For the first time in Brent Venables' four seasons as Oklahoma head coach, the Sooners named a permanent set of team captains ahead of the season.
For the 2025 season, Oklahoma will go with seven permanent captains who will remain in place for the entire season. The previous three years, Venables rotated captains on a by-game basis, although several players were named multiple times in the course of the season.
Brent Venables abandons naming captains on game-by-game basis
Two offensive players and five from the defense will serve as team captains this season. The seven players named as captains were quarterback John Mateer, offensive lineman Troy Everett, defensive tackle Gracen Halton, linebacker Kip Lewis, defensive lineman Damonic Williams, defensive end R Mason Thomas and safety Robert Spears-Jennings.