Report: Oklahoma adding former NFL quarterback, Clemson assistant

Oklahoma will hire former NFL quarterback and Clemson offensive analyst JP Losman to work in player personnel and football administration, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel. He has spent the past five seasons with the Tigers, working opposite new Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables.

Over his coaching career, he has worked as a student coaching intern and offensive analyst, receiving a promotion to senior offensive analyst in the 2021 season.

JP Losman brings those five years of experience to Oklahoma, along with eight years of NFL experience across four NFL franchises. The former first-round pick started his career with the Buffalo Bills in 2004 before playing one season each with the Oakland Raiders, Seattle Seahawks and Miami Dolphins.

Over his NFL career, Losman threw for 6,271 yards with 33 touchdowns and 34 interceptions. He also spent one season in the United Football League with the Las Vegas Locomotives.

Bruce Feldman on Oklahoma

Bruce Feldman weighed in on the state of the Oklahoma football program in an appearance on The Paul Finebaum Show. According to Feldman, the Sooners will be just fine under the direction of coach Brent Venables.

First, the presumed loss of Caleb Williams to a new program feels like a big loss for Oklahoma. However, Feldman isn’t worried about the Sooners quarterback position. He believes Dillon Gabriel will be a great fit for the program.

“Dillon Gabriel was all set to start classes at UCLA. I mean, he was a guy who had like 74 touchdowns and 12 picks at UCF. And decided no, I’m not going to go there basically at the eleventh hour,” stated Feldman. “Pivoted and decided I’m going to go play at Jeff Lebby’s system in Oklahoma. He knows that system well.

“I think that’s a very good – I don’t want to say it’s backup plan – but I think if that’s what they pivoted to, it’s going to work out really well for Oklahoma.”

Continuing, Feldman also believes the Sooners will be able to replicate much of their offensive success from recent seasons.

“I suspect they can sell a lot of offensive production that that system has had. I think it’ll be a little different – obviously without Lincoln [Riley] – but there are some key pieces there,” stated Feldman. “One of the secret weapons to the Oklahoma offense was their run game, and why it wasn’t what most people think of in an air raid offense.

“Run game coordinator Bill Bedenbaugh — a lot of people thought he was going to leave. He’s arguably the best offensive line coach in college football, and he decided he wanted to stay.”