Oklahoma receives multiple crystal ball predictions for Notre Dame transfer DL Jacob Lacey

It’s anticipated that the Oklahoma Sooners can be lively within the transfer portal this offseason, and earlier than the season’s even over, they give the impression of being to be trending towards including expertise alongside the line of defense.

The Sooners appear like the favourite so as to add Notre Dame defensive sort out Jacob Lacey by way of the transfer portal. Lacey, a former four-star participant out of Kentucky, entered the portal again on October 6 after showing in 25 video games over 4 years for the Fighting Irish. Lacey was the No. 15 defensive sort out within the 2019 class based on 247Sports.

In 4 video games in 2022, Lacey recorded 5 tackles, two tackles for loss, and two sacks. Snaps had been troublesome to come back by for the senior defensive sort out, seeing simply 9 snaps in opposition to North Carolina.  Against Cal, Lacey recorded each sacks and each tackles for loss in Notre Dame’s win.

Lacey visited with the Oklahoma Sooners again on Nov. 4, and Oklahoma’s now acquired a pair of crystal ball predictions from OUInsider’s Parker Thune and Brandon Drumm.

The Sooners will want veteran defensive sort out assist with the opportunity of dropping Jeffery Johnson, Jalen Redmond, Isaiah Coe, and Jordan Kelley to commencement or the NFL. Oklahoma has younger guys like Gracen Halton, Kelvin Gilliam, Cedric Roberts, and Alton Tarber of their first or second yr with this system. So, having a man that’s performed greater than 600 snaps for Notre Dame will assist mitigate the potential losses of skilled depth on the roster.

The transfer portal might not be as lively for the Oklahoma Sooners because it was a yr in the past within the wake of Lincoln Riley’s departure to USC. However, Brent Venables and his workers will look so as to add gamers that make sense as they proceed to rebuild the roster.

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