View the official Oklahoma Football Bowl Guide for the 2009 season. The Sooners will play the Stanford Cardinal in the 76th Brut Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas, on December 31. The guide contains a complete review of the 2009 season including updated stats and bios plus complete postseason OU history.
1 SEASON REVIEW HISTORY THE SOONERS COACHING STAFF 2009 SEASON 1950 1955 1956 1974 1975 1985 2000 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS * * * * * * 2009 OKLAHOMA FOOTBALL BOWL GUIDE Media Information Media Information 2 Maps and DIrections 4 The Game at a Glance 6 2009 Season Season Notes 8 Offense Notes 10 Defense Notes 12 Special Teams Notes 14 Bowl Notes 15 Honors & Awards 16 Records Update 18 Rosters/Pronunciation Guide 20 Depth Chart 22 Coaches & Staff Bob Stoops 24 Assistant Coaches 27 Support Staff 36 The Sooners Player Profiles 44 Season Review Team Statistics 80 Scoring Statistics 82 Defensive Statistics 83 Individual Game-by-Game Statistics 84 Starting Lineups 85 Player Participation 86 Situational Statistics 87 Season Superlatives 88 Game-by-Game Comparisons 89 Scoring Drives 90 Game-By-Game Recaps 92 Bowl History Oklahoma Bowl Statistics 100 Bowl Recaps 107 Records Oklahoma Football Records 122 University of Oklahoma Overview 126 University President David L Boren 128 Director of Athletics Joe Castiglione 129 Athletics Administration 130 Oklahoma Traditions 131 SoonerSportscom 132 PROJECT COORDINATORS Kenny Mossman, David Bassity GUIDE DESIGN David Bassity COVER DESIGN Scott Matthews CONTRIBUTORS Lacy Barnes, Natalie Himes, Jennifer Van Tuyl RESEARCH ASSISTANCE Mike Brooks DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATIONS Debbie Copp PHOTOGRAPHY Lisa Hall, Joey Johnson, Mark Kraus, Jackson Laizure, Jerry Laizure, Ty Russell, Shevaun Williams and Associates, John Williamson, Cal Sport Media, Tulsa World and OU Athletics Media Relations Archives PRINTING The 2009 Oklahoma Football Bowl Guide was printed by OU Printing Services of Norman, Okla, at no cost to the taxpayers of the state of Oklahoma Nike is the official footwear, apparel supplier and sponsor of the Oklahoma football program.
CONTRIBUTORSLacy Barnes, Natalie Himes, Jennifer Van Tuyl
RESEARCH ASSISTANCEMike Brooks
DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATIONSDebbie Copp
PHOTOGRAPHYLisa Hall, Joey Johnson, Mark Kraus, Jackson Laizure, Jerry Laizure, Ty Russell, Shevaun Williams and Associates, John Williamson, Cal Sport Media, Tulsa World and OU Athletics Media Relations Archives
PRINTINGThe 2009 Oklahoma Football Bowl Guide was printed by OU Printing Services of Norman, Okla ., at no cost to the taxpayers of the state of Oklahoma .
Nike is the official footwear, apparel supplier and sponsor of the Oklahoma football program.
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OU Athletics Phone DirectoryAll numbers (405) 325 + four-digit extension
University of Oklahoma Athletics Media RelationsMcClendon Center, Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial StadiumSuite 2525, 180 W Brooks St, Norman, OK 73019
SoonerSports.comThe latest, official information on Oklahoma football is available at SoonerSports .com . Log on for complete media services including statistics, rosters, bios, schedules, press conferences, quotes and more .
SoonerSportsMedia.comAction photos, mugs and logos are available for download . Visit SoonerSportsMedia .com for details .
MEDIA INFORMATIONCredentials/ParkingOutlets that covered the participating teams on a season-long basis are eligible for credentials . The online application can be accessed at http://www .sunbowl .org/index .php?option=com_content&task=view&id=84&Itemid=127 .
Distribution of credentials will take place Dec . 29-30 from 9 a .m .- 5 p .m ., at the media headquarters . Media Will Call is located on the west side of the stadium off Sun Bowl Drive at the entrance of the Press Box parking lot . Media will be issued parking on Sun Bowl Drive, Dawson Road, or the Parking Garage .
