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Oklahoma Sooners Nike Zoom Pegasus 41: How to Buy NCAA Sneakers
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Nike has once again partnered with the NCAA to create the "Nike Zoom Pegasus 41 NCAA Collection," featuring collaborations with many of the top programs in the country. Oklahoma Sooners Nike Zoom Pegasus 41 Oklahoma Sooners Nike Zoom Pegasus 41 Oklahoma Sooners Nike Zoom Pegasus 41 Fanatics Already some of the most popular shoes for athletes and sneaker heads alike, Nike goes above and beyond whenever they release a new Zoom Pegasus collaboration with NCAA universities. The Nike Zoom Pegasus 41 is one of the most comfortable and versatile shoes on the market. It is one of the best shoes for the feet, especially for runners and individuals who enjoy staying active. The shoes feature dual Air Zoom units and a ReactX foam midsole, along with an advanced engineered mesh, creating a lightweight and breathable product. With one of the top NCAA athletics programs in the nation, teaming up with the Oklahoma Sooners is a no-brainer. The shoes feature a unique colorway and school logos specifically designed for fans, students, and alumni of the university. Click on any of the images or links to order now. Place your order before it is too late, as these will be in high demand. Fanatics has you covered with officially licensed Oklahoma Sooners Nike Zoom Pegasus 41 Sneakers. Oklahoma Sooners Nike Zoom Pegasus 41 Oklahoma Sooners Nike Zoom Pegasus 41 Oklahoma Sooners Nike Zoom Pegasus 41 Fanatics Shop Oklahoma Nike Zoom Pegasus 41 Sneakers Oklahoma Sooners Nike Zoom Pegasus 41 Oklahoma Sooners Nike Zoom Pegasus 41 Oklahoma Sooners Nike Zoom Pegasus 41 Fanatics If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.
Yahoo
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Oklahoma Sooners add freshman kicker to the roster
The Oklahoma Sooners added a fifth placekicker to their official roster on Wednesday. True freshman Preston Tarpley joins OU by way of the Gunter (Texas) Tigers. He will wear jersey No. 33 and gives special teams coordinator Doug Deakin another new face in the search for the present and future of the kicker position. Tarpley replaces defensive back Jocelyn Malaska, who also wore No. 33, on the official roster for the Sooners. Oklahoma had Malaska on their initial pre-SEC Media Days roster by mistake. Malaska entered the portal this spring and transferred to Abilene Christian. Tarpley is a three-time state champion at the Texas 3A Division II level with the Tigers. What's more, he was Gunter's starter at quarterback, punter and kicker during his senior season in 2024, leading the small-town Tigers to the state crown. Tarpley isn't traveling far to join to Sooners in Norman, as Gunter sits in North Texas, where they have won five state titles since 2016. Tarpley joins a kicker room that also includes Tate Sandell, Austin Welch, Liam Evans, and Grayson Miller. Of OU's five kickers, only Evans was on the team as season ago. Deakin's special teams group is rounded out by punter Jacob Ulrich and long-snappers Ben Anderson and Seth Freeman. With the addition of Tarpley, Oklahoma's roster now has 111 total players. The Sooners have 54 offensive players, 49 defensive players, and eight special teams players. Tarpley is one of a staggering 46 newcomers to join OU in 2025, compared to 65 players who return from last season. Contact/Follow us @SoonersWire on X, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Oklahoma news, notes, and opinions. You can also follow Aaron on X @Aaron_Gelvin. This article originally appeared on Sooners Wire: Sooners add fifth placekicker to 2025 roster
Yahoo
a day ago
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Five takeaways from Oklahoma's updated roster ahead of fall camp
