Our final two installments of the Roster Management series are on tap. Today we'll look at the 2026 defensive roster before putting it all together

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Roster Management: 2026 Defense

I jumped on with YouTuber Casey Porter on the OState Daily podcast to talk about the Oklahoma State haul from the NCAA Transfer Portal. We hit each

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Our Roster Management series is not quite as far along as I thought - the incoming defensive transfers version never posted. So we will do that here

Texas Tech cornerback Maurion Horn has entered the transfer portal. After starting in 2024, Horn’s playing time dipped in 2025.

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Roster Management: Incoming defensive transfers

After a brief step-away to deal with this weekend's winter storm, Roster Management is back with the final editions. Here, we will put everything

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Roster Management: 2026 Offense

In this installment of Roster Management, we're going to hit on special teams for the first time. Given the smaller numbers of specialists, we're

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Roster Management: Special Teams

The Big 12 Conference released their complete 2026 schedule for member schools on Wednesday morning and the start of the Eric Morris era in

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Cowboy football 2026 schedule is set

The third of our Roster Management series of articles is up next. Today, we will look at Oklahoma State's incoming class from the NCAA Transfer

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Roster Management: Incoming offensive transfers

The NCAA Transfer Portal window for 2026 closed last Friday, but "closed" only pertains to players entering the Portal. In theory, players in the

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Cowboys closing Portal activities strongly

As noted in the "Roster Managament" series, new Oklahoma State head coach Eric Morris is closing in on filling out his initial roster. NCAA Transfer

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Morris adds a trio on Friday

Up today, we take a look at the defensive side of the Oklahoma State football roster. Who's staying, who's leaving by either the Portal or

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Roster Management: 2025 defensive players

With the NCAA Transfer Portal window about to close and Portal additions winding down, we thought we would start a series of articles looking at how

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Roster Management: 2025 offensive players

Though roster spots are starting to become scarce, Eric Morris and his new staff added several more pieces to the puzzle on Tuesday. It started with

North Texas transfer linebacker Ethan Wesloski has committed to play for Oklahoma State in 2026, On3 has learned.

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Cowboys continue with Portal commitments

With the NCAA Transfer Portal window set to close on Friday, the new staff at Oklahoma State is closing in on re-filling the Cowboy roster. Tuesday

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Cowboys add UCO linebacker

Eric Morris and the new Oklahoma State staff were off to a hot start to the weekend yesterday morning, with two new NCAA Transfer Portal additions

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Big Portal Saturday leads to rankings jump

The sprint to the end of the NCAA Transfer Portal window rolls on in Stillwater this Saturday morning. The Portal officially closes at midnight on

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Commits rolling in on Saturday morning

The new staff at Oklahoma State has a new leader in the clubhouse in terms of rankings for players outside of the "Big 3" North Texas transfers.

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Morris, Cassity land Florida State EDGE

The 2026 NCAA Transfer Portal window is now one full week old and Eric Morris and his new staff at Oklahoma State continue to land commitments and

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Visits, commitments roll on in Stillwater

NCAA Transfer Portal "wins" can come in a variety of ways. One of those is keeping current talent out of the Portal to begin with.  That's the case

Morris gets a big win outside of the Portal

After a (very) brief lull, the new staff at Oklahoma State is back on the board with new commitments out of the NCAA Transfer Portal on Thursday

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Cowboys land three P4 transfers

Six weeks or so ago, we took a look at the top 10 players on each side of the ball that new head coach Eric Morris might want to look to retain. With

Retention Series Revisited: Mid-window update

Late Tuesday night, On3's Pete Nakos broke the news that Oklahoma offensive lineman Jacob Sexton had made his decision on a destination out of the

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Oklahoma State adds in-state, Bedlam transfer

The Eric Morris rebuild at Oklahoma State took more steps forward on Tuesday afternoon, adding a trio of new commitments and also had two current

Cowboys add three more commits, two returnees

The train from Denton to Stillwater kept on rolling on Tuesday morning, with the commitment of a player that I personally viewed as the top target

Ethan Wesloski

Oklahoma State adds linebacker commit

The visit contingent to Oklahoma State of NCAA Transfer Portal we reported on yesterday is largely still on campus, as most official visits are 48

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Visits continue, with new arrivals on Tuesday

Monday brought more new additions from NCAA Transfer Portal for the new staff in the West End Zone facility, as well as a key defensive player

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Three new additions to commit list, one retained Cowboy

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