# U40: The portal is swallowing up a lot of OU players. Any concerns?

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Podcast: [Oklahoma Sooners Unofficial 40](https://stenobird.com/podcast/oklahoma-sooners-unofficial-40-175124)
Published: 2025-12-31T22:33:00+00:00
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## Resource

It's been a fast and furious day of Oklahoma football players entering the transfer portal. As we were recording the podcast today, we got the news that Mike Hawkins was entering the portal. And even more came after that. George has updates on potential coaching changes. Josh is heading to Orlando for the Under Armour All-American week where he's anxious to catch up with Zane Rowe and other major OU projects. Rowe, the former OU commit, has long been on our radar since we first saw him as a freshman taking on Michael Fasusi in camps. And we have so many other questions about the QB room and the depth there with Hawkins' departure. Surely this means Mateer is coming back right? And some aren't in agreement about Davon Jordan and how much that hurts the Sooners heading into next season. A lot to talk about and a lot of real time processing during this edition of the Unofficial 40 THE FULL RUNDOWN FOLLOWS BELOW: 0:00 - Welcome back to the Unofficial 40! Happy New Year edition. OT Luke Baklenko, CB Devon Jordan enter the transfer portal 16:00 - Portal madness/CFP quarterfinals is set to begin 23:00 - How about that Alamo Bowl? Kind of fun. Checking in on our good friend Lincoln Riley 27:30 - Josh is heading to the Under Armour game in Orlando 36:00 - What’s up with 2027 DE Zane Rowe and Oklahoma? 42:00 - Josh is excited to checkout 2027 Dallas South Oak Cliff OL Brian Swanson 44:13: - OU making a move on 2027 CB Montre Jackson? 52:00 - Breaking: OU QB Michael Hawkins in the Portal 1:02:00 - What does OU do at Quarterback? 1:13:00 - Folks in the building at the Switzer Center feel incredibly positive about the future in Norman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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