Oklahoma State LB Oliver out a minimum of a month

• Max Olson, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 9, 2024, 01:59 PM ET

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Oklahoma State linebacker Collin Oliver will be sidelined for a prolonged amount of time because of a foot injury, coach Mike Gundy said Monday.The three-time All-Big 12 choice left the No. 13 Cowboys ’39-31 double overtime win over Arkansas in the first half with a right foot injury and returned to the sideline in crutches and a boot. Gundy stated Oliver will miss a “considerable number” of games and won’t have an update on his status for a minimum of a month.

“It’s going to be some time,” Gundy stated. “Really unfortunate.”

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Oliver has actually been among the Big 12’s best defenders throughout his 4 seasons at Oklahoma State. The 6-foot-2, 240-pound senior earned Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year and Freshman All-America honors in 2021 after taping 11.5 sacks. His 23.5 career sacks rank fifth-most in program history.Obi Ezeigbo,

a Division II transfer who bet Oklahoma State defensive coordinator Bryan Nardo at Gannon University, substituted Oliver against the Razorbacks and produced 9 takes on, 3.5 takes on for loss and 2 sacks.

“What he did was really compete,” Gundy stated. “He got put to the test with an extended number of plays that he actually hadn’t had at this level, so it is various for him. I was proud of him and shared that with the staff. He really played better than I believed he would.”

When asked what he liked about Eziegbo when recruiting him out of the transfer portal, Gundy responded candidly.

“Do you want me to go back into coachtalk or do you desire me to inform you the fact?” Gundy asked. “The reality? He was very low-cost. The variety of players that we pursue that were ready to play at this level, we can’t manage. So he was a good buy and a really quality boy that had had success and has physical characteristics we can deal with. … We saw some things that we felt like we could become a good player at this level, and it wasn’t going to cost us the cash that we didn’t have.”

Gundy said senior linebacker Justin Wright is likewise anticipated to miss out on extended time. Wright, a former All-AAC performer at Tulsa, took a medical redshirt for the 2023 season due to a knee injury.The Cowboys

go on the roadway to deal with Tulsa (1-1) on Saturday before going into Huge 12 conference play against No. 12 Utah on Sept. 21.