Tag: Bill Bedenbaugh

Oklahoma 2020 player card: No. 60 Matt Torrez

Sooners Wire will be creating player cards for readers to be introduced to the 2020 roster.

Here is No. 60 for Oklahoma.

There is a ton of momentum to having a 2020 college football season these days. No definite signs, yet, but the season would start less than 100 days from now.

Sooners Wire will be creating player cards for readers to be introduced to the 2020 roster.

Here is No. 60 for Oklahoma.

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Name: Matt Torrez

Number: No. 60

Year: Freshman

Position: Offensive Line

Hometown: San Antonio, Texas

Height/Weight: 6-foot-3, 280 pounds

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Torrez is a preferred walk-on for Bill Bedenbaugh and the Sooners. A two-sport athlete in high school, Torrez played baseball and football. Starting all four years at Madison High School on the offensive line, Torrez found a home on the gridiron at right tackle.

Torrez joins a rather large swath of preferred walk-ons who have dotted Lincoln Riley’s program over his tenure as Division II and Division III fringe players want to contribute to the success that Oklahoma has had under Riley.

Torrez has yet to play a snap for the Sooners.

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Oklahoma 2020 player card: No. 59 Adrian Ealy

Sooners Wire will be creating player cards for readers to be introduced to the 2020 roster. Here is No. 59 Adrian Ealy

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There is a ton of momentum to having a 2020 college football season these days. No definite signs, yet, but the season would start less than 100 days from now.

Sooners Wire will be creating player cards for readers to be introduced to the 2020 roster.

Here is No. 59 for Oklahoma.

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Name: Adrian Ealy

Number: No. 59

Year: Redshirt junior

Position: Offensive line

Hometown: Gonzales, LA

Height/Weight: 6-foot-6, 341 pounds

A four-star recruit out of the 2017 class according to Rivals, Adrian Ealy earned 14 division I offers, but eventually chose Oklahoma over Arizona, Auburn, Kansas, Michigan and Texas. He was the No. 19 overall offensive tackle in the country.

After redshirting in 2017, Ealy played in five games during the 2018 season as a backup tackle. Last season, he emerged as one of the Sooners’ more consistent offensive linemen, playing in 12 games and earning a second-team All-Big 12 selection. He missed games against Kansas and Texas Tech due to injury.

Bill Bedenbaugh has put together a nice track record of sending his players to the NFL Draft, and if Ealy continues to improve he’ll be no different from his predecessors.

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Oklahoma 2020 player card: No. 54 Marquis Hayes

Sooners Wire will be creating player cards for readers to be introduced to the 2020 roster.

Here is No. 54 for Oklahoma.

There is a ton of momentum to having a 2020 college football season these days. No definite signs, yet, but the season would start less than 100 days from now.

Sooners Wire will be creating player cards for readers to be introduced to the 2020 roster.

Here is No. 54 for Oklahoma.

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Name: Marquis Hayes

Number: No. 54

Year: Redshirt Junior

Position: Offensive Line

Hometown: Maryland Heights, Missouri

Height/Weight: 6-foot-5, 330 pounds

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Marquis Hayes was a four-star offensive lineman that signed with the Sooners as part of the class of 2017. Ranked as the number seven offensive guard in the nation and the number one recruit in the state of Missouri, Hayes was recruited by Bill Bedenbaugh.

After redshirting in 2017, Hayes played in 3 games in 2018 including 13 starts in 2019 (missed game against South Dakota due to injury).

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Oklahoma 2020 player card: No. 52 Tyrese Robinson

Sooners Wire will be creating player cards for readers to be introduced to the 2020 roster. Here is No.52 Tyrese Robinson

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There is a ton of momentum to having a 2020 college football season these days. No definite signs, yet, but the season would start less than 100 days from now.

Sooners Wire will be creating player cards for readers to be introduced to the 2020 roster.

Here is No. 52 for Oklahoma.

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Name: Tyrese Robinson

Number: No. 52

Year: Redshirt junior

Position: Offensive guard

Hometown: McKinney, TX

Height/Weight: 6-foot-3, 334 pounds

A four-star recruit out of McKinney, Texas, Tyrese Robinson had 17 division I offers out of high school. The No. 6 overall guard in the class of 2017 according to Rivals, Robinson committed to Oklahoma over Arkansas, Auburn, Michigan, Texas and Oklahoma State, among others.

One of the more interchangeable pieces of Bill Bedenbaugh’s offensive line unit, Robinson played all 14 of the Sooners games in 2019, with 12 of his starts coming at right guard. He played right tackle against Texas Tech and Kansas.