The Oklahoma Sooners released an updated roster for the 2025 season this week ahead of fall camp. With six weeks remaining until Week 1, when OU will take on Illinois State out of the Football Championship Subdivision, the potential exists for minor things to change. However, for the most part, OU's current roster is the one it will take into a pivotal 2025 campaign, one that is crucial for the program's future and the future of coach Brent Venables. The Sooners went 6-7 in Venables' third year at the helm in 2024. That included a 2-6 record in the Southeastern Conference in Year 1 in the new league. Obviously, that isn't close to being good enough at a program used to playing for conference and national championships. Needless to say, things needed to change in a major way. New general manager Jim Nagy is putting his fingerprints on the program with new front office hires, and coaching staff changes have occurred at key spots since late November. That doesn't even get into the roster changes during the offseason. So today, we'll take a closer look at the five biggest takeaways from Oklahoma's updated roster heading into fall camp for the 2025 season. 1. Roster turnover At the close of the regular season last year, Oklahoma had 127 players on the roster. It lost 61 of them to the transfer portal, the NFL draft, the end of eligibility or walk-on departures. The Sooners added 45 players via high school recruiting, the transfer portal or walk-ons. They returned 66 players from the '24 squad. That leaves them with 111 players in July. Oklahoma has 54 offensive players, 50 defensive players and seven special teams players. The lower overall number is due to changes to the rules regarding how many players each team can have on its roster. Some players are being grandfathered in due to the recent House settlement, which will eventually create a roster limit of 105 players. Even in today's tumultuous world of college football, where name, image and likeness licensing and the transfer portal induced changes run rampant, that's pretty heavy turnover for the Sooners. But that turnover may not be a bad thing. An overall record under .500 again in 2024 and a .250 winning percentage in the SEC is a far cry from the standard that has been set in Norman. There's plenty of new blood, and that's a good thing. Another big-picture indicator of OU's roster churn: Only one player remains on the 2025 roster that was on Lincoln Riley's final roster in 2021. That's veteran reserve wide receiver Major Melson, a sixth-year senior this year. This is truly a Brent Venables team in every way now. 2. Spring additions The Sooners had an eventful spring, as there are plenty of new faces on the roster that weren't a part of spring ball in Norman. Offensively, the Sooners added running back Jaydn Ott, offensive lineman Jake Maikkula, wide receiver Jer'Michael Carter and quarterback Whitt Newbauer. Ott is the headliner of that group. Defensively, OU brought in defensive lineman Siolaa Lolohea and linebacker Reed DeQuasie via the transfer portal. The Sooners also added some late enrollees in defensive lineman C.J. Nickson and linebackers Marcus James, Elgee Webster and Barrett Travis. Additionally, Oklahoma signed former UTSA kicker Tate Sandell, who has a chance to start right away at the position. However, the Sooners also lost pieces this spring. Tight end Davon Mitchell, defensive backs Mykel Patterson-McDonald and Peter Schuh, running backs Sam Franklin and Gavin Sawchuk, and offensive lineman Josh Aisosa entered the transfer portal. Defensive back Jocelyn Malaska initially entered the spring portal but withdrew and remains on the OU roster. Oklahoma reshuffled its depth pieces at quarterback. Cole Gonzales, who signed with the Sooners in the winter portal window and went through spring ball with OU, reentered the portal in the spring and landed with Pitt. Oklahoma gained a portal commitment from Gavin Frakes, but he never signed with the Sooners and ended up at Northwestern. That leaves John Mateer, Michael Hawkins Jr., Whitt Newbauer and Jett Niu as the four quarterbacks the Sooners bring into the 2025 season. 3. There's the beef Part of Venables' mission when he took over for Riley was to get the defense back on track. But the mission was also to get the Sooners ready for the SEC, a league in which trench warfare is the name of the game. One spot where it's obvious the philosophy has changed is defensive tackle. Charlie S, who covers the Sooners for The Football Brainiacs, illustrated that in a recent post on X (formerly Twitter). Oklahoma's heaviest defensive tackle in 2020, the second-to-last year under Riley and former defensive coordinator Alex Grinch, weighed 297 pounds. In 2025, the Sooners have seven DTs heavier than that, four years into the Venables era. That had to happen or Oklahoma was going to get beaten up physically at the point of attack in the SEC. Furthermore, defensive tackle looks like it'll be one