Oklahoma State got an early boost from its defense on special teams Saturday, and Luke Webb was the one who delivered it.
Midway through the first quarter against Murray State, Webb was out there on the field goal block unit when Racers kicker Tyler Dorn lined up for a 37-yard try. A delay of game penalty pushed the attempt back five yards, and Dorn still converted it. The next one never had a chance.
Dorn got the kick off cleanly, but Webb got a hand on the football with his left hand and knocked it down, sending it skidding along the turf to stop Murray State from adding points on its second possession.
For Webb, a redshirt sophomore listed behind Saadiq Clements and Iman Oates at nose tackle, plays like that matter. He had seen action in each of the previous two weeks, though only in a limited rotational role, and he came into Saturday with just one tackle on the season. A snap like this can go a long way toward earning more defensive work down the line.
Webb is in his third year at Oklahoma State. He arrived in 2024, didn’t play, and redshirted.
In 2025, he appeared in eight games during a 1-11 season that ended with Mike Gundy being fired and Eric Morris taking over as head coach. Last season, Webb finished with five tackles, including three solo stops.
The blocked kick helped set up an early run of points for the Cowboys, who opened with two straight touchdown drives. The first ended with Drew Mestemaker finding Miles Coleman on a two-yard touchdown pass, with the shovel pass letting Coleman work to the front pylon for a 7-0 lead.
Oklahoma State then cashed in again after the block, marching the length of the field before Mestemaker hit Wyatt Young for a 13-yard touchdown in the back of the end zone. That pushed the Cowboys ahead 14-0.
Saturday marked Oklahoma State’s final game before Big 12 play begins next week. The Cowboys head to Morgantown to face West Virginia on Saturday at 6 p.m., with a chance to snap an 18-game Big 12 regular-season losing streak. The matchup also kept Oklahoma State’s perfect record against FCS teams intact; the Cowboys entered 33-0 all-time against those opponents, and this was the first meeting between Oklahoma State and Murray State.
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