Another Oklahoma OL Accepts Invitation to NFL’s Senior Bowl
Another Oklahoma lineman is one step closer to his dream. Tyler Guyton, a junior offensive tackle for the Sooners this season, has accepted an invitation to play in the Reese’s Senior Bowl. The announcement was made Friday on social media.
Guyton, who began his college football career at TCU before transferring to OU, has opted out of the Sooners’ Alamo Bowl game against Arizona on Dec. 28 in San Antonio. He’s the second OU lineman to accept an invite to the Senior Bowl — the premier postseason collegiate showcase operated by NFL team personnel, where players practice all week under instruction from NFL coaching staffs — after center Andrew Raym took his last week. The 6-foot-7, 328-pound Guyton started out at TCU as a tight end, but quickly transitioned to offensive line. In two seasons at OU, Guyton was the Sooners’ starting right tackle.
He played 401 offensive snaps in 2022 and 663 in 2023, according to data compiled by Pro Football Focus. This season, Guyton started nine of the Sooners’ first 10 games, but then sustained an injury and wasn’t able to assume his starting role as redshirt freshman Jacob Sexton took over the right tackle spot over the last three games. Guyton has been widely projected as a first-round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft because of his length and his athleticism. Those traits showed particularly in pass blocking, where he graded out at 73.0, according to PFF (his run-blocking grade was 60.5, and his overall offensive grade was 63.7).
In 355 pass-blocking snaps, he allowed zero quarterback sacks, three hits and 12 total pressures, per PFF. Guyton, from Manor, TX, made five starts and played in 10 games as a sophomore at OU in 2022, and nine starts in 10 games as a junior in 2023, when he earned honorable mention All-Big 12 honors.
