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Could Texas Tech snag a linebacker from an eliminated College Football Playoff contender?

As the Oklahoma Sooners have wrapped up their season by getting eliminated in the opening round of the College Football Playoff by the Alabama Crimson Tide, it looks like they’re now getting set for the offseason. And it sounds like that includes some transfer portal happenings that involve players leaving Norman, Oklahoma.

Like Kobie McKinzie, for example.

McKinzie is a linebacker for the Sooners who was a talented 4-star recruit out of high school and has shown some potential, but he’s yet to have a true breakthrough season thus far. This season, his most productive season up to this point in his career, he racked up 32 combined tackles, 6.