Plenty of candidates exist between homegrown talent that signed with the Sooners out of high school or new faces from the transfer portal
No matter the particular season, college football teams are optimistic about certain players they’ve recently brought into the program or young talent that’s primed and ready for a breakout.
Sometimes those players don’t reach the expectations set by those around them or outside the program. Think Jaydn Ott and to some extent, John Mateer. Ott was a complete bust and Mateer was hampered by an impactful injury, but still made too many mistakes that may or may not have been influenced by his hand.
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