NORMAN - Oklahoma got a useful glimpse of its offensive depth in Saturday’s 23-7 win over No. 24 Florida, and Brent Venables liked what he saw from a pair of receivers who haven’t had much room to shine this season.
With Jason Witten making his debut as the Sooners’ interim offensive coordinator, Oklahoma leaned on former walk-on Jacob Jordan and transfer wideout Parker Livingstone in spots that mattered. Jordan finished with 36 receiving yards, the second-most on the team, while Livingstone added 26 yards on three catches.
Venables said the staff had been building toward that kind of involvement for a while.
“I think there's a body of work over the last several months that Coach Witten recognized and made it a point to make sure that you get players involved,” OU coach Brent Venables said. “Getting more guys involved was very purposeful for us.”
Jordan’s path has been uneven. He was one of the few bright spots on Oklahoma’s offense in 2024, when he posted 234 yards and a touchdown as a true freshman. His role shrank in 2025, when he finished with 43 receiving yards, and he entered the Florida game with just five catches for 38 yards in 2026.
Livingstone arrived in Norman with a different kind of buzz. After the 2025 season, he transferred from Texas as a highly regarded addition, having been one of the Longhorns’ more dependable targets before Texas went after and landed transfer portal prize Cam Coleman. Still, his production had been limited before Saturday, with only 51 yards on six receptions.
Neither receiver had done much on the stat sheet this season before the Gators game. But both gave Oklahoma a little more life in a win that featured the Sooners’ more established pass-catchers doing their usual work.
Rocky Beers led the team with 72 yards on four receptions, while Isaiah Sategna was held to 34 yards but found the end zone on a fourth-quarter touchdown that helped put the game away.
Beers and Sategna remain the most trusted pieces in the passing game, and Venables made clear they’ll keep getting their chances over Oklahoma’s final three regular-season games. Even so, he saw value in the way Jordan and Livingstone contributed against Florida.
“I think they showed that, ‘Hey, they’re capable of playing winning football and executing,’ Venables said. “How does that help us? I think it creates good momentum going into yesterday’s first practice of the week and what the new game plan is and things of that nature.”
“The more guys that are capable of helping us win, the better we’re going to be,” Venables said. “To be able to reward them with not only some game reps but to be able to make them targets and get them involved is a huge boost, without question.”
Oklahoma hosts Ole Miss on Saturday at 3:15 p.m.
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