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Colorado Adds Former Oklahoma Cornerback

Colorado head coach Deion Sanders will have a former Sooner to work with in his secondary in 2025.

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Oklahoma defensive back Makari Vickers
Oklahoma defensive back Makari Vickers / BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK
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Makari Vickers is headed back to the Big 12. 

The former Oklahoma cornerback committed to Colorado, On3’s Hayes Fawcett reported on Wednesday afternoon. 

The redshirt freshman officially entered the transfer portal last week, where he’ll have three years of eligibility remaining to learn under Deion Sanders. 

Vickers played in eighth games in 2023 as a true freshman, where he was made eight tackles and was credited with one pass breakup.

This past year, he battled an injury through fall camp but was able to rebound and play four games. 

Vickers finished the season with just one tackle. 

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The 6-foot-1, 187-pound defensive back was rated a 4-star recruit by On3, 247Sports and Rivals out of high school and he was ranked in the top 125 of all high school prospects by all three services. 

Vickers is the third Sooner to land back in the Big 12 since the winter transfer window opened last Monday. 

Defensive back Jayden Rowe committed to Kansas State last week, and the Oklahoma State Cowboys landed former OU running back Kalib Hicks. 

Vickers is one of seven Sooners from the defensive side of the ball who has entered the portal, joining Rowe, defensive backs Kani Walker and Erik McCarty, linebackers Dasan McCullough and Phil Picciotti and defensive lineman Ashton Sanders.

The winter transfer portal window is open from Dec. 9-28.

Players do not have to know their destination by Dec. 28, they just have to be in the portal when the window closes to retain immediate eligibility. The spring portal window runs from April 16-25, 2025.

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Ryan Chapman
RYAN CHAPMAN

Ryan is deputy editor at AllSooners and covers a number of sports in and around Norman and Oklahoma City. Working both as a journalist and a sports talk radio host, Ryan has covered the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma City Thunder, the United States Men’s National Soccer Team, the Oklahoma City Energy and more. Since 2019, Ryan has simultaneously pursued a career as both a writer and a sports talk radio host, working for the Flagship for Oklahoma sports, 107.7 The Franchise, as well as AllSooners.com. Ryan serves as a contributor to The Franchise’s website, TheFranchiseOK.com, which was recognized as having the “Best Website” in 2022 by the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters. Ryan holds an associate’s degree in Journalism from Oklahoma City Community College in Oklahoma City, OK. 

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