When the Oklahoma Sooners hired Jim Nagy as the program's general manager, the move was widely viewed as one of the best front-office hires in college football. Few people in college football possess Nagy's combination of NFL scouting experience and college football personnel expertise.
Nagy has earned a reputation as one of football's top talent evaluators, and he has ******* embled a strong personnel staff to help Oklahoma navigate recruiting, the transfer portal and NFL evaluations. Nagy spent 17 seasons working in the NFL in scouting roles with the then-Washington Redskins, New England Patriots, Kansas City Chiefs, and Seattle Seahawks.
He later became the executive director of the Senior Bowl, college football's premier all-star showcase for NFL draft prospects. He held that position from 2018 through 2025.
Oklahoma's wide receiver Isaiah Sategna has already seen the value of Nagy's experience firsthand. Sategna explained that conversations with Nagy played a major role in his decision to return for another season instead of entering the NFL draft.
"Just having a general manager that has all those connections, he just laid it out for me," Sategna said. "What he had to say, it was better to just come back. Really show what I can do another year, and then go to the league."