of OU's biggest strengths again in 2025. The group of Jayden Jackson, Damonic Williams, Gracen Halton and David Stone wants to push people around at the line of scrimmage this year. 4. Looking for offensive stars Quarterback John Mateer and running back Jaydn Ott are the two biggest names on OU's revamped offense this year, and both were portal additions. But the portal also hit the Sooners hard when it came to some big offensive names, so Oklahoma is looking for other players to step up in Ben Arbuckle's offense. The Sooners are no strangers to having superstars on offense, especially since 1999. In the last 26 seasons, they've had four Heisman Trophy winners (Jason White, Sam Bradford, Baker Mayfield, and Kyler Murray) and four other players who were Heisman finalists, but didn't win the award (Josh Heupel, Adrian Peterson, Dede Westbrook, and Jalen Hurts). Additionally, Oklahoma has had plenty of other All-America and all-conference players who helped put points on the board in bunches. But the 2025 Sooners are still searching for their standouts on the offensive side of the ball next to their new backfield tandem. Behind Ott, the Sooners would love to get a breakout season from one of their homegrown running backs like Jovantae Barnes, Xavier Robinson or Taylor Tatum. None will be expected to carry the load, but a backup to take some of the load off the Cal transfer would certainly help. When it comes to pass-catchers, wide receiver Deion Burks is a guy to watch if he can stay healthy. The same goes for Jayden Gibson and Javonnie Gibson, who could unlock the offense if they perform well. Jer'Michael Carter's addition in the spring gives OU another big body who could make some noise in the red zone. At tight end, the Sooners would love Will Huggins or Carson Kent to give the offense a reliable option there. Along the offensive line, Troy Everett and Derek Simmons are veterans for Bill Bedenbaugh to lean on at center and right tackle, but there are plenty of intriguing options at all five positions for the veteran coach. OU's backfield duo figures to be great this year. But it'll need help to get the job done. 5. Time to shine for '22 class Last year on defense, it was Oklahoma's standouts from the 2021 recruiting class that led the way. The trio of Danny Stutsman, Billy Bowman Jr. and Ethan Downs were the big name leaders for Venables heading into the SEC. With those players off to the NFL, the buck has been passed to the remaining members of the 2022 recruiting class, Venables' first as a coach. Most of the key players remaining are defensive stalwarts, but the Sooners do return running back Jovantae Barnes, wide receiver Jayden Gibson, tight ends Kaden Helms and Jaren Kanak and offensive linemen Jacob Sexton and Jake Taylor. But with all that production and leadership lost defensively, it's time for Venables' 2022 class to take the reins. Defensive linemen Gracen Halton and R Mason Thomas, linebackers Kip Lewis and Kobie McKinzie and defensive backs Robert Spears-Jennings and Gentry Williams look like they're up to the task; each decided to stay in Norman this offseason. Once upon a time, Oklahoma was built on punishing, nasty defenses. The Sooners are getting back to that under Venables, who hopes he's made the right moves to get the offense back up to snuff heading into a very important 2025 season. Contact/Follow us @SoonersWire on X, formerly Twitter, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Oklahoma news, notes and opinions. You can also follow Aaron on X @Aaron_Gelvin. This article originally appeared on Sooners Wire: Five takeaways from Sooners latest roster updates
USA Today
a day ago
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Kendel Dolby set to get cornerback reps this season, per Brent Venables
