Oklahoma Sooners set for offensive turnaround after landing top transfer RB to pair with $3 million QB

The transportation portal hadn’t adjacent officially opened for the outpouring model earlier Oklahoma made 2 splashy additions.

The Sooners continued to reshape their discourtesy by landing Cal moving backmost Jaydn Ott and Stanford violative lineman Jake Maikkula, 2 cardinal pieces that further awesome a large overhaul connected that broadside of the ball.

That present makes 13 of Oklahoma’s 17 transfer commitments—dating backmost to the wintertime window—offensive additions. And aft past season, that makeover was necessary.

The Sooners finished 97th nationally successful scoring successful 2024, averaging conscionable 24 points per game. That led to the midseason firing of violative coordinator Seth Littrell. Former Washington State coordinator Ben Arbuckle present takes implicit the offense, and with him comes what mightiness beryllium the astir important caller look successful Norman—quarterback John Mateer.

Despite flying nether the radar past play arsenic 1 of the last 2 starting quarterbacks successful the fading Pac-12, Mateer was 1 of the astir productive awesome callers successful the country. He ranked 4th nationally successful full discourtesy with 3,965 yards and averaged 330.4 yards per game.

Now with Ott—the No. 3 wide subordinate successful the portal—joining him, nationalist analysts judge Oklahoma could beryllium successful for a melodramatic violative turnaround.

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“Bold prediction incoming: Oklahoma is gonna people much than 24 points per crippled this season,” ESPN’s Max Olson said. “Sooners onshore 2 high-priority portal targets contiguous successful RB Jaydn Ott and OL Jake Maikkula, and they’re decidedly not done.”

On3’s Ari Wasserman besides praised the move, calling Ott “another awesome violative weapon” for the Sooners, adding, “Now if we tin conscionable halt their receivers from being injured and we whitethorn person a occupation successful the SEC successful 2025.”

Receiver injuries plagued Oklahoma past year, peculiarly during the aboriginal stages of Jackson Arnold’s starting tenure. With Mateer present taking over, it’s apt the Sooners volition crook their attraction to adding much endowment astatine wide receiver via the portal.