Indiana transfer Philip Blidi cancels Oklahoma visit

Indiana transfer Philip Blidi has canceled a planned visit to Oklahoma, he announced on his Twitter account on Thursday evening.

Blidi is a talented defensive lineman who spent the last year at Indiana after three years at Texas Tech, one of the most coveted options in the trenches in the transfer portal.

“I will not be in Norman this weekend,” Blidi tweeted.

During his lone season at Indiana, Blidi racked up 30 tackles, 4.0 tackles for a loss and one pass breakup. In three seasons at Texas Tech, Blidi recorded 27 tackles and 1.5 tackles for a loss.

He has received interest from the likes of both Auburn and LSU, among others, in the NCAA transfer portal. He recently visited Auburn and had very positive things to say, according to On3’s Jeffrey Lee.

“It was a complete visit,” Blidi said. “I love the people. I love the coaches. Everybody was welcoming and I loved that about them. They really care about their guys, and it’s so obvious to me. It’s really a family atmosphere there.”

Prior to enrolling at Texas Tech, Philip Blidi was a three-star prospect and the No. 815 overall recruit in the 2020 recruiting class, according to the On3 Industry Rankings.

He also checked in as the No. 61 EDGE defender in the class and the No. 2 overall player from the state of New Mexico, hailing from Portales (NM) Portales.

Oklahoma set to host another defensive line transfer

Louisville defensive lineman Jermayne Lole announced plans Wednesday night for his four transfer portal visits.

He spent three seasons at Arizona State before transferring to Louisville in May 2022. The defensive lineman will visit Oklahoma this weekend for the spring game before visiting Washington on April 22.

Since he’s an ACC transfer, he is free to transfer to SEC schools. The grad transfer also announced he will visit Texas A&M on April 24 and USC on April 26. Lole has appeared in 40 career games with the Sun Devils and Cardinals, tallying 141 total tackles, 25 tackles for loss and 12.5 sacks.

Lole was a preseason All-Pac-12 selection before the 2021 season. His best year in an Arizona State uniform came in 2019 when he had 71 tackles and 6.5 sacks as a sophomore.