Media Relations Representatives OKLAHOMA Kenny Mossman*, Sr . Associate A .D ./Communications 405 .249 .5891, kmossman@ou .edu David Bassity*, Assistant Media Relations Director 405 .274 .1455, dbassity@ou .edu Craig Moran, Assistant Media Relations Director 405 .249 .8264, cmoran@ou .edu* Arrives with team on Dec . 26 and lodges at the team hotel .
BRUT SUN BOWL Trenten Hilburn, Media Relations Director o-915 .533 .4416, c-915 .490-6005 trenten@sunbowl .org
Oklahoma Team HeadquartersRadisson Hotel Suite El Paso Airport1770 Airway BoulevardEl Paso, TX 79925(915) 772-3333
Media HeadquartersHawthorn Inn and Suites6789 Boeing DriveEl Paso, Texas915 .778 .6789
A media hospitality room and media workroom are located at media headquarters . Refreshments will be provided .
Game Week InterviewsSee media opportunities on schedule below .
PRACTICESOklahoma is assigned to the Lowenburg Sports Complex at Canutillo High School, 6675 South Desert Boulevard . That location is 13 miles north of Sun Bowl Stadium .
When coaches and players are available for interviews in conjunction with practice, those sessions will be conducted after practice . Practice sessions are closed unless otherwise posted .
Directions to practice site from media hotel: • West on Boeing Drive toward Airway Blvd ., 0 .2 mi • Left onto Airway Blvd ., 0 .1 mi • Right onto Montana Ave ./US-180 W/US-62 W . Follow US-180 W/US-62 W ., 1 .9 mi • Right onto US-180 W/Gateway Blvd . W ., 0 .0 mi • Merge onto I-10 W/US-180 W via the ramp on the left,17 .0 mi • Take Exit 6 toward TX-375-Loop/Trans Moutain Rd ./Canutillo, 0 .2 mi • Merge onto N . Desert Blvd ., 0 .2 mi • Left onto TX-375 Loop/Talbot Ave ./Woodrow Bean Transmountain Dr ., 0 .1 mi • Left onto S . Desert Blvd ., 0 .9 mi . • The practice facility is on the right . POST-GAME INTERVIEWSThe Oklahoma locker room is closed at all times . Designated coaches and players will be brought to the interview area .
BCS National ChampionshipStadium, 8 p .m .
Coaches and Players available post-game
Press ConferenceMarriott Harbor, 10 a .m .
Winning Head Coach and offensive and defensive
MVPs (if from winning team)
Press ConferenceMarriott Harbor, 8:30 a .m .
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Barry University3 p .m .
Press ConferenceMarriott Harbor, 9:30 a .m .
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Practice (closed)Barry University
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Media DayStadium, 9:30 a .m .
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Practice (closed)Barry University
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ArrivalMiami International Airport
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• All times local and subject to change.• Shaded dates represent events with player availability .• All practices are closed except unless otherwise posted .
Press ConferenceMarriott Harbor, 8:30 a .m .
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MAPS & DIRECTIONS
Directions to Sun Bowl StadiumThe Shuster Avenue/University of Texas at El Paso (Exit 18A) exitfrom Interstate 10 is the closest to the stadium . Expect traffic congestionas game time approaches .
From El Paso International Airport or El Paso’s East Side• Driving from the airport, go south on Airway Boulevard to I-10 .• From Airway Boulevard or other eastside locations, enter I-10 West• Exit Schuster Avenue/University of Texas at El Paso (Exit 18A) .• You may also exit at Mesa Street (Exit 19A) or Downtown(Exit 19B) and turn right on Mesa Street, and then left onUniversity Avenue or Sun Bowl Drive to reach the Stadium .
From 1-10 Heading East (or from Las Cruces)• Take I-10East and exit at Schuster Avenue/University of Texas atEl Paso (Exit 18A) .• Or take I-10 East to Executive Center (Exit 16) . Turn left onExecutive Center Boulevard . Turn right on Mesa Street . Turn rightonto Sun Bowl Drive or University Avenue .
STADIUMSun Bowl HistoryThe first Sun Bowl game was played on Tuesday, Jan . 1, 1935, as a fund-raising event for the El Paso Kiwanis Club . The club was seeking to raise money for underprivileged children and to finance improvements to the El Paso High School Stadium .
The game featured a team comprised of El Paso high school all-stars against the Ranger (Texas) High School Bulldogs . The All-Stars won 25-21 .
The success of that first game resulted in the founding of the Sun Bowl Association, whose threefold purpose was to present an annual football attraction of national importance, to promote El Paso and the Southwest, and to generate tourist income for the area .
