Austin Kendall played in two games for Oklahoma during the 2016 season. [Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman]

NORMAN — Austin Kendall took the snap, faked a handoff to Abdul Adams before quickly throwing over the middle to find Jeffrey Mead for a touchdown.

That play seems so far away now, happening in the second game of the 2016 season and giving Oklahoma a 59-17 lead midway through the fourth quarter of a blowout against Louisiana-Monroe.

Nearly two years later, Kendall is almost the forgotten man in what Sooners coach Lincoln Riley insists is an active quarterback battle between Kendall and Kyler Murray.

At the recent Big 12 Media Days in Frisco, Texas, Riley chided a reporter who asked a question about how the offense would look different under Murray than it did under Baker Mayfield.