Oklahoma State has added a familiar name to its roster, but the timing makes this one a little unusual.
Braylin Presley, who received a court order granting him an extra year of eligibility as part of the 2022 recruiting class, is now listed on the Cowboys’ official roster as a 5-foot-6, 170-pound wide receiver wearing No. 83. That came together within the past week, giving Oklahoma State a midseason addition that college coaches rarely get to make.
Coach Eric Morris was asked about Presley on Tuesday, and while he said he isn’t a fan of the constant roster movement in the modern game, he made clear he trusts the Presley family.
“He’s a guy that obviously I think really comfortable with his family,” Morris said. “Not for sure, still working through all the eligibility pieces what that looks like on if he’s going to be ready to go when that is. But a guy that’s been here, has been at Tulsa … just a great family and a great kid that we knew what we were getting, right?”
That eligibility situation still doesn’t sound fully settled, at least from Morris’ perspective. The Cowboys have Presley on the roster, but whether he’s fully clear and when he might be ready to play remains up in the air.
The uncertainty fits the weird path this 2022 class has taken. Eligibility rulings have been changing on the fly, and the chaos has spilled into the season itself. Texas Tech quarterback Thomas Castellanos is the clearest example: he was ruled eligible just before the season, joined the Red Raiders, then was ruled ineligible after another court ruling last week following four games of action.
Presley’s college journey has already covered a lot of ground. He started at Oklahoma State as a freshman in 2022 before transferring to Tulsa, where he played in 35 games over three seasons. With the Golden Hurricane, he totaled 336 receiving yards, 215 rushing yards and three touchdowns.
Before college, Presley was a star at Bixby High School. He came out of that program as a four-star recruit and built a reputation as a constant big-play threat.
Even with that background, dropping into a new team in the middle of the season is a tough ask. Morris pointed out how much work still stands in front of Presley before he can really get comfortable.
“So we’ll see kind of when we can fit him in, where we can fit him in,” Morris said. “Obviously, extremely hard, and really unfair to the kid, right in the middle of the season bringing him in.
You’re throwing him in trying to learn all this new verbiage when everybody’s been doing it for 10 or 11 months now. But was comfortable mainly because of how high of character his family is.”
Presley now joins a roster that already includes his younger brother, Braeden Presley, a true freshman safety. Their older brother, Brennan Presley, played at Oklahoma State from 2020 through 2024 and left as the Cowboys’ all-time leader in receptions with 315. Brennan also finished his college career with 3,315 receiving yards.
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