Tom Green

3 weeks ago | 247sports.com | Tom Green

Following Friday night's approval of the historic House settlement, Oklahoma athletics director Joe Castiglione said his program is prepared to share the "maximum allowable" amount of revenue -- $20.5 million this year -- with Sooners student-athletes while adding scholarships to help "create financial certainty."NORMAN — A new era of college athletics was ushered in Friday evening, when U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken approved of and signed off on the long-anticipated $2.8 billion House v.

3 weeks ago | 247sports.com | Tom Green

Late in May, ESPN released its updated post-spring SP+ rankings, which included returning production numbers for all 136 FBS teams heading into the 2025 season now that spring ball is in the rearview and the transfer portal cycle has settled down upon the closing of the spring window. Oklahoma, which saw some notable changes up and down its roster following last year's difficult first season in the SEC, checked in at No. 10 nationally in returning production.

3 weeks ago | 247sports.com | Tom Green

Oklahoma's inaugural SEC season was a difficult one for the Sooners to navigate. Injuries at key positions (specifically at wide receiver and along the offensive line), paired with inefficiencies at quarterback and a midseason change at offensive coordinator, resulted in a historically poor offensive season for the Sooners. Those offensive issues offset a resurgent defense in Brent Venables' third year, leading to the program's second losing season in its last three years as OU went 6-7 overall.

3 weeks ago | 247sports.com | Tom Green

NORMAN — Oklahoma's front office staff under first-year general manager Jim Nagy continues to take shape this offseason. The latest addition is a former NFL wide receiver with NFL front office experience, as the Sooners recently brought on Lake Dawson to the front office staff in a yet-to-be-announced role. The 53-year-old Dawson was seen on the field this week at Brent Venables' high school camp scouting prospects and donning an Oklahoma-branded hooded sweatshirt.

3 weeks ago | 247sports.com | Tom Green

At SEC spring meetings in Destin, Florida, last week, Brent Venables reiterated that in an ideal world, Oklahoma's roster makeup would be close to an 80/20 — or even 75/25 — split between high school signees and transfer additions. While high school recruiting is still the lifeblood of college football programs, there's no denying the growing importance and outsized role the transfer portal has had on the college football landscape in 2025.