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Oklahoma Offensive Lineman to Enter the Transfer Portal

Ty Kubicek, a member of the travel squad for the last two seasons, will be moving on when the portal opens on Monday.
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Oklahoma offensive lineman Ty Kubicek
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Another Oklahoma reserve has entered the transfer portal.

Ty Kubicek, a backup offensive lineman from California, announced Sunday that he’ll be entering the portal when it opens Monday.

"I am thankful for Coach Bedenbaugh, the staff at Oklahoma and Sooner Nation for two amazing years," Kubicek wrote. "I will forever cherish the memories made and adversities overcome in my time there. As I seek to honor God in all I do, I will be entering the transfer portal with 3-4 years of eligibility remaining. Boomer!"

Kubicek was a preferred walk-on in the 2023 class who was added late in the cycle when he signed on Dec. 19, 2022. He received his walk-on offer just a month before.

Kubicek was a 2-star prospect at Capital Christian High School in Sacramento. He signed with OU as a 6-foot-3, 277-pound offensive guard and was rated by 247 Sports as the No. 241-ranked interior offensive lineman in the country and the No. 495-ranked prospect in California.

Kubicek had no other Division I offers, but chose to walk on at OU over scholarship offers from Lewis & Clark State, Linfield College, Pacific and Southern Oregon.

Kubicek, a redshirt freshman, was a versatile member of the OU scout team during his two seasons and frequently made the travel squad. The 290-pound Kubicek leaves Norman without having played in a game.

Kubicek came in with 4-stars Cayden Green and Joshua Bates and 3-stars Logan Howland and Heath Ozaeta, who all logged significant playing time this season as offensive line coach Bill Bedenbaugh rebuilt the position group.

Kubicek is the ninth Sooner set to enter the portal and the third walk-on.

OU coach Brent Venables has decried coming roster and scholarship adjustments that are forcing programs to eliminate walk-ons and roster reserves, calling the fallout “carnage.”

"The real carnage is getting our roster to 105," Venables said. "So what does that mean? That means you’re going to have to tell several players that they don’t have a spot. That’s the only thing that has caused me just anxiousness. It’s just not good."

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John E. Hoover
JOHN 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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