The public was invited to suggest a name for the game . Dr . C . M . Hendricks, who would become the association’s first president, offered the name “Sun Bowl .”
In 1936, the first collegiate Sun Bowl game was played . New Mexico A&M (now New Mexico State) and Hardin Simmons College tied 14-14 .
During these early years, it became a tradition to match the Border Conference Champion against the best available opponent .
The fourth Sun Bowl in 1938 was moved to the 15,000-seat Kidd Field on the campus of Texas School of Mines and Metallurgy (later renamed Texas Western College and known today as the University of Texas at El Paso) .
In 1963, the game was moved to the new 30,000-seat Sun Bowl Stadium .
The 1982 game was the first Sun Bowl game in the newly-expanded Sun Bowl Stadium of over 51,000 .
In 2001, hundreds of seats were removed in order to soccer-size the stadium . The stadium’s new capacity is 50,426 .
Sun Bowl Stadium
The first three Sun Bowl games were played at El Paso High School stadium . In 1938, the game was moved to Kidd Field, a 15,000-seat stadium at Texas Western College (now UTEP) .
The first game played in the new Sun Bowl Stadium was on Sept . 21, 1963 when the seating capacity was just over 31,000 . An expansion to the eastside stands increased the Sun Bowl seating capacity to over 51,000 .
The first game played in that expanded stadium was on Christmas Day, 1982 . In 2001, hundreds of seats were removed in order to soccer-size the stadium, which gave the Sun Bowl a capacity of 50,426 .
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THE GAME AT A GLANCEOklahoma Quick FactsLocation: Norman, Okla .Founded: 1890Nickname: SoonersColors: Crimson (PMS 201) and CreamConference: Big 12 (South Division)Enrollment: 29,721Stadium: Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (Natural Grass/82,112)President: David L . BorenVP/Director of Athletics: Joe CastiglioneSr. Associate A.D./Communications: Kenny Mossman Office Phone: 405 .325 .8231, Mobile: 405 .249 .5891Secondary Contact: David Bassity Office Phone: 405 .325 .8571, Mobile: 405 .274 .1455Website: www .SoonerSports .com
Football InformationOverall Record: 7-5Conference Record: 5-3 (T-3, South Division)
Schedule & ResultsDate Opponent (Pre-Bowl Record) W/L Score Att. TVSept . 5 No . 20 BYU+ (10-2) L 14-13 75,437 ESPNSep . 12 Idaho State (11-2) W 64-0 84,749 PPVSept . 19 Tulsa (5-7) W 45-0 84,803 FSNOct . 3 at No . 17 Miami (9-3) L 21-20 61,790 ESPNOct . 10 Baylor (4-8) W 33-7 84,478 ABCOct . 17 vs . No . 3 Texas* (13-0) L 16-13 96,009 ABCOct . 24 at No . 25 Kansas (5-7) W 35-13 51,104 ABCOct . 31 Kansas State (6-6) W 42-30 84,021 FSNNov . 7 at Nebraska (9-4) L 10-3 86,115 ABCNov . 14 Texas A&M (6-6) W 65-10 85,013 FSNNov . 21 at Texas Tech (8-4) L 41-13 50,479 FSNNov . 28 No . 11 Okla . St . (9-3) W 27-0 85,606 FSN+ at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas * at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas
Schedule & ResultsDate Opponent (Pre-Bowl Record) W/L Score Att. TVSept . 5 at Washington State (1-11) W 39-13 22,386 FSN NWSept . 12 at Wake Forest (5-7) L 27-14 30,002 RaycomSept . 19 San Jose State (2-10) W 42-17 33,560 -Sept . 26 Washington (5-7) W 34-14 36,930 Fox CSTVOct . 3 UCLA (6-6) W 24-16 41,525 ABCOct . 10 at Oregon State (8-4) L 38-28 41,979 FSNOct . 17 at Arizona (8-4) L 43-38 53,479 VersusOct . 24 Arizona State (4-8) W 33-14 33,090 FSNNov . 7 Oregon (10-2) W 51-42 43,924 FSNNov . 14 at USC (8-4) W 55-21 90,071 FSNNov . 21 California (8-4) L 34-28 50,510 VersusNov . 28 Notre Dame (6-6) W 45-38 50,510 ABC
THE GAME AT A GLANCEGame BasicsDate: Thursday, Dec . 31, 2009Time: 12 p .m ., MST, 1 p .m ., CSTLocation: El Paso, TexasVenue: Sun Bowl StadiumTelevision: CBS Craig Bolerjack, play-by-play Steve Beuerlien, analyst Sam Ryan, sidelineOklahoma Radio: Sooner Sports Network Bob Barry, Sr ., play-by-play Merv Johnson, analyst Toby Rowland, sidelineNational Radio: Sports USA Radio Dan Fouts, play-by-play John Robinson, analyst Tony Graziani, sideline
Sun Bowl FYI• Oklahoma is the visiting team in this game and will wear its white uniforms .• The allotment of tickets per school is 8,404 .• Officials for the game will be assigned from a league that is not represented by either of the participating schools .• Sun Bowl Stadium is home to the Texas-El Paso Miners .• This will be OU’s first appearance on CBS since its last trip to the Sun Bowl (1993) . Some 157 Sooner games have been televised since that one .
