ARLINGTON, Texas — Lincoln Riley’s voice echoed from speakers just to the right of where Neville Gallimore sat at Big 12 Media Days. To Gallimore’s left, teammates Creed Humphrey, Kenneth Murray and CeeDee Lamb drew crowds of their own, eventually rivaling Riley’s.
Gallimore wasn’t ignored at the preseason event — just overlooked. The defensive tackle from Ontario, Canada, consistently graded as one of OU’s top defensive players last season, but his dirty work in the trenches lost appreciation as it contributed to an otherwise porous defense.
“I feel like there’s a lot of things overlooked, but that’s fine with me,” Gallimore said.