Senior DL No Longer on Oklahoma Roster
Oklahoma opens 2023 training camp missing just one player the Sooners had been expecting to be on the roster this college football season.
Marcus Hicks, a senior defensive lineman from Wichita, is not on OU’s official preseason roster.
Hicks did not reply to messages earlier in the week, but it is believed he simply declined the opportunity to play this season.
Following spring practice, Hicks graduated from OU in May and served a micro-internship at OU Health.
Hicks, a 6-foot-6, 302-pound fifth-year senior, came to OU as a 4-star defensive end out of Wichita Northwest High School but switched positions twice during his career with the Sooners.
Hicks redshirted in 2019 and didn’t play, then missed the 2020 season due to injury. He switched to offensive line and played one game in 2021, then in 2022 played in two games.
He switched back to defensive line for this year's spring practice.
“We're going to give him an opportunity,” Venables said in March. “He was recruited as a jumbo guy who could go either/or. He really wanted an opportunity to show what he can do on the defensive line. Hopefully we can keep him healthy and give him a chance. He's been banged up a lot. Hopefully he can have a healthy spring and strengthen us on the defensive line.”
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