Trejan Bridges, who played for the Sooners before being dismissed by Lincoln Riley, resurfaced at Central Arkansas and will now pursue his career elsewhere. A former Oklahoma 5-star recruit is on the move again.
Trejan Bridges, a freshman in OU’s highly touted 2019 recruiting class who was on the team when the Sooners last competed in the College Football Playoff, stated on Twitter/X on Wednesday night that he intends to join the transfer portal on April 16. Bridges, who arrived to OU with fellow 5-star wide receivers Theo Wease and Jadon Haselwood and 5-star quarterback Spencer Rattler, left OU in May 2021 after being charged with robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, and assault and battery with a deadly weapon.
Bridges and former OU running back Seth McGowan allegedly robbed and beat a local drug dealer, a case that also resulted in H-back Mikey Henderson being accused later that summer and subsequently thrown off the team by then-coach Lincoln Riley, who left for USC at the end of the season. Bridges entered a plea of guilty to a modified felony count of larceny of a person at night rather than robbery, and the other charges against him and McGowan were dismissed, according to The Oklahoman.
After playing for Oklahoma in 2019 and 2020, Bridges returned to action in 2022 at East Los Angeles College, where he appeared in 11 games and finished with 762 receiving yards and eight touchdowns on 59 receptions.
He committed to Utah in junior college but later transferred to Central Arkansas, where he led the team with 53 receptions for 729 yards and six touchdowns last season.
Bridges struggled with injury and inconsistency during his two seasons in Norman, appearing in 15 games and catching only nine passes for 101 yards and two scores while also playing safety on defense. He was suspended before of the Peach Bowl after testing positive for marijuana, according to The Oklahoman.
Bridges came at OU after being a high school All-American at Hebron High in Carrollton, Texas.
According to The Oklahoman, Bridges and Henderson were sentenced to one year probation in January 2024 after attending a prison boot camp.
Henderson completed his undergraduate career at Tarleton State, where he caught 13 passes for 108 yards and one touchdown last season.
At New Mexico State, McGowan rushed for 823 yards and three touchdowns while also catching 277 yards and three scores.
