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  07/28/21 - *Nik Bonitto, rJr/2022, Oklahoma, 6-3, 248 (DS#2 OLB) + More +

  After the watch lists for the offensive awards were announced last week, the focus shifts to defense and special teams. The Butkus Award watch list, released on Monday, included OU linebackers Nik Bonitto and Brian Asamoah. The award is given annually to the nation's top line backer. Bonitto enters his senior year as a leader for the Sooners' improved defensive squad. Last season, the senior outside linebacker recorded 18 solo tackles and led the team with 8.5 sacks. Bonitto was also named to the preseason All-Big 12 team earlier this month. - Norman Transcript

(DS#2 OLB) rJr/2022 OLB *Nik Bonitto, Oklahoma
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  07/26/21 - Austin Stogner, rSr/2024, Oklahoma, 6-6, 254 (DS#22 TE) + More +

  After a breakout season in 2020, Austin Stogner is another Sooners play to watch this fall. The junior tight end was announced as a player on the John Mackey Award watch list Friday, the award given to the nation's top tight end. It's the second consecutive year Stogner has landed on the watch list, and will look to be the Sooners first recipient of the ward since Mark Andrews in 2017. After recording seven catches during his freshman campaign, Stogner finished his sophomore season as a reliable target for quarterback Spencer Rattler. He was the third-leading receiver on the team, recording 26 receptions for 426 yards and three touchdowns. - Norman Transcript

(DS#22 TE) rSr/2024 TE Austin Stogner, Oklahoma
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  07/25/21 - *Marvin Mims Jr., Jr/2023, Oklahoma, 5-11, 183 (DS#9 WR) + More +

  Oklahoma and Texas took the first formal step Monday toward moving to the Southeastern Conference and leaving the Big 12 behind. The only schools to win college football national championships during the Big 12's 27-year history notified the conference they would not be renewing an agreement that binds its members through 2025. In a joint statement, the schools made no mention of the SEC and said “the universities intend to honor their existing grant of rights agreements."

"However, both universities will continue to monitor the rapidly evolving collegiate athletics landscape as they consider how best to position their athletics programs in the future," the schools said. Texas and Oklahoma have been in discussions with the SEC about joining the league, though neither school nor the powerhouse conference has acknowledged that publicly. The "grant of rights" gives the conference control of the school’s media rights and runs concurrent with the Big 12's television contracts with ESPN and Fox, which expire in 2025. - AP College Football


(DS#9 WR) Jr/2023 WR *Marvin Mims Jr., Oklahoma
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  07/16/21 - *Nik Bonitto, rJr/2022, Oklahoma, 6-3, 248 (DS#2 OLB) + More +

  As the Sooners have risen, so has Bonitto, and that's no accident. "His turnaround has just been fantastic," OU coach Lincoln Riley said. "It's a great story to see where he was, and I think it's great for a lot of young athletes out there. They ought to read his story. Everybody thinks, 'Well, I get highly recruited and I'm gonna roll into OU or any of these other places and I'm gonna be this (star) and it's just gonna happen.' And Nik was extremely highly recruited, came out of one of the best high schools in the country and was extremely successful coming in and then, man, it was rough. "A lot of dudes would've quit. A lot of dudes would've transferred. A lot of guys would've went and done something else. He's reaping the rewards right now. Three years ago, to think that we would bring Nik Bonitto to Big 12 Media Days is … at that point I would've said, 'No way." - Daily Oklahoman

(DS#2 OLB) rJr/2022 OLB *Nik Bonitto, Oklahoma
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  07/14/21 - Jalen Redmond, rJr/2023, Oklahoma, 6-2, 291 (DS#17 DT) + More +

  Redmond has been an intriguing player since his arrival from Midwest City, but his playing time has been drastically limited after health issues limited him to just three games as a freshman in 2018 and then he opted out last season in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019, though, Redmond looked like he was ready to fulfill those high expectations, with a team-leading 6.5 sacks and was third on the team with 11.0 tackles. Redmond has spent time both on the interior and edge for the Sooners, though the interior figures to be his preeminent spot in 2021, teaming with Perrion Winfrey to form a formidable duo on the inside. But with Redmond and Isaiah Thomas, OU has plenty of versatility up front and could mix and match things up there to take advantage of favorable matchups. - Daily Oklahoman

(DS#17 DT) rJr/2023 DT Jalen Redmond, Oklahoma
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  07/09/21 - Mikey Henderson, So/2024, Oklahoma, 6-1, 245 (DS#999 FB) + More +

