OU football players

John Mateer

QB

Senior

Previously played for Washington state

Really good at tight throws and overall a really good throwing QB

Before transferring to OU, Mateer missed a call from Mayfield who was calling to pitch OU to him.

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Isaiah Satenga lll

WR

Transfer from Arkansas

Top WR

8 TDs 67 receptions

His father completed as an Olympic sprinter for Jamaica

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Trell Harris

WR

New transfer from Virginia

5 TDs 59 receptions

Earned all ACC Honors last season

In elementary school Harris would draw college football logos on his hand before going out to recess and OU was his favorite logo to draw.

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Parker Livingstone

WR

New Transfer from Texas

Strength is smooth route running

6 TDs 29 receptions

When he lost a game of wiffle-ball to his brother, Livingstone tried to dismantle his brothers turtle aquarium

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Tory Blaylock

RB

Led in carries last season during his freshman year

“Lightning”

120 carries

4 TDs

Won two gold metals at junior Olympics for 100 meter dash and 200 meter dash

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Xavier Robinson

RB

“Thunder”

83 carries

4 TDs

Went to Carl Albert and in his final 2 seasons he racked up 4,370 rushing yards and 77 touchdowns. Led Carl Albert to Back-to-back state championships

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Rocky Beers

TE

New Transfer from Colorado state

31 receptions 7 TDs

His sister plays in the WNBA for the Connecticut suns

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Hayden Hansen

TE

New Transfer from Florida

30 receptions 2 TDs

Started out as a QB before making the switch to TE in high school

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Eddy Pierre-Louis

OL (probably LG this season)

Only allowed 1 sack last season

From Florida, but grew up a die hard OU fan thanks to Mayfield

When he was 7 he recorded a video of himself promising that he would play football for OU one day

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Michael Fasusi

OL (LT)

4 sacks allowed 2025

Moved to US from Nigeria in 2019 and had never played a down of American football then went to being a 5 star recruit out of Lewisville

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Jake Maikkula

OL (C)

2 sacks allowed 2025

Graduated from Stanford in 3 years with a degree in political science before transferring to OU to earn his masters of business administration

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Ryan Fodje

OL (RG)

Allowed 1 sack last year during his freshman season

Before high school he did not know what football was, then by the end of his high school career he was a top 100 recruit

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E'Marion Harris

OL (RT)

New transfer from Arkansas

Number 10 offensive tackle

3 sacks allowed 2025

He got his first D-1 scholarship offer at just 13 from Nick Saban at Alabama

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Taylor Wein

DE

TJ Maxx tie

7 sacks 39 tackles

Born in Edmond!

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David Stone

DT

8 sacks 42 tackles

Went to Del City but transferred to IMG for football. But, when he committed to OU he went back to Del City to host a free youth football camp.

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Jayden Jackson

DT

3 sacks 28 tackles

His ENTIRE family, including aunts and nieces, moves to Norman to cheer him on in college.

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Adepoju Adebawore

DE

2.5 sacks 17 tackles

Before 8th grade Adebawore was a die hard basketball fan and huge fan of Lebron, and had never played a down of football. Then when he started playing football he began as a tight end before moving to a defensive end and racking up 10 sacks in his first season on defense.

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Kip Lewis

LB

Top LB

SAM

76 tackles 4 sacks

Has an 80s style in clothing and music and watches Ray Lewis film to prepare for games

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Owen Heinecke

LB

MIKE

74 tackles 3 sacks

Played football and Lacrosse in high school. Went to Ohio State on a Lacrosse scholarship and the after 1 season came back to Oklahoma to play football and eventually worked his way to starting LB

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Cole Sullivan

LB

MIKE

New transfer from Michigan

44 tackles 2 sacks 3 interceptions

While playing for MIchigan last year he sacked Mateer, and during his recruitment meeting with OU they played this tape.

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Courtland Guillory

CB

41 tackles

Only second true freshman cornerback in sooners history to start against season opener

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Eli Bowen

CB

24 tackles 2 interceptions (totalling 100 return yards)

Brother to Peyton Bowen

Him and his brother are the first OU brothers to start in a game together since 1987

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Peyton Bowen

SS

47 tackles 2 interceptions 1 blocked field goal

Brother to Eli Bowen

As a 5-star recruit, he originally committed to Notre Dame, but on National Signing Day in December 2022, he shocked everyone by pulling out an Oregon hat on live TV and committing to the Ducks. However, he couldn't actually sign with Oregon because of a missing NLI (National Letter of Intent) paperwork delay. After a frantic 24 hours of drama that went viral across the sports world, Bowen flipped a second time in under two days—officially signing his NLI with Oklahoma!

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Michael Boganowski

FS

31 tackles 1 sack

He is nicknamed “headhunter” due to his very aggressive playing style His father played as a DE at New Mexico State and had the same style

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Reggie Powers III

S

Cheetah safety

31 tackles 1 sack

He wears the number 3 because he is the third and also was named starting DB in his third year at Norman

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Brent Venables

HC

A former 13-year University of Oklahoma assistant coach who won a national championship with the Sooners and two more with Clemson University during an ultra-successful 10-year stint as defensive coordinator, Brent Venables was named OU’s 23rd head football coach on Dec. 5, 2021, and has directed the Sooners to a 32-20 record in his four seasons.

He has such an intense sideline energy that he had to hire a “Get-Back Coach” to keep him from getting penalized by refs

Ben Arbuckle

OC and QB coach

Hired as Oklahoma’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach on Dec. 2, 2024, after serving the 2023 and 2024 seasons in the same capacity at Washington State University.

Mateer followed him to OU

He graduated with a dual major in finance and economics and wanted to work for an oil and gas company. He quickly realized that office life wasn't a good fit and then pursued his dreams in coaching. He volunteered at Houston Baptist during the day and drove Uber eats orders at night to earn an income for him and his wife. 6 years later he is the OC for OU

Grayson Miller

Punter

While praying and wondering if he should try to punt at the FBS level, he was hanging out at his mom's house when a hot air balloon landed right in her backyard. The logo printed right on the side of the balloon? A massive "OU Sooners." He took it as a direct sign from above that Norman, Oklahoma was where he was meant to be!

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Tate Sandell

Kicker

Was named SEC’s special teams player of the year last year

He is the kicker who went viral for wearing short pants during games

Before transferring to OU he almost had to quit football because he couldn't;t pay for college, then he got a scholarship from OU and became one of the best kickers in the nation

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