OU Essentials• Oklahoma’s all-time record stands at 798-301-53 . • The Sooners own seven national championships (1950, 1955, 1956, 1974, 1975, 1985, 2000) . • OU has 42 bowl appearances (No . 7 nationally) with 24 victories (No . 4 nationally) . • Oklahoma has won 42 conference titles . • Since WWII, OU is the most successful program with 562 victories . • With 31, 10-win seasons, Oklahoma leads the nation . • Oklahoma’s best decade for total victories was the 1970s when the Sooners were 102-13-3 ( .877) . In the 2000s, OU is 109-23-0 ( .826) .• OU has produced 150 All-Americans and five Heisman Trophy winners . • Sooner players also have won the Bednarik (1), Butkus (4), Walter Camp (4), Lombardi (3), Maxwell (2), Nagurski (2), O’Brien (3), Outland (5), Tatupu (1), Thorpe (3) and Unitas (1) Awards .• Some 443 players have earned first team all-conference honors .• Twenty-one former OU players and coaches have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame .
Statistically Speaking...Category OU NCAA Big 12 Stanford NCAA Pac-10 Rank Rank Rank RankScoring 31 .1 30 4 36 .2 10 2Scoring Defense 13 .5 7 2 26 .2 65 8Scoring Margin 17 .6 NA NA 10 .0 NA NAScoring by Quarter 96-119-84-74 NA NA 129-114-93-98 NA NAOpponent Scoring by Quarter 13-60-51-38 NA NA 64-75-85-90 NA NARed Zone Offense 45-52/87% 25 4 46-56/82% 61 8Red Zone Defense 22-31/71% 5 3 35-39/90% 109 10Total Offense 419 .4 28 5 441 .4 13 1Total Defense 273 .5 7 2 396 .5 85 9First Downs 23 .0 12 5 21 .8 22 1Opponent First Downs 15 .6 12 1 20 .8 90 9Rushing Attempts 447 NA 7 497 NA 1Rushing Offense 140 .9 69 7 224 .3 11 2Rushing Defense 88 .6 7 3 144 .5 61 8Rushing Touchdowns 17 NA 8 36 NA 1Opponent Rushing Touchdowns 7 NA 2 18 NA 9Yards Per Rush 3 .8 NA 7 5 .4 NA 2Att .-Comp .-Int . 468-270-14 NA NA 294-166-4 NA NAOpponent Att .-Comp .-Int . 415-225-16 NA NA 404-256-7 NA NAPassing Yards 278 .5 17 5 217 .1 59 6Passing Defense 184 .9 22 1 252 .0 105 8Pass Efficiency 129 .3 60 7 143 .9 22 2Pass Efficiency Defense 100 .2 10 2 139 .2 95 8Completion Percentage 57 .7 NA 10 56 .5 NA 6Opponent Completion Pct . 54 .2 NA 2 63 .4 NA 8Touchdown Passes 25 NA 4 14 NA 7Opponent Touchdown Passes 11 NA 3 20 NA 9Kickoff Returns 29-21 .2 72 10 52-28 .7 3 1Opponent Kickoff Returns 68-20 .4 34 NA 67-19 .9 25 NAPunt Returns 39-16 .7 3 1 28-7 .9 73 9Opponent Punt Returns 15-1 .5 1 NA 8-4 .4 11 NAInterception Returns 16-13 .8 NA NA 7-13 .9 NA NAOpponent Interception Returns 14-8 .9 NA NA 4-28 .5 NA NAFumbles-Lost 24-10 55 NA 23-11 68 NAOpponent Fumbles-Lost 21-12 NA NA 12-8 NA NATurnover Margin +0 .33 41 5 0 .00 59 6Penalties-Yards 98-959 114-118 11 63-608 23-51 2Opponent Penalties-Yards 119-998 NA 1 61-505 NA 10Punts-Average 57-45 .5 NA 1 32-39 .7 NA 4Opponent Punts-Average 94-42 .3 NA NA 52-43 .4 NA NA Net Punting 40 .9 4 1 37 .3 30 3Opponent Net Punting 33 .4 NA NA 38 .0 NA NATime of Possession 28:30 99 9 32:22 8 1Opponent Time of Possession 31:30 NA NA 27:38 NA NAThird Down Conversions 71-182/39% 65 6 69-145/48% 14 3Opponent Third Down Conv . 61-195/31% 12 2 66-157/42% 89 9Fourth Down Conversions 7-19/37% 93 12 10-16/62% 25 2Opponent Fourth Down Conv . 8-13/62% 98 10 8-17/47% 51 5Sacks By-Yards 37-237 5 4 21-173 65 7Opponent Sacks By-Yards 15-124 24 3 7-38 2 1Field Goals 17-26/65 .4% NA 8 14-20/70 .0% NA 7Opponent Field Goals 10-14/71 .4% NA NA 12-14/85 .7% NA NAPAT Attempts 44-46/96% NA NA 50-50/100% NA NAOpponent PAT Attempts 16-18/89% NA NA 38-39/97% NA NA
