John Locke Jr. is the veteran glue guy in Oklahoma’s tight end room
John Locke Jr. enters the 2026 season as a 6-foot-4, 250-pound fifth-year tight end for Oklahoma, bringing steady, low-drama value as a blocker-first veteran who has carved out a role through reliability and toughness rather than flashy box scores. In the 2024 season, he recorded 1 catch for 2 yards, and his earlier stop at Louisiana Tech gave him game experience and special-teams seasoning. He looks like the kind of player a staff trusts: experienced, physical, and coachable—more “move the chains and do the dirty work” than “headline machine.”
