BAD NEWS: Oklahoma Kicker Enters Transfer Portal
The Soonersand#039; backup kicks was one of three prioritized kicks in 2023, but now the competition has intensified for 2024. 4,444 The Oklahoma kick position was revealed a bit on Friday.
Redi Mustafaraj, a fourth-year academic junior from Atoka, OK, entered the Transfer Portal as a graduate student.Mustafaraj came to OU from Northeast A&M (OK) but failed to crack the lineup in one year in Norman.Zach Schmit won the job in 2022 and kept it in 2023 despite occasional accuracy issues on clutch targets.Schmitt was backed up both seasons by rookie Gavin Marshall,
who coach Brent Venables said suffered an injury last season that prevented him from competing in practice under special teams analyst Jay Nunez.Now in 2024, the competition could be tighter than ever with Schmit starting after two seasons and Marshall presumably healthy.
OU also added two kickers for 2024: true freshman Liam Evans, one of the top high school players in the country according to Kohl’s Kicking Camp rankings, comes to OU from Moore; Tyler Keltner is coming to Florida State for one year and East Tennessee State in four years.Mustafaraj writes that he has two years of college football left.
As a completed transfer, he is immediately eligible to play next season..
