Oklahoma's Delarrin Turner-Yell Drafted by Denver
Another Oklahoma player is off the board, and the Sooners' streak is alive and well.
Safety Delarrin Turner-Yell was picked Saturday afternoon by the Denver Broncos with the ninth pick in the fifth round — 152nd overall — in the 2022 NFL Draft.
That gave the Sooners four players selected in this year's draft, all on defense — Nik Bonitto, Brian Asamoah and Perrion Winfrey were previously taken — giving OU four players drafted for the 15th year in a row. That streak leads all of college football.
It's the first time since 1984 that OU's first four picks were all on defense, per athletics communications director Mike Houck.
In Denver, Turner-Yell will be reunited with Bonitto, an edge linebacker who was picked Friday by the Broncos with the last pick of the second round.
Turner-Yell, a senior at OU who had an additional year of eligibility, was a three-year starter for the Sooners before electing to turn pro.
After playing in seven games as a backup during his freshman year in 2018, Turner-Yell made 13 starts in 2019, eight starts in 2020 and 10 more in 2021.
He totaled 191 tackles in his career, which included a career-high 75 (60 solo) as a sophomore. Turner-Yell also made 10 career tackles for loss, had four interceptions (three last season) and broke up six passes.
The 5-foot-10, 197-pound Turner-Yell, a 3-star prospect out of Hempstead, TX, ran his 40 in 4.47 seconds at the NFL Scouting Combine in March, showing teams that he had physical athleticism to go with a body of work at OU.
