Turnover at the college level comes around every year. It’s the reality that each and every college football program deals with each offseason. At offensive line, where continuity, chemistry, and communication are keys to successful units, that turnover can have a huge impact year-to-year.
In the case of the Oklahoma Sooners, they lost Marquis Hayes and Tyrese Robinson, taking nearly 5,000 collegiate snaps with them to the NFL.
That’s a lot of experience and leadership to lose along the offensive line. But the Sooners aren’t without leaders to step in and fill the void. Left tackle Anton Harrison is embracing the opportunity to lead along the offensive lile
“We all looked up to them. Like they lead us,” Harrison said at OU media days. “But now it’s me, Chris (Murray) and Andrew (Raym). We’re leading the group. So it’s like, we’re the leaders now. So all the young cats want to look up to us. So we got to make sure we’re on point and make sure we do everything right. So they know what to do in the future.”
Anton Harrison, Chris Murray, and Andrew Raym return to solidify an offensive line that will welcome transfer addition McKade Mettauer and a right tackle competition that will provide clarity as fall camp proceeds.
Entering his third season, Harrison is an anchor for the Oklahoma Sooners and is looking to improve upon a strong 2021, learning from the things that didn’t go well in the losses to Baylor and Oklahoma State.
“You try not to think about the losses because they suck, but you need them to get better,” Harrison said. “Like for me, I didn’t feel like in the losses that I played my best. So I watched those games to get better. So those won’t happen this season coming up.”
Early in the 2023 NFL draft cycle, Anton Harrison is getting buzz as a top 50 prospect in mock drafts and is considered the No. 6 offensive tackle prospect according to Pro Football Focus.
Oklahoma’s offense is going to be really good in 2022 and with Harrison, Raym, and Murray leading the way on the offensive line, the guys up front will be a big reason why they have so much success.
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