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NFL Draft: Catch Up With Oklahoma Players' Free Agency Signings

Five Sooners signed with teams after the conclusion of the NFL Draft, and two former Sooners landed as free agents as well.
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NFL Draft: Catch Up With Oklahoma Players' Free Agency Signings
NFL Draft: Catch Up With Oklahoma Players' Free Agency Signings

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Among the former Oklahoma players not picked this week in the NFL Draft, five have already landed free agent contracts.

Safety Justin Broiles, cornerback C.J. Coldon, offensive lineman Chris Murray, defensive lineman Jalen Redmond and punter Michael Turk all signed with their new teams on Sunday.

Broiles, a six-year Sooner from Oklahoma City who redshirted in 2017, signed with the Chicago Bears. Broiles finished his OU career with 182 tackles, nine tackles for loss and three interceptions.

Coldon signed with the Minnesota Vikings. Coldon started the back half of 2022 opposite Woodi Washington after transferring from Wyoming. At Wyoming, he battled several injuries but became a two-year starter for the Cowboys. Last year with the Sooners he led the team with four interceptions and 43 total tackles. In his career, Coldon made 160 total tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss and had six picks.

Murray signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and will play with Heisman winner Baker Mayfield. Murray transferred to OU from UCLA in 2020 and became a three-year starter at right guard. He made 49 career starts in his college career.

Redmond signed with the Carolina Panthers. Redmond signed with OU out of Midwest City and played in 36 games across the defensive line, with 19 starts. Redmond battled life-threatening blood clots as a redshirt freshman in 2019, then opted out of the 2020 season before becoming a Sooner regular. He finished his college career with 71 total tackles, an incredible percentage of which were tackles for loss (31.5) and quarterback sacks (14).

Turk signed with the Miami Dolphins, where his uncle Matt Turk played. He transferred to OU in 2021 from Arizona State after beginning his college career at Lafayette and averaged a school-record 51.2 yards per punt in '21 and 46.8 in '22.

Two former Sooners who left via the NCAA Transfer Portal also signed Sunday with their new teams.

Former 5-star wide receiver Jadon Haselwood, who transferred to Arkansas and had a solid season, was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles.

 And former OU safety and linebacker Robert Barnes, who transferred to Colorado, has been invited to the Seattle Seahawks' rookie camp.

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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