Modern day college football provides multiple opportunities to add talent. After pulling together a top five recruiting class, the Oklahoma Sooners continued their strong start in the 2022-2023 transfer portal with the addition of Oklahoma State defensive end Trace Ford.
Ford, who was one of the highly sought defensive line options considered other Power Five schools, such as USC. He opted to stay in-state to play with Bedlam rival Oklahoma. The Edmond Santa Fe graduate was considered the No. 3 player in the state of Oklahoma and a four-star prospect in the 2019 recruiting cycle by 247Sports.
Oklahoma kid 🚶🏾‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/HaTlNo973s
— Trace Ford (@traceford12) December 28, 2022
In Ford’s freshman and sophomore seasons in Stillwater, he recorded 7.5 sacks and 8.5 tackles for loss before sitting out 2021 due to injury. He wasn’t as productive in 2022, recording one sack and three tackles for loss in nine games. He played the fewest snaps of his collegiate career, finishing fifth among Cowboys edge players in snaps in 2022.
Ford provides a productive depth option for the Sooners to go along with Ethan Downs, Reggie Grimes, Marcus Stripling, Dasan McCullough, R Mason Thomas, Adepoju Adebawore and Taylor Wein.
Just as Brent Venables and his staff has done since the close of the regular season, the Sooners have worked to address the depth across the team. With Ford, the Sooners found a guy looking to rediscover his early career production.
[listicle id=76629]
[listicle id=77747]
[mm-video type=playlist id=01eqbz7cqqgxy50qwt player_id=01eqbvp13nn1gy6hd4 image=]
Contact/Follow us @SoonersWire on Twitter, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Oklahoma news, notes, and opinions. Let us know your thoughts, and comment on this story below. Join the conversation today. You can also follow John we a a C on Twitter @john9williams.