{"id":655585,"date":"2026-01-05T09:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T09:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/655585\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T09:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T09:50:12","slug":"ou-lands-first-transfer-portal-commitment-with-florida-tight-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/655585\/","title":{"rendered":"OU lands first transfer portal commitment with Florida tight end"},"content":{"rendered":"

OU has its first transfer portal commitment. <\/a><\/p>\n

Former Florida tight end Hayden Hansen<\/a> announced his commitment to the Sooners on Sunday, after visiting Norman over the weekend. Hansen is a veteran tight end, making 34 career starts for the Gators. He started all 12 games this past season. At 6-foot-7, 269 pounds, Hansen is considered a threat not only in the pass game, but also a great blocker in the run game. <\/p>\n

In 2025, Hansen totaled 30 receptions for 254 yards and two touchdowns. In three seasons with the Gators, he\u2019s totaled 57 receptions for 611 yards and five touchdowns. OU was looking for a big-bodied tight end who could help in the run game. And it believes it found that in Hansen. <\/p>\n

The Sooners are looking to add multiple tight ends in the portal. With the departures of Jaren Kanak, Kaden Helms, Carson Kent and Will Huggins, OU has a lot of work to do. The program is also in the middle of a coaching search at tight ends, with the firing of Joe Jon Finley<\/a> on Thursday. <\/p>\n

One of the other names to watch at tight end in the portal is Colorado State\u2019s Rocky Beers.<\/a> The older brother of OU women\u2019s basketball player Raegan Beers,<\/a> the 6-foot-5, 245-pound tight end has a strong interest in the Sooners. He would be another veteran addition, having played five seasons of college football. <\/p>\n

Stay tuned to SoonerScoop as more transfer portal news continues to trickle in. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OU has its first transfer portal commitment. Former Florida tight end Hayden Hansen announced his commitment to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":655586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2026],"tags":[7,90682,1787],"class_list":{"0":"post-655585","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-hayden-hansen-22-weatherford","10":"tag-oklahoma-sooners"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115841874353253223","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}