scott Wright: When did you realize that you had a future in football beyond college?

Rhett Bomar: When I started playing as a redshirt freshman starter at OU. We were a young team with a lot of freshman playing but as the year went on we got better and better and I figured if I kept it up I could be a four-year starter there. Of course that didn’t work out but I figured if I just kept getting better each game, each year I could play at the next level.

Scott Wright: When you get your first NFL paycheck what is the first thing you will buy?

Rhett Bomar: I have no clue. Who knows how big that paycheck is going to be but I’ll probably want to find a new car. Nothing specific, just something nice.

Scott Wright: What do you plan to do once your playing career is over?

Rhett Bomar: I don’t know. My dad was a coach and I’ve been around football basically my whole life so I think I could be a coach. I want to something associated with sports probably or something on the business side. I always want to be around sports.

Scott Wright: What is the most embarrassing song on your iPod?

Rhett Bomar: I don’t have an iPod… I used to have one but I lost it when I moved down here. When I did have one I had a couple of Backstreet Boys songs on there from back in the day and people liked to make fun of those.

Scott Wright: Do you have any goals in mind when it comes to the NFL Draft?

Rhett Bomar: Of course my goal is to be a Day One pick but my main goal is just to find a team that likes me and a good situation that I can succeed in. Hopefully I’ll get lucky.

Scott Wright: You recently accepted an invitation to the East-West Shrine Game. Do you have any other plans when it comes to the pre-Draft process?

Rhett Bomar: Just the East-West Shrine now but hopefully others like the Senior Bowl will call. We’ll just have to see… After the season is over I’ll sit down, speak with everyone involved and find out more about that.

Scott Wright: I appreciate the time, take care and good luck the rest of this season.

Rhett Bomar: No problem.