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SEASON NOTESTHE SOONERS BRIEFLYOklahoma endured one of the strangest seasons in its 115-year history in 2009 . Ranked No . 3 in the preseason poll, the Sooners watched as six starters, including a returning Heisman winner at quarterback and a returning All-American at tight end and two others who had achieved All-Big 12 honors during their careers, went down for the season with injuries . That, coupled with the nation’s second-most difficult schedule, left the team with a 7-5 mark .• Despite the setbacks, OU is headed to a bowl for a school record 11th consecutive time, a figure that coincides with Bob Stoops’ tenure at the school .• This team has two All-Americans in OT Trent Williams (AFCA, Walter Camp) and DT Gerald Mc-Coy (Walter Camp) . McCoy also was one of four finalists for the Rotary Lombardi Award .• Eighteen OU players earned recognition on the All-Big 12 Conference team picked by the coaches . Williams, McCoy, CB Dominique Franks and LB Travis Lewis were first-team picks .• This season ended a run of three consecutive Big 12 Championships for Oklahoma . The Sooners have won six total, twice as many as any other program . No other Big 12 team has ever won back-to-back titles . This season also ended a run of four straight BCS games .• This team had 19 seniors, 14 on scholarship . Of those 14, four were lost for the season to injury and another was declared ineligible before the season began .
SOONERS FACE CHALLENGING SCHEDULEOU played one of the most demanding schedules in the nation (see chart in right column) . . . • Stanford is the sixth ranked foe for OU this season . Of those six games, only one occurred in Norman: the Sooners’ 27-0 win over then-No . 11 Oklahoma State in the regular season finale . Only the 2008, 1975 and 1972 OU teams played more ranked foes (seven each) . The team that played the most ranked foes away from Norman was the 2006 squad (six) .• The teams OU played away from Norman combined for a record of 54-20, while those that visited Owen Field were 31-40 .• Here are some of the games in future seasons: at Cincinnati (2010); Florida State (2010), at Florida State (2011); Notre Dame (2012), at Notre Dame (2013); Tennessee (2014), at Tennessee (2015); Ohio State (2016), at Ohio State (2017); LSU (2018), at LSU (2019) . • Under Bob Stoops, OU has already played regular season, non-conference contests against Lou-isville, Notre Dame, North Carolina, Alabama (twice), UCLA (twice), Oregon (twice), Washington (twice), South Florida, Miami (twice) and Cincinnati .
