The Oklahoma Sooners are gearing up for their first College Football Playoff game since 2019. When the Sooners take on the Alabama Crimson Tide on Friday night, OU will be without defensive back Kendel Dolby.

After transferring to the Sooners from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M prior to the 2023 season, Dolby totaled 68 tackles, three sacks and two interceptions. Dolby showed flashes of excellence at OU coach Brent Venables' famed hybrid cheetah position last season before sustaining a season-ending injury.

Oklahoma defensive back Kendel Dolby is expected to enter the transfer portal, per Pete Nakos of On3. Dolby is the first player from the 2025 team to reportedly be headed to the portal.

On Wednesday, On3’s Pete Nakos reported that Dolby plans to enter the transfer portal. The next transfer portal window opens on January 2 and closes January 26. So, Dolby will hopefully be on a new team by then. Dolby is a great guy and was a great player, but both sides needed to move on.

Gibson, a junior, entered the transfer portal Monday. He hadn't played for the Sooners since 2023 as injuries, including a patellar tendon injury last year and a subsequent setback in recovery from that injury, stifled things for the Florida native.

The LSU Tigers hit the NCAA Transfer Portal with force last offseason after signing one of college football's top hauls with multiple immediate impact newcomers

NORMAN — Oklahoma pitcher Sophia Bordi has made the decision to enter the transfer portal, she announced on social media Friday. One of the best high school pitchers nationally, Bordi reclassified to the 2025 class but didn't see action for the Sooners last season after leaving the team for home due to a " personal situation ."

Sophia Bordi arrived at Oklahoma, redshirted, and left. The former No. 1 recruit in the country entered the transfer portal on Friday.

As they prepare for Alabama in Round 1 of the College Football Playoff, the Oklahoma Sooners got some encouraging injury news.

The Sooners hope to still be playing football in January. Oklahoma jumped to No. 8 in the newest edition of the College Football Playoff rankings, released Tuesday, after beating Alabama 23-21 on Saturday. If the season ended now, OU would host No. 9 Notre ...