Top 5 transfers Oklahoma Sooners will face in 2023

Who are the top transfer additions the Oklahoma Sooners will face in 2023?

The transfer portal giveth and the transfer portal taketh. This statement has been true for everyone across the country even the University of Oklahoma.

The Sooners added Rondell Bothriyd and Dasan McCullough, but just a year ago lost Caleb Williams and Mario Williams. The portal has been good to Oklahoma, but it has been good to Oklahoma’s opponents as well.

The transfer portal has provided programs the opportunity to retool on the fly in the face of losses from the previous season.

SoonerScoop (subscription required) released an article on Saturday discussing the best transfer addition for OU opponents for the 2023 season.

This got me thinking, who are the five best transfer additions the Sooners will face this season.

1,000-yard running back Dylan McDuffie discusses entering transfer portal

1,000-yard running back Dylan McDuffie discusses entering the NCAA transfer portal.

Junior running back Dylan McDuffie has entered the NCAA transfer portal.

The 6-foot, 207-pound running back had a breakout season in 2021 at Buffalo, totaling 1,049 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns on 206 attempts.

McDuffie also recorded 14 receptions for 123 yards and one touchdown during the 2021 campaign.

In 2021, McDuffie played in Shane Montgomery’s offense at Buffalo. Montgomery was hired as the Bulls’ offensive coordinator in May 2021. He came to Buffalo after serving as offensive coordinator at James Madison from 2019-20.

Montgomery’s running backs coach at James Madison was Matt Merritt. Merritt served as a senior offensive analyst at Tennessee under Josh Heupel in 2021. Merritt was introduced as Georgia Southern’s running backs coach on Friday.

McDuffie told Vols Wire he has been in contact with a good amount of coaches and wants to go somewhere and play his style and win. McDuffie also noted he loves tempo offenses.

Tennessee’s 2023 football commitment tracker

Vols’ 2023 recruiting tracker: Running back offers

2021 final statistics: Tennessee’s leaders for rushing yards

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