Tulsa, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State are losing football players to the transfer portal and gaining players.
Shane Illingworth, OSU’s backup quarterback, has entered the transfer portal. A sophomore, he would have three years of eligibility at a new school.
This leaves OSU with starter Spencer Sanders, Gunnar Gundy (son of coach Mike Gundy), walk-on Peyton Thompson (from Union High School) and early enrollee Garret Rangel, a four-star quarterback.
“We’re gonna have kids go on the portal,” Mike Gundy said. “You’ll have some guys that aren’t starters that maybe are in their third or fourth year that want to be a starter which is that’s what the portal is good for.
“The portal is great for young men to to jump on there. (They think) ‘I’ve been here and busted my butt but I want to go to some school and be a starter.’ I think it’s awesome. So I’m sure we’ll have two or three kids but we’re not going to have many that just jump on there because of that situation and i think it’s because we tell them the truth.”
Here is a tentative list.
Oklahoma State
Quarterback Shane Illingworth – undecided
Offensive lineman Hunter Anthony to Nebraska
Offensive lineman Cade Bennett to San Diego State
Cornerback Jarrick Bernard-Converse – LSU
Running back Dezmon Jackson – undecided
Defensive tackle Jayden Jernigan to Missouri
Defensive back Gabe Lemons – undecided
Defensive lineman Ian Marshall – undecided
Safety Tanner McCalister to Ohio State
Offensive lineman Monroe Mills to Texas Tech
Wide receiver Matt Polk – undecided
Wide receiver Jonathan Shepard – undecided
Wide receiver Haydon Wiginton – undecided
Offensive lineman Tyrese Williams – undecided
Tulsa
Offensive lineman Dante Bivens to Colorado State
Wide receiver Sam Crawford, Jr., to Rice
Defensive lineman Deven Lamp to San Diego State
Defensive lineman Jaxon Player to Baylor
Oklahoma
Wide receiver Marcellus Crutchfield – undecided
Safety Pat Fields to Stanford
Wide receiver Jadon Haselwood to Arkansas
Long snapper Jake Mann – undecided
Cornerback Latrell McCutchin to USC
Linebacker Jamal Morris to Houston
Quarterback Spencer Rattler to South Carolina
Tight end Austin Stoner to South Carolina
Quarterback Caleb Williams – undecided
Wide receiver Mario Williams to USC
Wyoming
Cornerback C.J. Coldon to Oklahoma
Kentucky
Wide receiver Isaiah Epps to Tulsa
Central Florida
Quarterback Dillon Gabriel to OU
Tulane
Nose tackle Jeffery Johnson to OU
Hawaii
Defensive lineman Jonah La’ulu to OU
California
Offensive lineman McKade Mettauer to OU
North Carolina
Defensive back Trey Morrison to OU
Indiana
Linebacker T.D.Roof to OU
Louisville
Defensive back Kani Walker to OU
The NFL Scouting Combine is March 1-7 and the draft is April 28-30.
Here are some area college players who have declared early for the NFL Draft.
OU linebacker Brian Asamoah
OU linebacker Nik Bonitto
OU kicker Gabe Brkic
OU running back Kennedy Brooks
OU running back Jeremiah Hall
OU offensive lineman Marquis Hayes
OU offensive lineman Tyrese Robinson
OU defensive lineman Isaiah Thomas
OU safety Delarrin Turner-Yell
OU defensive lineman Perrion Winfrey
OU wide receiver Mike Woods II
OSU defensive tackle Israel Antwine
OSU running back LD Brown
OSU safety Kolby Harvell-Peel
OSU offensive lineman Josh Sills
OSU offensive lineman Josh Sills
TU wide receiver Josh Johnson
TU wide receiver Ezra Naylor II
TU offensive lineman Chris Paul