NORMAN — Spring transfer portal season has arrived.
The two-week window for spring football transfers began Tuesday and will run through April 30 (here's everything you need to know about the spring transfer period). The spring transfer portal window isn't expected to be as busy as the winter transfer period, but there's still expected to be roster movement across the college football landscape.
That includes at Oklahoma, which is expected to explore its options in the portal over the coming weeks, particularly as it pertains to both lines of scrimmage — offensive line and defensive tackle, specifically, will be areas the Sooners will aim to upgrade or add complementary pieces. While Oklahoma is not expected to see too many departures during the spring window after 18 players departed the program at the end of the season, attrition is still expected, especially as the program works to get down to the 85-scholarship limit ahead of the 2024 season. OU is currently projected at 90 scholarship players for the 2024 season (that number includes recently retired defensive tackle Jacob Lacey, who is still on scholarship, as well as the Sooners' seven 2024 signees who have not yet arrived on campus), so there will be some necessary trimming of the roster upon the conclusion of spring practices to get down to the NCAA limit of 85.
Although Oklahoma doesn't finish spring practices until Saturday, with the annual spring game set for 1 p.m. at Owen Field, players could begin entering the portal before the conclusion of spring practices. Keep in mind that even though Oklahoma and Texas don't officially join the SEC until July 1, the league's restriction on intraconference transfers during the spring window applies to the Sooners and Longhorns, so no outgoing OU players can sign with SEC programs this spring; likewise, the Sooners cannot add any players currently on an SEC roster.
Sooners Illustrated will have you covered throughout the spring transfer portal window, as Brent Venables and his program continue to prepare for the next stage of Oklahoma football with the team's move to the SEC this summer. This page will be your one-stop shop for the Sooners' transfer portal activity, as we plan to update it any time a player enters the transfer portal, withdraws from it or commits to the Sooners for the 2024 season. We'll also link back to all the stories we've written about the transfer portal and the transactions that occur during the spring transfer window.
You can follow every player that enters the transfer portal across college football HERE. You can follow all of Oklahoma's portal movement HERE....
LIVE UPDATES
-- 1:54 p.m. (5/15): Former OU quarterback General Booty commits to ULM
-- Noon (5/15): The latest on Oklahoma and two potential defensive tackle transfers
-- 5/10: An update on Oklahoma and the defensive tackle transfer market
-- 5/9: Defensive tackle Jermayne Lole flips from Oklahoma to Texas
-- 5/6: Former Oklahoma defensive lineman Reggie Grimes, who entered the portal after the season, commits to Memphis
-- 5/5: Former OU wide receiver Gavin Freeman commits to Oklahoma State
-- 5/2: Oklahoma lands TCU defensive tackle Damonic Williams out of the transfer portal
-- 5/2: Oklahoma QB General Booty enters transfer portal
-- 4/30: Oklahoma third-year wide receiver Gavin Freeman enters transfer portal
-- 4/30: Former OU Cheetah/safety Justin Harrington commits to Washington
-- 4/29: The latest on the Damonic Williams sweepstakes ahead of the DT's visit to LSU
-- 1:04 p.m. (4/27): Former OU cornerback Jasiah Wagoner commits to Cal
-- 11:02 a.m. (4/25): Oklahoma sophomore cornerback Jasiah Wagoner enters transfer portal
-- 4:52 p.m. (4/24): The latest on Oklahoma and various transfer portal targets
-- 7:15 p.m. (4/22): Oklahoma picks up commitment from former Louisville defensive tackle Jermayne Lole
-- 12:45 p.m. (4/22): Additional notes on OU transfer targets at defensive tackle
-- 12 p.m. (4/22): The latest on the Damonic Williams sweepstakes after his weekend visit to Oklahoma
-- 2:45 p.m. (4/21): SMU transfer center Branson Hickman commits to Oklahoma after visiting the Sooners for spring game
-- 8 p.m. (4/19): The latest intel on Oklahoma's transfer targets ahead of a pivotal weekend of visits.
— 2 p.m. (4/19): OU seventh-year Cheetah Justin Harrington intends to enter transfer portal
— 7:18 p.m. (4/18):The latest intel on a trio of priority transfer prospects set to visit OU for the spring game.
-- 4:51 p.m. (4/18): Oklahoma among many schools in contact with Stephen F. Austin defensive line transfer
-- 4:49 p.m. (4/18): Former Utah center Koli Faaiu plans to visit Oklahoma, as well as Texas A&M and Washington, his agent tells ESPN. Faaiu started eight games at center for the Utes last season.
-- 4:27 p.m. (4/18): Indiana defensive line transfer Philip Blidi announces he will no longer visit Oklahoma for the spring game this weekend.
-- 8:30 p.m. (4/17): Former SMU offensive lineman among list of visitors for Oklahoma's spring game.
-- 5:36 p.m. (4/17): Oklahoma and Texas are the early favorites for TCU defensive lineman Damonic Williams, according to 247Sports' Carl Reed Jr. Williams entered the transfer portal Wednesday and is expected to visit OU for the Sooners' spring game. Williams had 33 tackles, with five for a loss and three sacks last season for the Horned Frogs.
-- 5:13 p.m. (4/17): Oklahoma will be the first of four planned visits for Louisville defensive line transfer Jermayne Lole. He will also visit Washington, Texas A&M and USC in the next week, he announced.
-- 9:01 a.m. (4/17): Linebacker Shane Whitter is officially in the transfer portal this morning after announcing his intent to transfer Tuesday night.
-- 9 a.m. (4/17): Walk-on defensive back Reed DeQuasie has entered the transfer portal, per source. DeQuasie appeared in three games for the Sooners last season and played a dozen snaps. The Choctaw native and Carl Albert High grad has four years of eligibility remaining.
-- 9:15 p.m. (4/16): Oklahoma linebacker Shane Whitter plans to enter transfer portal with two years of eligibility left as grad transfer.
-- 8:40 p.m. (4/16): Louisville defensive tackle transfer Jermayne Lole plans to visit Oklahoma for the spring game. Lole has 28 career starts under his belt, including nine last season for the Cardinals. The 6-foot-3, 310-pounder is a seventh-year senior with one year of eligibility remaining and has 141 career tackles, with 25 for a loss and 12.5 sacks.
-- 9:23 a.m. (4/16): Walk-on Sooners tight end Hayden Bray announces plans to enter transfer portal
-- 12:01 a.m. (4/16): Spring transfer window officially opens.