After the worst campaign of the Mike Gundy era, Oklahoma State is attacking the transfer portal in hopes of turning things around in 2025.
With both coordinators out and Gundy feeling real pressure to make wholesale changes for the first time in his tenure, OSU can’t afford to come up empty-handed in this portal cycle.
On Monday, the Pokes landed Nebraska wide receiver Jaylen Lloyd, bringing their incoming transfer number up to 21 players — the highest of any team in the Big 12.
Lloyd spent two seasons with the Cornhuskers, hauling in 19 catches for 492 yards and three touchdowns along the way.
Listed at 5-foot-10, 180 pounds, Lloyd was a three-star prospect from the Class of 2023 and signed with the Huskers out of Omaha West High School. Before his time in Lincoln, Lloyd was a six-time Nebraska state champion in track and field, excelling in the long jump, triple jump, 100m, and 4x100m.
During his freshman season, Lloyd showed flashes of his explosiveness with six receptions for 237 yards and three touchdowns, all of which were longer than 50 yards.
Lloyd will join Shamar Rigby (Purdue) and Sam Jackson V (Auburn) as the newcomers to the Oklahoma State wide receiver room, and should immediately give the room better depth and explosiveness in 2025.
The transfer portal officially opened on Monday, December 9, 2024, and will remain open until Saturday, December 28, with an exception for players on teams who play bowl games after the window closes. According to NCAA data, 2,273 FBS football players entered the transfer portal in 2023-24 school year, with 1,558 (68.5%) undergraduates and 715 (31.5%) graduate transfers. Of the entrants, 57% reported that they enrolled in another school, 8% withdrew their names from the portal, and 35% are still active, transferred to a non-NCAA school, or left their sport.
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