Creed Humphrey

Creed Humphrey is an American football center for the Oklahoma Sooners.

Creed Humphrey
Oklahoma Sooners – No. 56
PositionCenter
Class
Redshirt
Junior
MajorFinance
Career history
College
Bowl games
High schoolShawnee (Shawnee, Oklahoma)
Personal information
Born:Shawnee, Oklahoma
Height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight320 lb (145 kg)
Career highlights and awards

Early years

Humphrey attended the Shawnee High School in Shawnee, Oklahoma.[1] He played both center and defensive line on the football team. Humphrey played in the 2017 U.S. Army All-American Game.[2] Humphrey was a highly-touted prospect, with a four-star rating from 247Sports. He was ranked 294th overall in his recruiting class, but was the 5th-best prospect from the State of Oklahoma and the 3rd-best center in the country.[3] Humphrey received nineteen scholarship offers from programs like Alabama, Texas A&M, Texas, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt, and Virginia Tech. He initially committed to Texas A&M in June 2016 but decommitted two months later and signed a National Letter of Intent with Oklahoma.[4]

College career

Humphrey redshirted his first year at Oklahoma in 2017.[5] He played in all 14 games with 12 starts in 2018.[6][7][8] He returned as the starting center for Oklahoma in 2019.[9] Following his redshirt junior season, Humphrey announced he would be foregoing his final year of eligibility and declared for the 2021 NFL Draft.[10]

References
  1. "All-State football: Shawnee's Creed Humphrey earns spot on All-State team with dominating play". Oklahoman.com. January 8, 2017.
  2. "Oklahoma commit Creed Humphrey receives U.S. Army All-American jersey". November 9, 2016.
  3. "Creed Humphrey, Oklahoma Sooners, Center (FB)". 247Sports. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  4. "Creed Humphrey Timeline Events". 247sports.com. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  5. World, Cody Stavenhagen Tulsa. "OU football: 'Country-fed' Creed Humphrey keeps impressing as he contends for starting job at center". Tulsa World.
  6. "OU football: Starting a 'dream' for Shawnee's Creed Humphrey". Oklahoman.com. October 25, 2018.
  7. writerraber@oklahoman.com, Ryan AberStaff. "Former Shawnee standout Creed Humphrey embraces leadership role on OU's rebuilt O-line". The Shawnee News-Star.
  8. "'Country strong' Creed Humphrey a powerful engine at center of Oklahoma offense". ESPN.com. December 28, 2018.
  9. "OU football: Creed Humphrey embracing leadership role on rebuilt offensive line". Oklahoman.com. August 2, 2019.
  10. "OU's Humphrey to NFL; Iowa's Linderbaum stays". ESPN.com. 2020-12-31. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
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