Oklahoma anticipated to rent Deland McCullough as working backs coach

Oklahoma is anticipated to rent former Las Vegas Raiders and Notre Dame working backs Deland McCullough on Wednesday, in line with a number of experiences.

McCullough replaces DeMarco Murray, who left his publish with the Sooners earlier in February to take the identical job with the Kansas City Chiefs.

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The Raiders completed final within the NFL in yards dashing per sport within the 2025 season, averaging 77.5. The subsequent lowest-ranked crew averaged 93.1 yards. Still, McCullough was thought of a sizzling commodity largely due to his work on the collegiate stage earlier than that.

McCullough coached Indiana working backs from 2011-16 earlier than becoming a member of Southern California in 2017. After one season with the Trojans, he joined the Chiefs on coach Andy Reid’s workers and stayed by means of 2020. McCullough then spent again at Indiana earlier than his finest work at Notre Dame from 2022-24. While in South Bend, McCullough helped develop Jeremiyah Love, who completed third in Heisman Trophy voting this previous season.

Murray had coached Oklahoma’s working backs since 2020. The Sooners finest dashing season underneath Murray’s watch got here in 2022 once they completed tenth in FBS in yards per sport, averaging 219.4. In his taking part in days in Norman, Murray turned solely the fifth participant on the time to complete his Big 12 profession with greater than 60 touchdowns. He then performed within the NFL from 2011-2017, successful NFL Offensive Player of the dignity with the Dallas Cowboys in 2014.

McCullough gained Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year honors at Miami (OH) in 1992. He performed one season within the NFL with the Cincinnati Bengals and two seasons within the Canadian Football League with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

This article initially appeared on Sooners Wire: Oklahoma to rent McCullough as working backs coach, per experiences