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Oklahoma football: Sooner RB ruled ineligible for 2021 season

LUBBOCK, TEXAS - OCTOBER 31: Running back Marcus Major #24 of the Oklahoma Sooners gestures before the college football game against the Texas Tech Red Raiders at Jones AT&T Stadium on October 31, 2020 in Lubbock, Texas. (Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images)

After mostly good news leading up to the start of the 2021 season, the Oklahoma football team got some not-so-good news with just under two weeks before the season opener.

Redshirt sophomore running back Marcus Major has been ruled ineligible for the fall semester.

Sports Illustrated staff writer John Hoover, who first reported the story on SI.