The Oklahoma Sooners received some good news just hours ahead of Friday night’s opener against the University of Texas at El Paso Miners. Transfer wide receiver Parker Livingstone has been cleared to play and will be available for Oklahoma against UTEP, according to a report from ESPN’s Pete Thamel.

Livingstone’s status remained unknown, with a “questionable” designation ahead of the season opener, as he’s been in concussion protocol. Now, the 6-foot-3, 200-pound wide receiver is set to make his debut and could provide a big target for quarterback John Mateer.

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Livingstone turned heads this offseason when he chose to cross the Red River and transfer to the Sooners from longtime rival, the Texas Longhorns. He arrived in Norman with three more years of eligibility remaining and a real chance to start for the Sooners.

Sources: Oklahoma WR Parker Livingstone has been cleared to play and will be available against UTEP tonight. He'd recently missed some practice time with a concussion, but he will make his debut for the Sooners against UTEP. This will be his first game since transferring from… pic.twitter.com/wpEK9GBjGl

— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) September 4, 2026

A redshirt freshman for Texas in 2025, Livingstone caught 29 passes for 516 yards and six touchdowns for the 'Horns this past season. 

It’s a timely development for Mateer and an Oklahoma offense that now gets its first opportunity to see what Livingstone can provide in a Sooners uniform. Oklahoma may not need everyone to be healthy to take down UTEP. But Livingstone’s availability allows the offense to get more of a rhythm with the key starters as the season gets underway. 

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Leigh (24) 48

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Tries: Charnley, Armstrong, Hanley 2, Cook, Ipape, Alick-Wiencke, Mulhern Goals: Cook 8

St Helens (10) 10

Tries: Douglas, Sailor Goal: Sailor

Leigh Leopards secured their place in Super League's top six by thrashing St Helens, who will now not appear in the play-offs for the first time in the Super League era.

Saints' hopes of protecting their unblemished record were ended by an ignominious defeat as Leigh ran in eight tries.

Tries from Josh Charnley, David Armstrong, Umyla Hanley and Adam Cook opened up a 24-10 half-time lead, with Jacob Douglas and Tristan Sailor replying for Saints.

After half-time, Mark Percival was sin-binned for Saints before Edwin Ipape extended Leigh's lead, Hanley scored his second try and Jacob Alick-Wiencke and Robbie Mulhern also crossed.

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Victory secured Leigh's place in the play-offs for the fourth consecutive season and kept them fifth in the table. They could yet move up to fourth, above Wakefield, after next week's final round of fixtures.

It took them 10 minutes to score the first try as Saints failed to deal with Cook's kick, which fell for Leigh to spread the ball for Charnley to walk in on the right wing.

He then celebrated by signing a mock contract and, moments later, the public address confirmed he had signed a new deal for the 2027 season.

Leigh scored a second try four minutes later as Armstrong, Cook and Lachlan Lam combined from deep in their own half to break up the left before Armstrong sprinted in from halfway.

Saints responded by working space for Douglas to go over in the right corner before phenomenal feet from Harry Robertson left the defence for dead and he sent Sailor under the posts.

But Robertson then missed a tackle that allowed Innes Senior to break for Leigh and create Hanley's first try, before Ipape drove for the line, his offload went to ground but Cook grubbered in-goal and touched down.

After half-time, St Helens blew a two-on-one on the left wing before they lost Percival - who recently announced he will retire at the end of the season - to the sin bin for a high tackle.

Leigh eventually made the extra man count when a second set of six and a quick play-the-ball under the posts led to Ipape barging over.

Shane Wright then gave a penalty away for obstruction in the shadow of his own posts and Leigh worked the ball to Hanley on the right, who burst through three tackles to find the line.

Further tries in the rain would follow as Alick-Wiencke slid in before Mulhern charged over with the final play of the game.

Leigh 'back on track' - reaction

Leigh Leopards head coach Adrian Lam told BBC Radio Manchester:

"We wanted to respond from last week and I'm pleased, it puts us back on track.

"Josh [Charnley] is still playing as well as he has been, he's a fan favourite and a big part of this club. The legacy and DNA we've been building since we came back up - he's been a big part of that.

"Had you had said to us a quarter of the way through [the season], would you accept where we are now? Absolutely."

St Helens interim head coach Eamon O'Carroll told BBC Radio Merseyside:

"The scoreline probably doesn't reflect the effort and I'm unbelievably proud of the players.

"I've been in this role for six weeks and if there's one thing I wanted to get out of it, it is that we had a team that turned up for each other and we had that tonight.

"It's great to give young lads a chance, ideally you'd like to do it with a few more senior players around them, so they're not exposed as much, but they can hold their heads up and they'll certainly be better for this experience."

Leigh: Armstrong; Senior, Brand, Handley, Charnley; Cook, Lam; Ofahengaue, Horne, Mulhern, Alick-Wiencke, Trout, Liu.

Interchanges: Brogan, Badrock, Davis, Ipape.

St Helens: Sailor; Douglas, Percival, Welsby, Cross; Robertson, Lomax; Klemmer, Humphreys, Horst, Keeley, Wright, Shorrocks.

Interchanges: Marsh, Evans, Matagi, Knox.

Referee: Chris Kendall.

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