  On Tuesday, the Big 12 announced its media-voted preseason all-conference teams, as well as its preseason offensive, defensive and newcomer players of the year. Nine Sooners were selected to the all-conference teams and Eric Gray, a junior running back transfer from Tennessee, was honored as newcomer of the year. Given Tuesday's dismissal of running back Mikey Henderson, the Sooners are bound to be counting on Gray to stay healthy, produce and carry a heavier load than previously figured. Henderson carried nine times for 81 yards and a touchdown last season from the H-back position. It was during spring drills he began the transition to running back. He is the second running back to be dismissed from the team since May, the other being Seth McGowan. - Norman Transcript

(DS#999 FB) So/2024 FB Mikey Henderson, Oklahoma
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  06/14/21 - Isaiah Thomas, rSr/2022, Oklahoma, 6-5, 265 (DS#17 DE) + More +

  Sooner defensive lineman Isaiah Daveion Thomas was arrested early Sunday morning by University of Oklahoma Police, the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office confirmed. Thomas was arrested at 2:08 a.m. Sunday for failure to appear on a petty larceny charge and driving while under the influence, and he had a hold related to a Norman arrest on a state charge of driving while intoxicated or impaired, public information officer Mendi Brandon said. Thomas was booked into the Cleveland County detention center at 2:59 a.m. and bailed out a little over eight hours later by a bail bondsman on $2,000 bond - $1,000 for the municipal counts combined and $1,000 for the state counts. According to the county court clerk's office, no official charges have been filed against Thomas as of Monday. - Norman Transcript

(DS#17 DE) rSr/2022 DE Isaiah Thomas, Oklahoma
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  05/29/21 - Phil Paea, rSr/2024, Oklahoma, 6-3, 305 (DS#999 DT) + More +

  It didn't take long for Blake Anderson to start convincing former players from high profile college football conferences to transfer to Utah State. Shortly after Anderson was named USU's head coach last December, players from Power 5 conferences started announcing their intent to move to Cache Valley. In February alone, the Aggies signed six transfers from P5 programs in defensive ends Byron Hobbs-Vaughns (Texas) and Patrick Joyner Jr. (Miami), defensive tackle Jahaziel Lee (Georgia Tech), cornerback Kyle Mayberry (Kansas), running back Calvin Tyler Jr. (Oregon State) and offensive lineman Quazzel White (TCU).

That trend has continued into the spring as three former Big 10 Conference athletes have verbally committed to Anderson and the Aggies during the past seven weeks - two of whom were teammates at the University of Michigan. USU's latest verbal commit is former Michigan defensive tackle Phillip Paea, who announced his decision Wednesday on Instagram. Paea is following in the footsteps of Hunter Reynolds, who pledged his commitment to the Aggies in mid-April. Paea and Reynolds were both part of Michigan's 2017 recruiting class. - Herald Journal Tribune


(DS#999 DT) rSr/2024 DT Phil Paea, Oklahoma
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  05/15/21 - Jeffery Johnson, rSr/2023, Oklahoma, 6-2, 312 (DS#83 DT) + More +

  Two days after entering the transfer portal, Tulane defensive lineman Jeffery Johnson decided to come back out. Sources confirmed Friday that Johnson, a 6-foot-3, 330-pound three-year starter at nose tackle, changed his mind and will stay with the Green Wave for his fourth year. Rivals.com first tweeted his initial decision to transfer and his reversal. - New Orleans Times

(DS#83 DT) rSr/2023 DT Jeffery Johnson, Oklahoma
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  05/13/21 - Jeffery Johnson, rSr/2023, Oklahoma, 6-2, 312 (DS#83 DT) + More +

  Three-year Tulane starting nose tackle Jeffery Johnson has entered the transfer portal ahead of his fourth season, Rivals.com tweeted Wednesday afternoon. Johnson, a Brookhaven, Mississippi product listed at 6-foot-3, 330 pounds, started all 12 games as a junior in 2020, finishing with 33 tackles, 3 1/2 sacks and two fumble recoveries. He started nine games in 2019 and all but one of Tulane's 13 games as a freshman in 2018, excelling at taking on double teams and holding his position. - New Orleans Times Picayune

(DS#83 DT) rSr/2023 DT Jeffery Johnson, Oklahoma
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  05/10/21 - Drake Stoops, rSr/2024, Oklahoma, 5-10, 186 (DS#46 WR) + More +

