Geirean Hatchett missed all of Week 2 after taking over center duties in Week 1 after starter Branson Hickman was also injured.
announced on his coach’s show Monday night that offensive linemanwill miss the rest of the season because of an injury. Hatchett had been dealing with a left arm injury and wearing a brace since before the season kicked off. Hatchett went through pregame warmups without a brace Saturday night before the Sooners’ win against Houston, but then returned from the locker room in street clothes just before kickoff and never saw the field.
When Hickman left Week 1, Hatchett, listed as the backup right guard on the initial depth chart, moved to center for the game. The right-handed Hatchett was already battling his left arm injury then, while taking over snapping duties. “I practice snapping every single day, so I'm pretty used to the snapping aspect of center," Hatchett said the Monday after Week 1. "Definitely caught me off guard. No one's expecting anybody to go down that early like it happened. But I was able to adjust and the only thing I felt like I needed to get under control were my snaps — I had a couple of bad snaps — but then after that felt fine, felt natural being back at center.
When Hatchett met with the media the Monday night after OU’s win against Temple he mentioned he was dealing with an injury of his own but did not note it was serious.Hatchett transferred to Norman this past offseason from Washington, where he started four games last season as a redshirt junior but was also sidelined for three contests because of an ankle injury. He played in every game as a backup in 2022.to play center against Houston.
“We’re on our third center, and that’s a real thing,” Venables said. “That’s the guy that touches the ball every snap. started his first college game last week and he did pretty good. Can he be better? Yeah, who couldn’t? Billy Bowman could have been better. Danny Stutsman could have been better. And they played really good.”
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