Oklahoma Gets Huge Boost as Star OL Creed Humphrey Announces Return for Redshirt Junior Season

The Oklahoma offensive line will retain its biggest and most impactful player now that Creed Humphrey is lacing it up for one more go-around in Norman.

The Sooners center delayed his jump to the NFL for a season, as he announced that he will return to the program for his redshirt junior season.

#Boomer pic.twitter.com/83McCihshU
— Creed Humphrey (@creed_humphrey) January 10, 2020

Humphrey has been a starter for the last two seasons with the Sooners. He was the center on an offensive line that won the Joe Moore Award last year and saw the other four starters (Orlando Brown, Bobby Evans, Dru Samia, and Ben Powers) drafted in the first four rounds of the 2019 draft.

This move comes as a shock to some, as various mock draft experts had Humphrey projected as a first round selection in this year's draft.

The latest Mock Draft from CBS has four Sooners going in the first round.

#⃣0⃣8⃣ CeeDee Lamb ➡️ Arizona
#⃣2⃣5⃣ Kenneth Murray ➡️ Tennessee
#⃣2⃣6⃣ Neville Gallimore ➡️ Minnesota
#⃣2⃣7⃣ Creed Humphrey ➡️ Miami

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— Sooner Gridiron (@soonergridiron) January 10, 2020

Humphrey took the advice of Wisconsin center Tyler Biadasz, who went back to school in 2019 and is positioned to be the first interior lineman drafted in 2020. If Humphrey keeps bulking up, there is no reason why he can't further improve his draft stock by 2021.