  Drake Stoops got a scholarship. Finally. All the OU walk-on receiver did last season was catch pretty much anything thrown at him, including the biggest touchdown of them all in overtime against Texas. He blocked with relentlessness. He ran pre-snap motion with abandon. He earned the scholarship Sooner coach Lincoln Riley awarded him after the spring game a couple weeks ago. Now, did Stoops need it? Not financially. Stoops, of course, is the son of legendary OU coach Bob Stoops. People who portend they know such things have estimated the net worth of the elder Stoops to be somewhere between $10 million and $20 million. Jeff Bezos, he's not, but Stoops probably isn't clipping coupons or hitting yard sales. Drake getting a scholarship doesn't change his family's finances a ton - but that doesn't mean he didn't deserve it. "I know it meant a great deal to him," Riley said on Thursday on a Zoom call. "There's occasionally families that are fortunate and well off and maybe the monetary aspect of it is not a big deal. "But it was a big, big deal to that kid, no question." - Daily Oklahoman

(DS#46 WR) rSr/2024 WR Drake Stoops, Oklahoma
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  05/10/21 - DaJon Terry, rSr/2025, Oklahoma, 6-3, 317 (DS#99 DT) + More +

  It didn't take long for another Power Five program to welcome in Da'Jon Terry once the former Kansas football defensive lineman opted to leave the Jayhawks. Four days after Terry announced he was entering the transfer portal, the athletic young tackle committed on Sunday evening to play at Tennessee. A redshirt sophomore who completed the spring practice schedule with KU, only to transition out of the program just as new head coach Lance Leipold came in, Terry was listed at 6-foot-4 and 320 pounds most recently with the Jayhawks. Terry became the first key player on KU's roster to decide to transfer as Leipold came in as the new head coach. Terry was essentially a lock to start on KU's defensive line in 2021 before the sophomore from Meridian, Miss., decided to move on, quickly landing in the SEC. - Lawrence Journal World

(DS#99 DT) rSr/2025 DT DaJon Terry, Oklahoma
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  05/08/21 - Reggie Pearson, rSr/2024, Oklahoma, 5-10, 201 (DS#57 SS) + More +

  Reggie Pearson, a starting safety on Wisconsin's 10-win Rose Bowl team from two seasons ago, has signed a financial aid agreement with Texas Tech, according to an announcement Wednesday. Pearson left the Badgers because the team medical staff had not cleared him for any athletics activity since March 2020, his father recently told The Athletic. Reggie Pearson, a starting safety on Wisconsin's 10-win Rose Bowl team from two seasons ago, has signed a financial aid agreement to transfer to Texas Tech, the Tech athletics department announced Wednesday. Pearson was the Badgers' fourth-leading tackler in 2019 with 60 stops, as well as getting credit for 3 1/2 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and four passes defended. He was a redshirt freshman that season, starting at strong safety on a 10-4 team that lost to Oregon in the Rose Bowl. - Lubbock Avalanche Journal

(DS#57 SS) rSr/2024 SS Reggie Pearson, Oklahoma
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  05/08/21 - DaJon Terry, rSr/2025, Oklahoma, 6-3, 317 (DS#99 DT) + More +

  The first Kansas football team coach Lance Leipold leads onto the field in the fall won't include one of his predecessor's most promising young defensive linemen. Da'Jon Terry, who would've been a redshirt sophomore and was a near lock to start at defensive tackle for the Jayhawks in 2021, announced Wednesday his intentions to enter the NCAA's transfer portal and leave KU. Rated a two-star prospect by Rivals when he signed with KU in the Class of 2019, shortly after Miles took over the program, Terry redshirted his first season. In 2020, the big and agile nose tackle emerged as one of the more important players for the program's future, showing flashes of potential and even starting two games as a redshirt freshman on the defensive line. Terry recorded 14 total tackles while appearing in eight games, and also made two sacks. - Lawrence Journal World

(DS#99 DT) rSr/2025 DT DaJon Terry, Oklahoma
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  05/03/21 - Rhamondre Stevenson, Sr/2021, Oklahoma, 6-0, 231 (DS#14 RB) + More +

  The New England Patriots made sure Oklahoma running back Rhamondre Stevenson didn't wait long to hear his name on Day 3 of the NFL draft. The Patriots used a fourth-round pick on Stevenson, who became the 120th overall pick in the draft on Saturday. "Rhamondre had a short career here in a lot of ways, but he did really make the most of his time," OU coach Lincoln Riley said. "He broke so many tackles. I think that's probably the biggest thing that stands out for him - he's always had the ability to break tackles to get around guys, to run through guys. "He has a very low center of gravity and just not much to tackle. He really improved his body, his conditioning level and his understanding of our offense, which allowed him to have a really strong back half of the season for us this past year." Despite missing five games last season, Stevenson finished his final season at OU with 665 rushing yards and seven touchdowns. - Norman Transcript

(DS#14 RB) Sr/2021 RB Rhamondre Stevenson, Oklahoma
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