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Best photos of Brent Venables since joining the Oklahoma Sooners

With the start of the 2022 season right around the corner, let’s take a look at the best photos of Brent Venables since joining the Sooners.

It’s been nine months since Brent Venables stepped off the plane at Max Westheimer Airport in Norman to a crowd of thousands of Oklahoma fans. During his flight, it was made official that Brent Venables would be the next head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners.

It was a whirlwind of a week from the time that Lincoln Riley stepped down to the rumors began in earnest that Venables would be the coach. But that moment that he stepped off the plane, a sigh of relief was met with enthusiasm and excitement about the future.

And after signing the No. 8 recruiting class back in February, spring ball, a record-setting spring game, a fantastic summer in the 2023 recruiting cycle, and fall camp, the debut season for Brent Venables as a head coach is about to get underway.

All of the talk is about to subside, and everything that’s been discussed about the culture and the vision for the program is about to be laid out for the world to witness. And there’s little doubt that what we’re about to witness in the Brent Venables era will be special.

With less than two weeks to go until Oklahoma welcomes the UTEP Miners to Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, let’s take a look at some of the best photos from Venables first offseason with the Oklahoma Sooners.

Fantastic photos out of Oklahoma Sooners fall camp

Check out some of the latest photos to emerge from Oklahoma Sooners fall camp.

The Oklahoma Sooners are midway through 2022 fall camp with under three weeks till they host the UTEP Miners on September 3.

That home opener, and Brent Venables debut, will provide an incredible atmosphere in Norman. Everything that’s happened over the last nine months will be put to the test when they take on UTEP at home.

Ranked No. 9 in both the USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches poll and the AP Top 25, the Sooners will have something to prove to national observers in order to return to the College Football Playoff.

As fall camp goes on, here are some more fantastic photos from Sooners practice.

Anton Harrison embracing leadership role for Oklahoma Sooners offensive line

Filling the void left by Marquis Hayes and Tyrese Robinson, tackle Anton Harrison is taking on leadership role for the Oklahoma Sooners.

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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