Robinson saw a massive role increase from 2018, and with it came massive improvement. Bill Bedenbaugh has put together a nice track record of sending his guys to the NFL recently. Robinson’s position will more than likely depend on the rest of the offensive line’s, but Lincoln Riley should still have plenty of weapons again in the 2020 season.

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Oklahoma’s Creed Humphrey in first round of DraftWire’s 2021 NFL mock draft

Oklahoma center Creed Humphrey was projected as theNo. 20 overall pick in 2021 NFL Mock Draft per USA Today Sports.

The upcoming draft could mark a dominant trend for Oklahoma.

Oklahoma center Creed Humphrey is projected to go No. 20 overall to the Minnesota Vikings in the 2021 NFL Draft, per Luke Easterling of Draft Wire.

If chosen in the first round, he would mark the sixth offensive linemen taken for co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach Bill Bedenbaugh in just three years.

After redshirting in 2017, Humphrey earned All-American honors in both 2018 and 2019, firmly cementing himself as one of the best offensive linemen in the country.

Humphrey played in all 14 games for the Sooners last season, registering 93 knockdowns and allowing a single sack in 799 plays.

Only five offensive linemen were projected to be drafted above him.

Oklahoma returns their entire offensive line unit of Tyrese Robinson, Marquise Hayes, Adrian Ealy, Stacey Wilkins, Erik Swenson and Humphrey.

The Sooners are currently set to kick off their season against Missouri State on September 5. No alterations have been made to their schedule, including any against Army in West Point, New York.

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Creed Humphrey a top-25 prospect in way-too-early look at 2021 NFL Draft

Oklahoma went without an offensive linemen drafted in 2020, but Creed Humphrey is already on his way to changing thing for OU in 2021.

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Oklahoma went without an offensive linemen drafted in 2020, but one of the Sooners’ top returning players is already proving that will change in 2021.

Creed Humphrey turned down a chance to move on to the NFL after his redshirt sophomore season where some saw him as a lock for day two of the 2020 NFL Draft in the second or third round.

The Shawnee, Oklahoma, native has started for majority of the last two seasons for offensive line coach Bill Bedenbaugh. Heading into his third playing season for the Sooners, Humphrey is touted as the early No. 13 overall prospect in the 2021 NFL Draft.

“The former wrestling standout went from pinning his opponents to pancaking them,” wrote USA TODAY’s associate NFL editor Michael Schwartz. “Humphrey is particularly adept at winning in confined spaces but also can be dangerous on the move.”

Humphrey was named a Remington Trophy finalist for college football’s best center in 2020. The winner and the other finalist have both moved onto the NFL, just as Michigan’s Cesar Ruiz has, too.

Oklahoma hasn’t had a first-round offensive linemen selection since 2013 when Lane Johnson was picked by the Philadelphia Eagles.

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UCLA transfer offensive lineman Chris Murray explains why he chose Oklahoma

UCLA transfer offensive lineman Chris Murray explains why he chose Oklahoma.

Oklahoma gained a commitment from UCLA transfer offensive lineman Chris Murray on Thursday, adding even more depth to Bill Bedenbaugh’s arsenal of offensive linemen.

Murray started two full years for the Bruins, but decided the Sooners would be the best fit to finish his career.

“I just felt like going there I could take my game to another level as far as development and the environment,” Murray told 247Sports. “I felt like I could be challenged every day in my last three years of college football. Just the talent and the mentality. I was able to see what they’re on, and it’s the type of mentality I want to be a part of. I feel like Coach B, he’s one of the best offensive line coaches in college football. I just felt comfortable putting my future in his hands on and off the field.”

Murray also cited the tradition Oklahoma holds in college football, as well the school’s recent pattern of sending it’s offensive linemen to the NFL draft.

“I know the legacy they have, and I know what it means to wear Oklahoma across your chest,” Murray said. “I know the respect they demand and the people that have come before them.” he said to 247Sports. “Oklahoma is known for offensive linemen… The standard they hold for offensive linemen over there… you have to have a great o-line… it’s something I want to be a part of.”

Oklahoma picks up UCLA transfer offensive lineman Chris Murray

Oklahoma received some much needed and surprising news on Thursday. UCLA transfer offensive lineman Chris Murray committed to the Sooners.

Oklahoma received some much needed and surprising news on Thursday.

UCLA transfer offensive lineman Chris Murray entered the transfer portal in January with three years left to play two. The Sooners are always looking for ways to improve on the offensive line.

Oklahoma offensive line coach Bill Bedenbaugh reportedly reached out immediately and it paid off in Murray’s commitment.

