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Oklahoma football: The state of the program

By Christopher Dukes

NORMAN, OK - NOVEMBER 25: Head Coach Lincoln Riley of Oklahoma Sooners during warm ups before the game against the West Virginia Mountaineers at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on November 25, 2017 in Norman, Oklahoma. Oklahoma defeated West Virginia 59-31. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images)
NORMAN, OK - NOVEMBER 25: Head Coach Lincoln Riley of Oklahoma Sooners during warm ups before the game against the West Virginia Mountaineers at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on November 25, 2017 in Norman, Oklahoma. Oklahoma defeated West Virginia 59-31. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images) /
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MIAMI, FL – DECEMBER 29: Jalen Hurts #2 of the Alabama Crimson Tide carries the ball in the second quarter during the College Football Playoff Semifinal against the Oklahoma Sooners at the Capital One Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium on December 29, 2018 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
MIAMI, FL – DECEMBER 29: Jalen Hurts #2 of the Alabama Crimson Tide carries the ball in the second quarter during the College Football Playoff Semifinal against the Oklahoma Sooners at the Capital One Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium on December 29, 2018 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /

The roster

The Sooners lose some major pieces to their latest Big 12 Championship team going into next season, but there’s also a lot of guys coming back (not to mention those who are waiting in the wings).

Yes Oklahoma says goodbye to Heisman-winner Kyler Murray as well as four offensive linemen in Cody Ford, Ben Powers, Dru Samia and Bobby Evans (all of which could be drafted). H-back Carson Meier and receiver Marquise Brown also depart the team on offense. Defensively only one starter graduates, but it is a big one in Curtis Bolton.

Luckily the Sooners are gettting some help at the quarterback spot with the transfer of Jalen Hurts. He comes in with a 26-2 record as a starter and a National Championship ring already on his finger. He has a tough act to follow after what very well may have been the two best all-around quarterbacks in school history winning back-to-back Heisman Trophies before him and he still has to beat out four-star redshirt freshman Tanner Mordecai and incoming five-star true freshman Spencer Rattler.

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