Preseasons are full of hyping up players for the upcoming season, but halfway through the Oklahoma Sooners’ 2025 season, some of the players with the highest expectations haven’t quite met them yet after the first six games.
Jaydn Ott, RB
Ott transferred from California to OU this offseason as the top running back in the Transfer Portal and expectations to immediately assume the Sooners’ RB1 role. Yet, halfway through the season, not only has Ott not led the Sooners’ backfield, he’s barely even gotten on the field. And deservedly so.
In the five games he actually played in, Ott has 68 rushing yards while averaging 3.