Will he or won’t he? That’s the question relative to Oklahoma QB Sam Bradford and the NFL Draft.

Sure, we’d like him to stay. However, if projections land him in the first round of the draft, as I think they will, doesn’t he owe it to himself and his family to go?

Yes. C’mon, kid. The future owes you nothing, and financial security for generations awaits. Besides, Oklahoma is losing these senior offensive linemen next year:

• Branndon Braxton
• Jon Cooper
• Phil Loadholt
• Duke Robinson
• Brandon Walker

Among juniors, it looks like Trent Williams will opt for the draft. He probably should. Millions await, and he might be among the first Sooners taken. Bradford’s protection next year won’t be nearly as good as it was this year, and can Sam really afford that risk?

We’re going to lose Jermaine “Pay Attention” Gresham. That’s the nickname my friends and I gave him because it seemed, early in his career, like he would drift off into daydream land. But he’s terrific and will be a terrific pro TE.

We’re losing Juaquin Iglesias and Manny Johnson to eligibility. Quentin Chaney, too.

That means Ryan Broyles and Adron Tennell head up our WR corps next season, and — again — for Bradford, that’s scary. Broyles is terrific, but he can’t be the only go-to-guy.

And as for Iglesias, what can I say? Juaquin is one of my favorite OU players of the Stoops era, probably the best possession receiver we’ve had. He wouldn’t burn you for yards, but his hands were terrific.

Defensively, we’re losing guys like Nic Harris and Cory Bennett, and Lendy Holmes, too. Call me an idiot, but I think Holmes is one of the more underappreciated players of the past five years at OU. His catch-up speed was terrific, and he improved significantly from his first year until his last game. Early on in his career, he was terrible.

But for me, Nic Harris is the primary loss among defensive seniors. Unfortunately, I fear we may lose Gerald McCoy to the NFL Draft, as well. Early projections have him as a second or third-round guy, but he’s of strong enough character and has enough ability that he’s a sure pro.

I’d recommend one more year for Gerald but wouldn’t blame him a bit if he went now. What you don’t want to do is to pull a De’Mond Parker, Oklahoma’s premier running back of the late 1990s, who opted out as a junior, right as Stoops was coming in.

Worst draft decision I can remember at OU. Parker never caught on with Green Bay, and Parker would have soared in his last year under Stoops.

And, we lose Joey Halzle, who never even got his Nate Hybl day-in-the-spotlight outside of a gutsy performance against Texas Tech in 2007. Halzle was a competent backup, and I would not be surprised to see him at least attend an NFL camp or two. It makes me wonder if Keith Nichol is up in Lansing wondering if he made the right call transferring to Michigan State, a team that won’t sniff a national title chance in the near future.

Who knows. But I am of the mindset that these kids owe nothing to the university in terms of staying an extra year just for the chance at a national title. If you have a chance at a multi-million dollar contract in the NFL, you MUST GO.

Oklahoma will be OK. Go make some $.