The Oklahoma State Cowboys continue their defensive rebuild with another piece coming in on the defensive line via the transfer portal.
Oklahoma State has added Virginia defensive lineman Michael Diatta out of the transfer portal.
Diatta finished the season with 31 tackles, one PBU and half a sack while playing as a backup for the Cavaliers. He was a former three-star recruit from Cane Ridge High school in Tennessee.
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Diatta told On3, “They have a winning culture there. Coach Gundy’s resume speaks for itself. Nineteen-straight winning seasons and there’s a real need for me there. They emphasized that I’m going to come in and truly help their program and be a difference maker.”
Oklahoma State just added Demerick Morris to help along the defensive line earlier in the week from Temple.
The transfer portal officially opened on Monday, December 9, 2024, and will remain open until Saturday, December 28, with an exception for players on teams who play bowl games after the window closes. According to NCAA data, 2,273 FBS football players entered the transfer portal in 2023-24 school year, with 1,558 (68.5%) undergraduates and 715 (31.5%) graduate transfers. Of the entrants, 57% reported that they enrolled in another school, 8% withdrew their names from the portal, and 35% are still active, transferred to a non-NCAA school, or left their sport.
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