A Little OU Football Roster Spring Cleaning

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If you missed it, last week we went over some of the changes in OU’s online roster with respect to player’s height and weight. Now we have some more changes, primarily jersey numbers, as the Sooners have once again updated their roster with spring practices kicking off this weekend.

First, there was one position change. Sam Grant who had previously been a tight end has made what many felt was the inevitable move to offensive tackle. As such, his number has changed from #81 to #76.

Other jersey number changes:

QB Justice Hansen will be #4
LB Devante Bond will be #5
FB Dimitri Flowers will be #36
TE Isaac Ijalana will be #80
QB Baker Mayfield will be #6
LB Dominique Alexander was #42, will now be #1
WR K.J. Young was #85, will now be #1
WR Dannon Cavil was #6, will now be #7
WR Austin Bennett was #83, will now be #8
WR Jordan Smallwood was #80, will now be #17

I believe that is most of them, or at least those that are the most relevant (no offense intended to any less heralded and/or walk-on guys I missed). But if you see any omissions, hit me up in the comments and I’ll update the post.

 

 

34 Comments

  • John says:

    Grant to OT, huh? Great! I hope he’s another Lane Johnson.

  • Sooner Ray says:

    Glad to see Grant go to tackle. Guess I’ve got some new rosters I need to print.

  • Sooner Ray says:

    Bond has #5, If Elam commits he may want his number. Seen he finally got the offer.

    • Shifty says:

      Bond will only be here two years so at worst he would have to use another # for his fresh year

      • Sooner Ray says:

        Yeah, I actually thought about that after I posted. I thought it was funny today in Bob’s presser when asked about guys and their numbers. He said it comes up sometimes in recruiting that a guy will request his number and “you say yeah, sure” and when they actually get on campus you say well you’ll have to wait till that number is available. LOL.

  • Doobie74OU says:

    Thanks for the Updates as always!

  • Boomer4life says:

    Wish we could heard Bob’s thoughts on who he thought could contribute right out of the gate from the 14 class.

    • Jordan Esco says:

      I feel pretty confident in saying he’d be excited about each and every one of their futures. He tends to go full on coach speak w/ addressing those type of things.

      • Doobie74OU says:

        “BEST RECRUITING CLASS EVER! THESE GUYS HAD THE BEST OFFSEASON EVER! DONE EVERYTHING WE ASKED! REALLY EXCITED ABOUT EVERYBODY! MAKES IT HARD ON US COACHES DECIDING WHO WILL START! EVERY POSITION IS WIDE OPEN! COULDN’T BE HAPPIER WITH OUR PROGRESS!” says Coach Stoops at every Spring press conference. Got to love “BIG GAME” Bob Stoops! LOL!

  • Sooner Ray says:

    With Bosworth being up for the Hall of Fame this year, does anyone find it odd that a punter wears the #44 and not one of our LB’s has requested that coveted number?

    • Boomer4life says:

      That is very odd indeed.

    • 38Special says:

      Probably because Bosworth’s 44 isn’t coveted by these kids who were born half a decade or more after Boz left OU. Same reason Boz wasn’t clamoring to wear Jerry Tubbs’ #53.

  • JJ says:

    K. Finally got my login straightened out… Hello old friends…