Jacob Sexton left Oklahoma State’s game against Tulsa on the first drive after a Tulsa player fell into his lower right leg while he was trying to clear space for Caleb Hakwins. He was on the ground for several minutes before trainers from both teams reached him, and he was eventually carted off with an air cast on the lower leg.
The injury changed the game for Oklahoma State right away. The Cowboys moved Desmond Magiya to left tackle after Sexton went down, a quick reshuffle that left the line trying to settle itself before the first drive was even over.
That is why Sexton’s exit matters beyond one snap. He was playing left tackle while Oklahoma State waited for Braydon Nelson to return, and the fifth-year player had come to Oklahoma State after four years at Oklahoma looking for a fresh start in his final collegiate season. The move carried obvious weight because Sexton’s path already included a significant injury history at Oklahoma, where he started the first game of last season at left tackle against Illinois State before missing the rest of the year.
The problem now is that the injury was still undefined. There was no immediate update on the type of injury, and the air cast suggests the lower right leg was serious enough to require careful handling before anything else could be said about recovery. Sexton also had started the first eight games of a season on the left side of the offensive line before suffering another injury, a reminder that the clean restart he came for has already been interrupted.
For Oklahoma State, the next step is straightforward even if the diagnosis is not: protect the edge, keep Magiya settled at left tackle, and wait for word on whether Sexton’s lower right leg keeps him out for more than this game. For Sexton, the question is harsher and more immediate, because the season he came to rescue is already being measured against the injuries that followed him from Oklahoma.
