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The Oklahoma Sooners are an established NFL pipeline, with hundreds of drafted players over the program's history. In 2023 and 2024, the Sooners had back-to-back first-round offensive tackles in Anton Harrison and Tyler Guyton. However, if there's one area the Sooners haven't quite delivered on, it's putting defenders in the first round of the draft. The last time the Sooners had a first-round selection on defense was linebacker Kenneth Murray in 2020, a pick many thought was a reach at the time. Before that? Defensive tackle Gerald McCoy went third overall in 2010. Those are the only two first-round defenders from Oklahoma since 2010. You'll have to go back to the early 2000s (2004) to find their previous first-round defenders. Compared to their SEC contemporaries, Oklahoma is well behind here, something that Brent Venables and company are trying to catch up on. They might have found their first breakthrough player here in defensive end R Mason T...

The Oklahoma Sooners are an established NFL pipeline, with hundreds of drafted players over the program's history. In 2023 and 2024, the Sooners had back-to-back first-round offensive tackles in Anton Harrison and Tyler Guyton. However, if there's one area the Sooners haven't quite delivered on, it's putting defenders in the first round of the draft. The last time the Sooners had a first-round selection on defense was linebacker Kenneth Murray in 2020, a pick many thought was a reach at the time. Before that? Defensive tackle Gerald McCoy went third overall in 2010. Those are the only two first-round defenders from Oklahoma since 2010. You'll have to go back to the early 2000s (2004) to find their previous first-round defenders. Compared to their SEC contemporaries, Oklahoma is well behind here, something that Brent Venables and company are trying to catch up on. They might have found their first breakthrough player here in defensive end R Mason T...