Oklahoma's tight end room needed a jolt this offseason, and early returns suggest they found one in Rocky Beers. The 6-foot-5, 250-pound sixth-year senior arrived in Norman after a winding college journey — stops at Air Force and FIU before landing at Colorado State — and he's reportedly been one of the standout storylines of Sooners fall camp.
According to On3's Pete Nakos, sources say Oklahoma has been "extremely impressed" with Beers, pointing to his catch radius and his lack of drops as reasons he's already carving out a role in the passing game. That reputation didn't come out of nowhere — Beers caught 31 passes for 388 yards and 7 touchdowns at Colorado State in 2025, and per PFF he hasn't dropped a single pass in his entire college career, hauling in 53 of 65 targets for an 81.5% catch rate.
Beers' path to Oklahoma is as unusual as his résumé. He redshirted at Air Force in 2021, transferred to FIU and had his 2024 season wiped out by a season-ending injury that netted him a medical redshirt, then landed at Colorado State before hitting the portal again this offseason. He picked the Sooners over Florida State and Minnesota — reportedly influenced by watching his sister, Raegan Beers, star for Oklahoma's women's basketball team during his visit.
That family tie gives the story an extra layer, but on the field it's the drop-free résumé that matters most for an Oklahoma offense looking for reliable targets over the middle. A tight end who wins contested catches and doesn't put the ball on the ground is the kind of low-variance weapon quarterbacks trust in crunch time.
Fall camp buzz doesn't guarantee production once the pads come off and the season kicks off for real, but for a Sooners team retooling its passing attack, a transfer with Beers' size, hands and experience is exactly the kind of low-key addition that can quietly become one of the offense's most reliable pieces once September arrives.