Five Thoughts on Oklahoma State’s First Depth Chart of 2026

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STILLWATER — Given the massive amounts of turnover, I’m not sure there has ever been a more anticipated depth chart unveiling in Cowboy football history.

Oklahoma State dropped its first depth chart of the year on Tuesday, ahead of the Cowboys’ season-opener against Tulsa at 2:45 p.m. Saturday at H.A. Chapman Stadium. Here are five takeaways I had from the depth chart being released.

1. By the Numbers

There are 63 unique players on the Cowboys’ two-deep. Let’s break that down into a few categories.

UNT Transfers: 14

The big sentiment about this team is that it is filled with North Texas transfers, and while they do factor in heavily (especially at high-profile positions), I found it interesting that there are as many North Texas transfers on the two-deep as returners.

Returners: 14

Speaking of those returners, many filled in a backup role, but Jaleel Johnson, Iman Oates and LaDainian Fields (or Kobi Foreman) were all listed as starters.

True Freshmen: 2

It’s sort of funny because earlier this fall, Morris mentioned two freshmen who could carve out role this season, but then two different freshmen appeared on the two-deep in offensive tackle Ja’Qwon Evans (LT2) and quarterback Brodie Vehrs (QB2).

Vehrs’ inclusion was still rather expected given the ways people talked about him this offseason.

Evans is from Shawnee and was committed to Morris at North Texas before joining him in Stillwater. He’s listed at 6-foot-5, 295 pounds.

2. The Young/Coleman ‘OR’

Wyatt Young and Miles Coleman shared an “OR” as the Cowboys’ starting Y receiver. This was the line item most commented on upon the depth chart’s release, but to me, it’s sort of a nothing burger.

The “Y” spot is for slot receivers. In times OSU has four receivers on the field, which will be at least somewhat regularly, both of those guys will be on the field.

The response to that “OR” also shows me that some people are sleeping on Coleman. He has electric speed and quickness that has led him to catching 83 passes for 928 yards and four touchdowns in his first two seasons of college football. He’ll be a guy that once the ball is in his hands, the fanbase will be excited to watch.

Here’s what Morris said about the “OR”.

“Those are two guys that we recruited and have a great relationship,” Morris said. “I’ve been around a long time, you know, you take back last year at this time, Miles was our starter at slot, and Wyatt was his back up. Miles got a little banged up, you know, at one point in the season, and I think Wyatt took advantage of his opportunity. Just like I talked about, he went out there and performed at a really high level, and was rewarded for it.

“But I think the cool thing about those two is they’re such good friends with each other. They’re such good friends with Drew, so you’ll see a heavy dose of both of those guys. I think this is a game where you know you’re looking at being on that turf, you know, at 2:50 in the afternoon. Like it’s going to be hot. We’re going to need multiple guys if we’re going to play at the pace that we want to play and play with some tempo. Like both those guys are going to be super important. But you know that that’ll never be an issue as far as the dynamics in our locker room, just with what kind of human beings those two kids are and what their relationships is like. And so, trust both of them. We’ll put them on some type of rotation where hopefully we keep them both fresh and firing on all cylinders.”

3. Page Wins RB2 Race

If you would’ve asked me after the portal window who would be OSU’s RB2 in 2026, I probably would’ve leaned James Madison transfer Ayo Adeyi given he had previously played at North Texas under Morris, but in the end, Tarleton State transfer Tre Page earned the RB2 duties in Week 1.

It’s certainly a jump up in levels for Page, but he was an a more-than-solid FCS squad last season, as that Tarleton State team finished 12-2 last season and won a game in the FCS playoffs.

Playing in nine games, Page ran for 839 yards and seven touchdowns on 112 carries — 7.5 yards a carry.

At 5-foot-8, 184 pounds, he’ll certainly look different than Hawkins (6-0, 219), but it ought to be a nice change of pace for when Hawkins needs a rest. I also would expect to see more than just those two, whether it be Adeyi, KD Jones, William Mason or Dennis Moody III occasionally getting some burn.

4. The O-Line

Starters:
LT: Jacob Sexton (R-Sr., 6-6, 328, Oklahoma)
LG: Johnny Dickson III (R-Sr., 6-2, 317, North Texas) OR Desmond Magiya (R-Jr., 6-4, 333, North Texas)
C:Tyler Mercer (R-So., 6-4, 300, Kansas)
RG: Joseph Hanson (Sr., 6-4, 302, Coastal Carolina)
RT1: Ashton Lepo (R-Sr., 6-7, 320, Michigan State) OR Shaun Torgeson (R-So., 6-4, 302, Portland State)

Going into fall camp, who emerged along the offensive line was one of the bigger storylines. But if you kept up with the ongoings of the Cowboys’ fall camp, you’d know things were trending this way.

Morris said Tuesday he expects to use six or seven linemen while battling the Tulsa heat this weekend, so I’d be ready to see all these guys. Those seven names above, by the way, have an average weight of 314.6 pounds.

The battle I’m most intrigued by up front continues to be at right tackle where Ashton Lepo and Shaun Torgeson have been battling most of the fall. At one point earlier in the offseason, it sounded like Lepo had ahold of the spot, but Torgeson has been a star of fall camp.

I asked Jacob Sexton about Toregson on Tuesday:

“That’s probably one of the strongest guys in our room — I wouldn’t even say our room, our team,” Sexton said. “Extremely strong guy, very physical, athletic and a great person, as well.”

Also, don’t forget about Braydon Nelson, who started at left tackle for UNT last season. Nelson is working his way back from injury, but when he is healthy enough to contribute, there could be another shuffling up front.

5. No Closer to Knowing Corners

The phrase “open competition” has been used this preseason in reference to the Cowboys’ corner spots, and by the looks of it, the competition remains open going into Week 1.

The candidates are LaDainian Fields (returner), Kobi Foreman (returner), Mo Horn (Texas Tech) and Kollin Lewis (North Texas). It sounds like Morris and Co. want to get a closer look on things when the bullets are live.

“We have guys that have had good camps, and there’s four or five guys that have earned the right to play,” Morris said. “I think just naturally at that position, just being around it over the course of the last eight to 10 years is you’re gonna find a guy who kind of establishes himself as this thing goes in real-life time and can really showcase that he can do it play-in, play-out.

“Hopefully that happens within it, but naturally it’s something that we want to see them out there being able to put it all together without coaches, without it scripted and see who kind of emerges as the guys. But all four of those guys, I think, have done really good things for us over the course of this camp.”