Living out an artist’s dream, Oregon State’s new offensive line coach Kirk Barron is about to work with a clean slate.
On Christmas Eve, another Oregon State offensive lineman signaled their intentions to use the transfer portal: Keyon Cox. He joins recent offensive line transfer departures Dylan Sikorski and Ryan Berger.
Cox, a 6’5” redshirt sophomore from the Columbus Georgia suburbs (Phenix City, AL) arrived in Corvallis through the transfer portal last December. When the season kicked off, Cox was a backup left guard on the Beavs’ first official two-deep depth chart. After Jacob Strand’s knee injury in the second half of the opener, Josiah Timoteo took the starting left tackle spot. Then in October, Oregon State fired head coach Trent Bray. When interim coach Robb Akey took over, he asked his assistants to get creative; soon, offensive line coach Mike Cavanaugh experimented with Timoteo playing right tackle and Cox protecting the blind side…