The Oklahoma football program has parted ways with freshman wide receiver Jahsiear Rogers, ending a stint that never got close to its ceiling.
Multiple outlets, citing an OU spokesperson on Thursday, confirmed that Rogers has been dismissed from the team. No explanation was provided, and he has already been taken off Oklahoma’s online roster.
The timing lands just two days before the Sooners face No. 1 Texas in Saturday’s Red River Rivalry, though Rogers’ absence won’t change anything on the field this weekend.
The bigger hit is about what Oklahoma thought it had for down the road. This is another case of the Sooners losing a talented receiver before he ever had a chance to become part of the offense.
Rogers arrived with real buzz after Oklahoma flipped him from Penn State just two months before last year’s early signing period. He had been pledged to the Nittany Lions since July 2024, but once Penn State fired head coach James Franklin, he began exploring other options.
That opened the door for Oklahoma, along with Alabama, Nebraska and Wake Forest. Norman was his first visit, and he committed after that trip. Even after taking visits to Alabama and Nebraska, he stayed with the Sooners.
The 247Sports Composite rated Rogers as the No. 50 wide receiver in the 2026 class and a four-star prospect. He was also the top player out of Delaware.
At 5-foot-11, he was a little undersized, but his speed and versatility gave him real upside. There were signs all spring and into fall camp that Oklahoma planned to use him in a variety of ways. Reporters covering practice came away impressed, and there were even indications that he had spent time in the backfield and working as a kick returner.
That momentum peaked in the spring game, when Rogers caught five passes for 70 yards, both team highs. The performance only fueled the sense that he could be one of the freshmen to actually matter for Oklahoma in 2026.
Instead, he never got going. Rogers did not appear again after the Sooners’ season opener against UTEP, when he played six snaps.
If he had matched the preseason buzz, Rogers could have been the kind of receiver Oklahoma has been searching for as it looks for someone to fill the void left by Trell Harris.
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