Oklahoma State Shows How Fast Air Raid Offense Can Run in One Drill

The Oklahoma State Cowboys are going to play fast this season. It's a staple of the Air Raid offense and it's a staple of how head coach Eric Morris does things.

Last season at North Texas, Morris and the Mean Green averaged just 28 minutes of time of possession but had one of the highest scoring offenses in the country. It begs the question — just how fast could the Cowboys run their offense this season?

During a recent workout, one drill provided a glimpse of exactly how fast the Cowboys could turn over plays this season.

The Offense is Fast

Here’s almost a minute of the #OKState up-tempo offense with Drew Mestemaker leading the way. pic.twitter.com/oS88AHT6mo
— Jacob Unruh (@jacobunruh) August 8, 2026

In a clip uploaded by Jacob Unruh of The Oklahoman, it showed the Oklahoma State offense working through an 11-on-11 drill in pads with minimum contact. What was interesting was to watch how many plays the Cowboys were able to run in just 53 seconds of video.

The Cowboys ran four plays in 53 seconds. The first was a swing pass out to the flat. The second was a run play off tackle. The third play was a pass over the middle with quarterback Drew Mestemaker flushed out of the pocket. The fourth play was also a pass over in the middle with Mestemaker comfortable in the pocket and finding a receiver inside the hash marks.

It was almost dizzying, but it came with a couple of caveats. First, no players on offense or defense hit the ground. There was no extra time wasted waiting for players to pick themselves up. Second, footballs were moved quickly to help set the offense up to the next play between ball boys and mock referees. It was game-like, but not 100% game conditions.

Still, it provides a glimpse of how quickly this offense could move. So does what North Texas did last season under Morris, most of his OSU staff and key Mean Green players who followed him to Stillwater, including Mestemaker, running back Caleb Hawkins and wide receiver Wyatt Young.

North Texas was No. 110 in the country in time of possession as the Mean Green held the ball 397 minutes in 14 games, or 28:35 minutes per game. But the Mean Green led the country in total offense with 7,174 yards, which included 7.23 yards per play and 84 offensive touchdowns. The Mean Green averaged 512.7 yards per game, the only team in the country that averaged 500 or more yards.

North Texas ran 992 plays. That’s an average of 70 plays per game. If the Mean Green held the ball for 28:35 per game — or 1,715 seconds per game — then they ran a play every 24.5 seconds, on average.

These Cowboys are going to be fast on offense. That short clip was just a taste of what’s possible.

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