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Oklahoma's Michael Fasusi, left, and Sean Hutton run a drill during a Sooners football spring practice in Norman, Okla., Thursday, April 9, 2026.
Despite a big win over rival Texas in the Red River Rivalry a couple weeks ago, the 2026 college football season hasn’t exactly gone to play for the Oklahoma Sooners and head coach Brent Venables.
Oklahoma opened the season with hopes of returning to the College Football Playoff for the second straight season. But after a 3-3 start to the season, including losses to Michigan, Kentucky, and Georgia, those hopes are effectively gone.
On Wednesday, things got even worse for the Sooners in scary fashion after former walk-on offensive lineman Sean Hutton was hospitalized following a practice incident.
Oklahoma Sooners OL Sean Hutton Sent To Hospital After Scary Practice Injury
Student-run newspaper OU Daily reports that Hutton, a sophomore from Lewisville, Texas, collapsed at Wednesday’s practice following a non-contact injury.
Hutton was initially tended to by the Oklahoma training staff. He was then taken to the hospital via ambulance where he was observed overnight.
“I don’t think it had anything to do with practice, …” Hutton’s father, JD Hutton, told the student paper. Although the elder Hutton added that he was still getting details and was not clear on Sean’s condition as he got updates from Sean’s mother at the hospital.
“It wasn’t like he got hit in the head or anything like that. … His mom called me and told me that he collapsed, and she didn’t tell me any other details.
“She’s obviously talked to coach V, you know, coach Venables, and then of course she’s talking to trainers, …” JD Hutton added. “I know coach Bates talked to her.
“(I’m) 700 miles away,” said JD Hutton, who was visiting Sean’s brother, James, a student assistant coach at Coe College. “(I) can’t do anything (but) try to wait and see what’s going on with my baby boy.”
The university has not yet updated Hutton’s condition.