Even though they didn’t have a dominant player at the position this season, the Sooners didn’t declined to take any defensive tackles in this class

This week, Bob Stoops explained why.

"It's kind of like managing your salary cap,” he said. “We can't have all our scholarships in just defensive tackles. They don't play any special teams. We have eight or nine of them, right? That's four deep if we have eight. No other position is four deep.”

OU returns Jamarkus McFarland, Casey Walker and Stacy McGee from last year’s defense. Jordan Phillips and Marquis Anderson both redshirted. There’s also Damon Williams and Torrea Peterson, assuming he’s allowed back with the team. The Sooners technically added one more defensive tackle in Jordan Wade, who signed last year, but didn’t qualify academically.

“He's all of 6-4, 315, just looks awesome,” Stoops said. “Will need to have a big winter here to get in shape, but he's an excellent athlete. He's added to that group, but again you only get so many spots."