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Oklahoma Lands Fourth OL Through Transfer Portal

The Sooners made another addition along the offensive line on Monday, bringing in a veteran from one of the nation's top squads.

Randall Sweet

Oklahoma Lands Fourth OL Through Transfer Portal
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On Monday afternoon, former Washington offensive lineman Geirean Hatchett announced that he will transfer to Oklahoma. 

Hatchett announced on Thursday that he was entering the transfer portal after four years with the Huskies, playing sparingly throughout this final two seasons.

In 2023, the 6-foot-4, 303-pound guard posted a 59.8 offensive grade from Pro Football Focus, down from his grade of 72.6 in 2022. The redshirt junior played 264 offensive snaps in Kalen DeBoer's offense this season, earning a 45.5 pass blocking grade and a 62.0 run blocking grade, according to PFF.

The previous year, Hatchett played just 71 snaps, finishing with a 67.0 pass blocking grade and a 70.1 run blocking grade. Most of Hatchett's playing time at Washington came at right guard, but the veteran briefly saw action at left guard against Texas in the College Football Playoff semifinal.

Hailing from Ferndale, WA, Hatchett was a 4-star recruit coming out of high school, rated the No. 8 guard and No. 207 overall player according to the 247Sports composite rankings. 

With the Sooners losing Cayden Green, Caleb Shaffer, McKade Mettauer, Savion Byrd and Nate Anderson at the guard position, getting a pledge from Hatchett is huge for Bill Bedenbaugh and company as OU transitions into the SEC.

Hatchett isn't the only new addition in the trenches, however, as Febechi Nwaiwu, Michael Tarquin and Spencer Brown all transferred to Norman over the offseason as well. 

With Andrew Raym, Tyler Guyton, Walter Rouse, Mettauer and Green leaving the program, Oklahoma has to completely remake its offensive line heading into the 2024 season. 

Adding four veteran offensive linemen out of the transfer portal and bringing back Jacob Sexton and others, Bedenbaugh should have a decent group to work with heading into spring practice. 

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Randall Sweet
RANDALL SWEET

Randall is a recruiting analyst and staff writer at AllSooners focusing primarily on OU Football and the recruiting trail. Working as a journalist, Randall has covered the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma City Thunder, and high school sports across the state. A 2022 University of Oklahoma graduate, Randall hails from Lubbock, TX. While in college, Sweet wrote for the OU Daily in addition to working with Sooner Sports Pad and OU Nightly. Following his time at OU, Sweet served as the Communications Coordinator at Visit Oklahoma City before leaving to join the team at AllSooners. The West Texas native has bylines in the Norman Transcript and is a Staff Writer for Inside the Thunder. Randall holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK. 

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