Completed Event: Football versus Illinois State on August 30, 2025 , Win , 35, to, 3
Final
Football
35
vs Illinois State
3
University of Oklahoma Athletics
2025 Football Roster
Jersey Number 83
Major Melson
- Position:
- WR
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 190
- Hometown:
- Mansfield, Texas
- High School:
- Legacy HS
2024 (OKLAHOMA)
Played in two games … appearances came vs. Maine (11/2) and Alabama (11/23).
2023 (OKLAHOMA)
Played in two games … saw action vs. Arkansas State (9/2) and at Tulsa (9/16).
2022 (OKLAHOMA)
Did not see game action.
2021 (OKLAHOMA)
Did not see game action.
2020 (OKLAHOMA)
Redshirted … did not play.
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned second-team all-district honors as a senior in 2019 at Mansfield (Texas) Legacy High School when he caught 14 passes for 134 yards and four touchdowns ... was a first-team academic all-state selection ... also ran track (100 and 200 meters).
PERSONAL
In his sixth year at Oklahoa ... father (Chris) was an OU defensive back, quarterback and split end (played from 1987-91 under head coaches Barry Switzer and Gary Gibbs) and was his high school head coach... graduated from OU in May 2024 with a degree in sports business ... pursuing a master's degree in sports data analytics.
Played in two games … appearances came vs. Maine (11/2) and Alabama (11/23).
2023 (OKLAHOMA)
Played in two games … saw action vs. Arkansas State (9/2) and at Tulsa (9/16).
2022 (OKLAHOMA)
Did not see game action.
2021 (OKLAHOMA)
Did not see game action.
2020 (OKLAHOMA)
Redshirted … did not play.
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned second-team all-district honors as a senior in 2019 at Mansfield (Texas) Legacy High School when he caught 14 passes for 134 yards and four touchdowns ... was a first-team academic all-state selection ... also ran track (100 and 200 meters).
PERSONAL
In his sixth year at Oklahoa ... father (Chris) was an OU defensive back, quarterback and split end (played from 1987-91 under head coaches Barry Switzer and Gary Gibbs) and was his high school head coach... graduated from OU in May 2024 with a degree in sports business ... pursuing a master's degree in sports data analytics.
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Michael Hawkins Jr. Postgame vs Kent State
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