INJURY BUG BITES HARDOU lost six starters for the season, five on offense, three in the offensive line -- QB Sam Bradford, TE Jermaine Gresham, G Brody Eldridge, OT Jarvis Jones, DE Auston English, C Ben Habern . • In Bob Stoops’ 11 seasons at Oklahoma, the Sooners have lost a 27 players to season-ending injuries (2 .5 per year) . This team had more than any other squad during his tenure . In fact, from 2002-05, OU lost a total of five players to season-ending injuries, one less than this year’s total . Not so ironically, the 2000 national championship team lost no players to season-ending injuries .• Sam Bradford, the 2008 Heisman winner, sprained the AC joint in his right shoulder in the second quarter of the season opener, then aggravated the injury on the second series of game six vs . Texas . The only game he completed uninjured was game five vs . Baylor . Bradford set 15 school records . Among those are career passing yards (8,403) and TD passes (88) .• Jermaine Gresham had knee surgery in early Sept . He had 26 career TD receptions, seven shy of the NCAA record, and more TD catches and yards (1,629) than any TE at OU . • Brody Eldridge played C, TE and G before a neck injury at Nebraska . He was the only BCS player in ‘09 to start at three different positions, the first Sooner ever to do so in one season . The senior had the top grade in all five of his line starts . He had 66 knockdowns (20 vs . BYU) .• Auston English injured an ankle at Nebraska . Career stats: 18 .5 sacks, 28 .5 TFL and 92 TT .• Jarvis Jones fractured a heal at Nebraska, Oklahoma’s ninth game of the season .• Ben Habern dislocated an ankle at Texas Tech . Habern took over the starting center job for game two and remained in this position until being lost during game 11 .• Only Syracuse, Washington State and Arizona State lost more starters to injuries this season . ASU and OU were the only two schools to lose at least three starting o-linemen .
OU Bests vs. stanfOrdRushing Yards 138, Marcus Dupree, 1983Rushing Att. 30, D. Bradley, ‘84; T. Lott, ‘78Rushing TD 2, Earl Johnson, 1978Passing Yards 153, J.C. Watts, 1980Completions 6, J.C. Watts, 1983TD Passes 2, Thomas Lott, 1978Receptions 4, Bobby Kimball, 1978Receiving Yards 74, Steve Rhodes, 1978TD Receptions 1, by two playersTackles 16, Daryl Hunt, 1978Tackles for Loss 3, by three playersSacks 2, Darrol Ray, 1978Field Goals 2, by two playersLongest Rush 47, Billy Sims, 1978Longest Comp. 70, T. Lott-S. Rhodes, 1978Longest FG 32, Tim Lashar, 1984
tOUGHest slates Opp. W Opp. L Opp. %1. Mississippi State 78 37 .6782. OKLAHOMA 71 44 .6173. Arkansas 70 45 .6094. Alabama 75 50 .6005. Virginia Tech 73 49 .5985. Arizona 70 47 .5987. Georgia 68 46 .5968. Florida State 66 45 .5959. Oregon 76 52 .59410. North Carolina 59 42 .58410. Florida 73 42 .584
injUry data Starters Lost for the Season: 6All-Americans Lost for the Season: 2All-Big 12 Players Lost for the Season: 4Seniors Lost to Injury: 4Captains Lost to Injury: 2Starters Who Missed At Least One Game: 11Starting Assignments Lost to Injury: 24Offensive Lineman Who Started: 10Offensive Line Combinations Used: 8Starters Lost to Inj. during 2000 Nat’l Title: 0Starters Lost to Injury 2002-2005: 5
OU recOrd in texas At Arlington 0-1At Austin 2-7-1Bryan 1-1At College Station 4-5At Dallas 38-47-4At El Paso 2-0At Fort Worth 1-0At Hondo 1-0At Houston 1-4-1At Lubbock 4-3At San Antonio 1-0At Waco 8-0Total 63-68-6
SEASON NOTESSOONER TIMELINE 2009• Sept. 5 -- OU played the first college game in the new Cowboys Stadium and fell 14-13 to No . 20 BYU . QB Sam Bradford was lost late in the second quarter to a sprained shoulder .• Sept. 8 -- Jermaine Gresham, who missed the opener, had season-ending knee surgery .• Sept. 12 -- In a steady rain, OU overwhelmed Idaho State, 64-0, in Landry Jones’ first start .• Sept. 19 -- Jones had a school record six TD passes in a 45-0 rout of Tulsa . The old mark (five) was set by two Heisman winners, Bradford, Jason White, and a runner-up, Josh Heupel .• Oct. 3 -- OU sprinted to a 10-0 lead before dropping a 21-20 verdict at No . 17 Miami .