The Oklahoma Sooners began fall camp on Wednesday, as the 2025 season is just one month away in Norman. One position group on OU's defense that will have plenty of eyes on it this year is the secondary, and head coach Brent Venables provided an important update to the media about a key player ahead of fall camp. When Venables met with the media on Wednesday, he said that senior defensive back Kendel Dolby, who has primarily played the cheetah position at OU, will be playing some outside cornerback this season. Dolby has played for Oklahoma since 2023, arriving in Norman via the junior college route. In his first season as a Sooner, Dolby played more and more at cheetah as the year rolled on, showing a knack for being around the ball and making plays. He started at cheetah to open the year in 2024, but suffered a season-ending injury in Week 4 against Tennessee. Dolby returned for his senior season and was thought to be the starter again at cheetah. Now, however, it looks like he'll get plenty of reps at outside corner, a position where the Sooners are a bit weaker. Eli Bowen and Gentry Williams figure to be the preferred starters at cornerback, but Bowen won't be ready for the start of fall camp due to injury, and Williams has had plenty of injury problems in the past. That would leave Jacobe Johnson, Devon Jordan, Jeremiah Newcombe, and now Dolby as the next guys up if one or both of Bowen and Williams can't go. At cheetah, we could see plenty of Kendal Daniels, a veteran transfer from Oklahoma State or Reggie Powers III, a former four-star prospect in the 2024 recruiting class. Sammy Omosigho will be playing inside linebacker more this year, but he has played the cheetah position before. Given Dolby's blitzing and coverage abilities, he could still see time at cheetah, as he's a natural fit for the position. His knowledge of the system and ability to tackle well in run support, combined with his ability to cover, make him a versatile player who can also play cornerback. Dolby's veteran leadership and his ability to make big things happen for the defense were just a couple of the reasons the coaching staff was excited to get him back for one more season in Norman. Now you can add versatility to that list as well, as it looks like the senior will potentially be playing two different positions for Venables' defense in 2025. Contact/Follow us @SoonersWire on X, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Oklahoma news, notes, and opinions. You can also follow Aaron on X @Aaron_Gelvin.
USA Today
2 days ago
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- USA Today
Former Oklahoma Sooners offensive lineman joins Madden NFL's 99 overall club
Former Oklahoma Sooners offensive lineman Lane Johnson is having a pretty incredible year in 2025. First, he won his second Super Bowl ring in February with the Philadephia Eagles. Johnson helped pave the way for fellow former Sooner Jalen Hurts and the rest of the Philly offense in a Super Bowl LIX rout of the Kansas City Chiefs. Next, Johnson signed a contract extension to stay with the Eagles through the 2027 season. He'll make over $20 million a year. Then on Monday, Johnson found out that he is a member of EA Sports and Madden NFL's 99 overall club. The members of the club are players who earned a 99 overall rating in EA Sports' Madden NFL video game series, the highest overall rating a player can attain. Johnson will be a 99 overall in "Madden NFL 26" after receiving the news from fellow Eagle Saquon Barkley. He's been holding it down at right tackle in Philadelphia for over a decade, also helping the Eagles win Super Bowl LII following the 2017 season. Johnson began his college football career at Kilgore College, a junior college in East Texas, in 2008. He transferred to Oklahoma in 2009 and spent the next four years with the Sooners. Over his five collegiate seasons, Johnson played quarterback, tight end, defensive end, and finally, offensive lineman. During the 2011 season at OU, Johnson made the switch from defensive end to offensive tackle due to injuries to o-line starters that year in fall camp. He impressed coaches with his natural ability to play the position. He wound up starting 12 games at right tackle that season and 11 games at left tackle the next year as a senior in 2012. He protected quarterback Landry Jones, opened up holes in the "Belldozer" formation with quarterback Blake Bell, and was a third-team All-American after his last season. Johnson has been with the Eagles for his entire career, after they drafted him fourth overall in the 2013 NFL Draft. He has switched back to right tackle and is one of the league's most dominant forces on the offensive line. He's now the elder statesmen on a Philly team that looks to go back-to-back in 2025, with Johnson playing a pivotal role in the team's success. Contact/Follow us @SoonersWire on X, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Oklahoma news, notes, and opinions. You can also follow Aaron on X @Aaron_Gelvin.