“I feel great right now, really felt like Oklahoma was the best place for me,” Murray told 247Sports after his commitment. “It came down to Oklahoma, Miami and Florida State, those are the three schools I was looking at once I hit the portal but I developed a pretty special relationship with coach B (Bill Bedenbaugh) and that played a big role in my decision.”

 

“It wasn’t easy leaving UCLA, I made great connections there and I have brothers on the team for life,” Murray said. “It was just a gut feeling honestly. I just felt like I needed a change and Oklahoma is the perfect place for me moving forward. I played against Oklahoma already and I know what they’re about. I know what kind of program they have and the environment there.

“They’re all about winning and are set up for that. Right now, the plan is for me to head up there as soon as I can. Everything is on lock down right now but as soon as we’re able to, I’ll head up there and be ready to go. Like I said I’m really excited about this move and I can’t wait to get going.”

Oklahoma’s Bill Bedenbaugh talks beginning of patented guard-tackle counter play

If you’ve watched Oklahoma, one would see two lineman pulling all the time. Here is how the Sooners masterpiece came out of necessity.

With as much high praise the quarterback room at Oklahoma has gotten over past half-decade, one could argue that the offensive linemen that the Sooners have to protect the prized possessions of the football team have been more star-studded.

Oklahoma’s offensive line coach Bill Bedenbaugh gave an in-depth peek behind the curtain of Sooners football in a nearly hour-long interview on the Run the Power Podcast. From game prep to recruiting and how he coaches his linemen’s nastiness, Bedenbaugh gave plenty of material for Oklahoma fans to salivate over.

The patented guard-tackle counter that the Sooners have perfected came out of necessity. Prior to the 2015 Orange Bowl against Clemson, Bedenbaugh was looking for a way to poke holes in the bigger, stronger, more athletic Tiger front seven.

“We just felt like they were so good on the defensive line that we had to do some things to give our guys a chance to truly double-team guys and get angles on them,” Bedenbaugh said. “It was a good run for us against them. It became successful but it was the only good run we had. We weren’t good enough to knock them off the ball on inside zone or reach on outside zone. So that’s how the play came about and it was a good play for us and then we just developed  it year by year and do it different ways.”

Through his seven seasons at Oklahoma, only once has Bedenbaugh ran into a single player on the opposing side of the ball that he simply would not mess with.

“The only guy we really truly changed a bunch for was Quinnen Williams at Alabama,” said Bedenbaugh. “He’s the only guy that we just wouldn’t run certain plays to his side. He was one of those dudes that he was good as I’ve seen, but other than that we feel like we match up quite honestly with anybody.”

Bedenbaugh also delved into how he and the rest of the Oklahoma staff train and develop their big uglies for the next level.

“We train our offensive linemen probably different than most in the sense that we train them specifically in the weight room and specifically train them with drills,” Bedenbaugh told Run the Power. “You’ve got to recruit guys that love playing offensive line.”

Bedenbaugh and the Sooners are currently waiting out the COVID-19 pandemic in hopes to have a full fall camp with spring football being canceled due to the virus. If all holds true Oklahoma will open the season on Sept. 7 against Missouri State.

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Oklahoma’s Bill Bedenbaugh has high praise for incoming freshman Andrew Raym

Bill Bedenbaugh gave an in-depth look into Oklahoma’s offensive line philosophies and preparations week in and out on…

Bill Bedenbaugh gave an in-depth look into Oklahoma’s offensive line philosophies and preparations week in and out on the Run the Power Podcast in a nearly hour-long interview.

Sprinkled in with stories from his days with Hal Mumme and Mike Leach, one of the more intriguing tidbits Bedenbaugh gave was about freshman offensive lineman Andrew Raym. A four-star lineman out of Broken Arrow, Okla., Raym is a guy that Bedenbaugh could see moving around on the Sooners’ offensive front.

“He’s a guy that is playing guard for us right now and center,” Bedenabugh said. “I do think, eventually, just depending on what happens, he’ll take over center. But he’s a really smart guy. He’s got the body for it—physical guy, athletic guy. He can mentally handle what we’re putting on him.”

Predominantly playing tackle at Broken Arrow, Raym was recruited by Bedenbaugh as an offensive guard. However, the way Bedenbaugh philosophies the center position, Raym could become the one snapping the ball for Spencer Rattler in the future.

“I think, especially for us, center is the most important (position) just because he calls out audibles for everything,” Bedenbaugh told Run the Power. “He’s responsible for setting the pass protection, he’s responsible for setting the run blocking scheme, he’s responsible for everything.”

With Creed Humphrey holding down the anchor spot this upcoming season, Raym has an opportunity to learn from who Bedenbaugh says is the best center to come through Oklahoma in a while.

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