Longest Plays ▪ Oklahoma
These lists are based on the official records from recent media guides and stats supplements. I am working my way backwards through older media guides and have added plays from 2012 to present that fall between the 'official' minimum yards (shortest listed play) and my own minimums (below the category subtitle). The rows for those additional plays will be shaded gray and have no ranking since the data is incomplete (see Notes).
All Plays | Runs | Passes | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | Interception Returns | Fumble Returns | Field Goals | Punts
Fumble Returns
Minimum 30 yards
| Yards | TD | Player | Class | Pos | Season | Opponent | Result | 1. | 70 | N | Nik Bonitto | JR | OLB | 2021 | A | Kansas State | W | 37-31 | 2. | 69 | Y | Cory Heinecke | SR | DE | 2001 | A | Air Force | W | 44-3 | 3. | 65 | Y | Maylon Wesley | SR | DB | 1995 | H | San Diego State | W | 38-22 | 4. | 61 | Y | Reggie Smith | JR | DB | 2007 | H | Miami (FL) | W | 51-13 | 61 | Y | Clare Morford | JR | C | 1941 | H | Marquette | W | 61-14 | 6. | 58 | Y | Aubrey Beavers | JR | OLB | 1992 | A | #7 Colorado | T | 24-24 | 58 | Y | Dante Jones | SR | LB | 1987 | H | North Texas | W | 69-14 | 8. | 57 | Y | Clyde Powers | JR | RCB | 1972 | H | Clemson | W | 52-3 | 9. | 56 | Y | Jamell Fleming | SR | DB | 2011 | N | #11 Texas | W | 55-17 | 56 | Y | John Goodman | SR | DT | 1979 | H | Kansas | W | 38-0 | 11. | 53 | N | Keenan Clayton | JR | LB | 2008 | H | #2 Texas Tech | W | 65-21 |
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| 52 | Y | Brian Jackson | SR | DB | 2009 | H | Texas A&M | W | 65-10 | ||
| 48 | Y | Curtis Bolton | SR | LB | 2018 | A | #12 West Virginia | W | 59-56 | ||
| 46 | Y | Steven Parker | SR | DB | 2017 | N | #3 Georgia | L | 54-48 (2OT) | ||
| 45 | N | Casey Walker | SR | DL | 2012 | H | Kansas | W | 52-7 | ||
| 45 | Y | Eric Bassey | FR | DB | 2002 | H | Alabama | W | 37-27 | ||
| 42 | Y | Jalen Redmond | SO | DL | 2021 | H | Iowa State | W | 28-21 | ||
| 41 | Y | Jordan Evans | JR | LB | 2015 | H | #23 West Virginia | W | 44-24 | ||
| 39 | Y | Dominique Franks | SO | DB | 2008 | A | Texas A&M | W | 66-28 | ||
| 37 | N | DaShaun White | SR | LB | 2021 | H | TCU | W | 52-31 | ||
Notes
- Plays below the official minimum might always be incomplete since longest plays per player in season stats were not listed until 1972, and bowl games were not included until 2002. Additionally, actual lists weren't published until the early 1990s. And finally, players could have had multiple long plays in a category, but only one may be listed unless the others were longer than the 'official' minimum or was the longest listed in older media guides.