In seemingly the eleventh hour, Oklahoma State loses yet another player to the transfer portal. Oklahoma State offensive lineman, Grant Seagren, has opted to enter the transfer portal, but will play the remaining games of the 2025 football season. This was Seagren’s first year as an Oklahoma State Cowboy. 

The 6-foot-6, 305-pound lineman found his way to Stillwater after transferring from Nebraska. Seagren took part in seven games at Nebraska as a redshirt freshman before hitting the portal for Oklahoma State. 

Interim Head Coach, Doug Meacham had this to say about Seagren when he first arrived in Stillwater: 

“When we first got him, he was super raw, super green. He’s kind of developed into that with being thrown into the fire. You learn faster when you’re actually playing and watch yourself do it. You can read about it, talk about it, practice it, but when you’re actually doing it and seeing yourself do it, it expedites that process. He’s gotten a lot better pretty quickly.”

However, the offensive lineman played just five snaps in Oklahoma State’s first game against UT Martin. Those five snaps were all on field goals or point-after attempts. Though an injury to starting left tackle, Markell Samuel, vaulted Seagren into a starting position against Oregon.

When asked the expectation for him moving into a starting rolefor the game against Oregon, Seagren stated, “the expectation every week is that everybody that travels is ready to go. That week was just kind of another thing like that. You rotate, and everybody gets reps going through the same plays and getting ready for that situation. Getting to know the night before, you just gotta prepare yourself to know that you’re going into a big game, and you gotta do your best to perform and do your job.”

Recently, the redshirt sophomore earned some glowing reviews for his play. In the 10/18 home game versus Cincinnati, Seagren earned an 82.3 overall grade for his play and was recognized as one of the top tackles on both the PFF national and Big 12 teams. In that specific game, he was the highest-graded right tackle in all of Division I college football.

Needless to say, Seagren’s decision to enter the transfer portal is a huge loss for Oklahoma State going forward. The red-shirt sophomore’s play this season all but guarantees Seagren will land with another Power Four college football program. 

The need for an absolute ‘home-run’ head coaching hire grows larger and larger for Oklahoma State Athletic Director, Chad Weiberg. But, with as many portal losses as Oklahoma State has taken, it will be tough for any coach to turn around this program in their year one, in 2026.