The Oklahoma State Cowboys pulled nearly 90 transfers out of the portal under new head coach Eric Morris. There are some common themes. Many of them came from Group of 6 schools, with a heavy lean toward the nearly 20 that followed Morris from his former school, North Texas.
Oklahoma State hired an offensive-minded head coach in Eric Morris, who lured nearly 20 of his former players from North Texas to join the team. So, naturally, much of the attention surrounds the offensive players as the Cowboys head to fall camp next week.
Air Raid offenses aren’t always known for how they run the football. Oklahoma State could be an exception. New head coach Eric Morris showed a commitment to running the football at his previous job at North Texas.
On Friday, a judge in Colorado changed the game for any student athlete who was part of the Class of 2022 and thought they were done with college. Per Sam C.
It’s never too late to get a head start on the next recruiting class. The Oklahoma State Cowboys got some good news on Friday. The Cowboys made the cut as one of the Top 15 teams for Owasso, Okla., star Kamieon Compton-Nero, considered by some recruiting services to be the nation’s top athlete for the Class of 2028.
The upside of flipping a roster like Oklahoma State’s with nearly 90 new transfers is that infuses optimism throughout the program. It also makes it harder to remember that there are some players from last year’s 1-11 team that chose to stick around.
The Oklahoma State Cowboys run the Air Raid offense and have a talented transfer quarterback. They’re going to need wide receivers. Fortunately, new head coach Eric Morris and his staff put in the time to get that job done.
The Oklahoma State Cowboys are doing something that few teams have done even in this era — sell out their immediate future to the transfer portal. A variety of factors led new head coach Eric Morris and his staff to pull nearly 90 new players out of the transfer portal for the 2026 season.
When the Oklahoma State Cowboys gather for the start of fall workouts next week, more than 100 players will vie for 22 starting spots. The team is nearly brand-new, thanks to nearly 90 new players coming through the transfer portal and only 13 returning players from last year’s team.
When fans think about the Air Raid offense the attention always goes to the quarterback in the wide receivers. But tight ends have a role too. As new Oklahoma State head coach Eric Morris and his staff put together the offense for 2026, which will be triggered by quarterback Drew Mestemaker, finding competent tight end play will be key.
The Eric Morris of Oklahoma State football is about to take off in earnest next week in Stillwater. The Cowboys are coming off a 1-11 season during which long-time coach Mike Gundy was fired and Morris, most recently at North Texas, was hired.
One page of the Oklahoma State 2026 football media guide says everything about what new head coach Eric Morris did this offseason. There are 13 returning letterwinners from last year’s team, the last one put together by long-time head coach Mike Gundy.
The Oklahoma State Cowboys got the news they were hoping for when it came to Iman Oates — at least in the short term. Per On3 and other outlets, Oates won his temporary restraining order in court on Wednesday, awarded by a judge in Payne County, Okla.
The Oklahoma State Cowboys hadn’t had a commitment for the Class of 2027 in a month. That changed on Wednesday. Jayden Vessell, an edge rusher from Baton Rouge Catholic in Baton Rouge, La., announced his commitment to the Cowboys on social media.
New Oklahoma State head coach Eric Morris leaned heavily into the transfer portal this offseason, but he didn’t ignore the recruiting trail. Morris brought in a talented class of true freshman, though the effort suffered as he inherited a program that went 4-20 the past two seasons.
One of the hardest parts of last season for Oklahoma State fans was watching how the offense fell apart as the season went on. Offense, in many ways, was former head coach Mike Gundy’s calling card.
With a team that has as much turnovers as Oklahoma State, it’s hard to pick one position battle that has the most value. New head coach Eric Morris has … well if you’re a Cowboys fan you know the drill.
New Oklahoma State head coach Eric Morris had to execute one of the most startling turnovers of talent in recent memory when he took over the Cowboys. It was a use of the transfer portal so overwhelming that it made what Colorado head coach Deion Sanders did with the transfer portal his first season look quaint.
The quality of the hire of Eric Morris as head coach at Oklahoma State isn’t in question. But things are about to start getting real. Morris enters his first fall workout at the helm of the Cowboys with a roster that looks like an episode of extreme home makeover.
The 2026-27 college basketball season is still months away, but teams are starting to prepare for the upcoming campaign. Programs around the nation have started practicing, and multiple teams have even played live games against international competition.
If the Oklahoma State Cowboys are going to be a better team in 2026, the defensive line is going to have to be much better than a season ago. Like most positions for the Cowboys, there is turnover and plenty of it.
The Oklahoma State Cowboys hope to defend their national championship in cross country while the Cowgirls seek a better finish than a year ago. In the hopes of getting back to the NCAA Championships, the Cowboys and the Cowgirls won’t have to leave Stillwater until the start of NCAA action.
When the Oklahoma State Cowboys start fall workouts, it will be a month of putting together a depth chart for their season opener. This is a team coming off a 1-11 season and a coaching change in 2025.
Audi Crooks is from Algona, Iowa. She committed to the Iowa State Cyclones out of high school and became one of the best college basketball players in the country.
It’s not an overstatement to say Oklahoma State football should be miles ahead of where they were before Eric Morris arrived on campus late last year. The Cowboys already have their desired starting quarterback in North Texas transfer Drew Mestemaker, but he’s not the only one dealing heat in Stillwater these days.
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