Originally published at: https://pistolsfiringblog.com/way-too-early-depth-chart-projection-for-oklahoma-states-2026-season/
Oklahoma State’s football season is a mere 222 days away (but who’s counting). With a roster almost entirely made up of newcomers, let’s take a way-too-early stab at the first two-deep under new OSU coach Eric Morris. We’ll start with the offense on Monday and flip over to the defensive side of the ball later this week. To challenge myself (more than the ridiculous amount of newcomers that already makes this tough), I used only two ORs, with both coming at the same spot. Quarterback QB1 — Drew Mestemaker (North Texas) QB2 — Grant Jordan (UMass) Thoughts: This one shouldn’t come as too big a surprise given redshirt sophomore Drew Mestemaker led the nation in passing last season and is reportedly set to make comparable money to the Cowboys’ coach in 2026. I do think there’s a world where one of the freshmen could come in and usurp Jordan as QB2 just given Morris’ history. Mestemaker, for example, was a walk-on true freshman for Morris in 2024 before earning his way up to his first start for UNT’s bowl game that year. So, I think it possible a guy like Broderick Vehrs could prove to be the heir apparent. But for…
QB: It’s nice to have a capable number 2 and then 3 more to refine (be nice if that 6’4” kid from Illinois would step up) - sounds like the kid from the Panhandle could switch positions. Will QB 2 get a quarter against Tulsa? Are any of the 4 new oncampus?
RB: Would love to see homeboy Jones get on the field but unless he is a rocket and plays his way onto the field early, probably a redshirt due to his weight. Any RBs from the portal still oncampus because walk-on tryouts are in February.
WR: How many sets for these receivers? How many sets to show Oregon? Although they can get tape from NT… It looks like they’ve all produced at their previous place!
TE: Interested to see the kid from LSU. Hoping the kid from Weatherford is ready to breakout (Another homeboy and 8 man football player - just do as well as that kid from Welch back in the day, Stacey Satterwhite. 
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OL: It will be interesting to see how these shakout for a starting 5 - especially when they practice against the defense being assembled (hopeful about the D - which may ultimately decide the Wins this year - can they get on the same page by Houston?). How do they move? Can they lock on and tie up defenders? How do they react to stunts, blitzes, etc?
Thanks for the thoughts!
oSu
Really informative 2-deep. Helps to sort out who’s who in the zoo. Thanks for taking the time to post this.
Defense?