It’s not been a very good last few days for one member of the Oklahoma football program. Well, former member, that is.
Late last week, Addison Gumbs suffered a season-ending knee injury of the non-contact variety. Five days later, OU confirmed that the defensive end/linebacker has decided to transfer from the Sooners.
The only explanation for the abrupt and unexpected departure was “personal reasons.”
“Addison did a very nice job while he was here,” head coach Lincoln Riley said in a statement, “and we certainly wish him the best.”
A four-star member of the Sooners 2017 recruiting class, Gumbs was rated as the No. 9 weakside defensive end in the country and the No. 15 player at any position in the state of California. He was the highest-rated defensive lineman in OU’s class that year.
After playing in eight games as a true freshman, Gumbs had been expected to take on a bigger role his sophomore season before going down with the injury.
