Update: Gresham will miss the season. Huge loss for not only the draft, but obviously Oklahoma.
Top tight end prospect Gresham will miss season
Oklahoma tight end Jermaine Gresham is widely recognized as the top tight end in college football.
Now that he will undergo arthroscopic surgery to assess the damage on his right knee, it’s possible he could miss the rest of the season.
At best, Sooners head coach Bob Stoops said Gresham could be back in a couple weeks. If he needs surgery, it will cost him the season.
The Sooners are moving players around to make up for the loss of Gresham. Center Brody Eldridge has moved back to tight end, a move that is fairly drastic. That could mean the team is expecting Gresham to be out an extended period of time.
Gresham is a true senior so he could just redshirt this year and return next season. Still, this could have a great impact on his draft status. While at this point it’s unknown about the injury, he never had the best deep speed, running a reported 4.73 40-yard dash.
Gresham led Oklahoma with 66 receptions for 950 receiving yards and 14 touchdowns in 2008.
Stoops said Oklahoma’s offense is quite different without the 6-foot-6 Gresham.
“It changes it significantly,” Stoops told reporters today. “He’s such a target that it changes everything. Not having him changes your run-blocking, with him out in routes and especially in the red zone. But you just have to work through it.”











