Coach Brent Venables picked up help early Friday at one of the Oklahoma football team's positions of need. Friday night, however, yielded some bad news.
Tight end Lance Mason, a Sooners' target at the position in the spring transfer portal window, chose Wisconsin over Oklahoma and Purdue on Friday. Mason caught 34 passes for 580 yards and six touchdowns for FCS Missouri State last year.
Oklahoma currently has seven tight ends on its roster, but few with real experience in a Sooners uniform. OU lost its starting tight end from last season, Bauer Sharp, to LSU via the winter transfer portal.