• Oct. 10 --Bradford made his return and was sterling in Oklahoma’s 33-7 triumph over Baylor . He hit 27-of-49 passes for 389 yards with one touchdown and no interceptions .• Oct. 17 -- The Sooners lost Bradford to a season-ending recurrence of the shoulder injury on their second series, then turned over the ball five times in a 16-13 loss to No . 3 Texas .• Oct. 24 --OU got its lone victory of the season away from Norman,35-13, at No . 25 Kansas . The defense picked off three passes, including Dominique Franks’ 85 yarder for a TD .• Oct. 31 -- The Sooners rang up a 42-30 Homecoming win over feisty Kansas State . Jones was 26-of-37 for 294 yards with four TDs and no INTs . DeMarco Murray scored three TDs .• Nov. 7 -- Oklahoma outgained Nebraska, but threw five interceptions and failed to score a touch-down for the first time since 1998 in a 10-3 loss to the Cornhuskers in Lincoln .• Nov. 11 -- DT Gerald McCoy named one of four finalists for the Lombardi Award .• Nov. 14 -- Jones tossed five touchdown passes and OU capitalized on four Texas A&M turnovers to wallop the Aggies, 65-10, in Norman .• Nov. 21 -- The Sooners led 6-3 but were lackluster in a puzzling 41-13 loss at Texas Tech .• Nov. 28 -- A patchwork squad won its 30th straight home game, 27-0, over No . 11 Oklahoma State . OSU never penetrated deeper than the OU 45 and went 0-of-14 on third down .• Dec. 3 -- Williams named AFCA All-American .• Dec. 6 -- Oklahoma selected for the 76th Brut Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas .• Dec. 10 -- Williams and McCoy named to Walter Camp All-America team .
OKLAHOMA SETS HOME STREAK RECORDOklahoma has won 30 straight home games, the longest current streak in the nation, and a school record . The previous mark was 25 . Bob Stoops’ teams are 66-2 on Owen Field .
RECORD-SETTING ATTENDANCE FIGURESOU has drawn 5,3482,398 for Bob Stoops’ 68 home games and all were sold out . • The current string of sellouts is the second-longest in school history, trailing 69 from 1971-84 . • The top 10 attendance seasons at OU came under Stoops . This year’s average was 84,733 .• Oklahoma has exceeded its listed seating capacity of 82,112 at Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in 42 consecutive home games .• OU has played before sellout crowds in 118 of the 145 games (home, away, neutral) since Stoops became the head coach . During that time, a total of 10,497,575 (average of 72,397) have watched the games .
OU By tHe nUmBers77,000 - Season FB ticket holders at OU.9,500 - Stadium cap., increase under Stoops 8,403 - Sam Bradford’s career passing yards.688 - Weeks OU has been ranked in AP poll (No. 4 nationally)166 - National TV games that showed OU.150 - All-Americans from OU (1.3/year).136 - Games OU scored 50 points all-time.120 - Games OU led by 10+ points (Stoops era).109 - Oklahoma wins since 2000.97 - Weeks OU was ranked No. 1 (leads nation).86 - Years OU has played in current stadium.66 - Stoops era wins by 20 or more points.62 - National award winners produced by OU.41 - OU’s NFL draft picks under Stoops.36 - Undefeated home seasons.35 - Oklahoma’s scoring avg., under Stoops.31 - OU seasons with 10 or more victories.30 - All-Americans under stoops (2.7/year).16 - States represented on Oklahoma roster.6 - Big 12 Championships (leads the league).5 - OU has played in all five BCS games.
active OU streaks94 - Televised games67 - Home sellouts11 - Seasons in a bowl game5 - Seasons with a 1,000-yard rusher
memOraBle Plays The most memorable Oklahoma plays from the 2009 season ...• ByU Game/:02/2nd Qtr. Sam Bradford sprained his right shoulder AC joint. The injury later ended his season.• tulsa Game/8:02/3rd Qtr. Landry Jones’ sixth TD pass of the game (35 yards to Ryan Broyles) set an OU record.• kansas Game/13:41/1st Qtr. Dominque Franks’ 85-yard INT return halted a threat, built OU’s lead to 14-0. • kansas state Game/14:02/3rd Qtr. After a 1st-and-45, Landry Jones to Ryan Broyles for 25 yards on 3rd-and-24. Six plays later, OU scored to take a 12-point lead.• texas a&m Game/13:22/1st Qtr. On the fifth play from scrimmage, Brian Jackson returned a fumble 52 yards for a TD.• Oklahoma state Game/0:45/4th Qtr. OU’s Trent Ratterree tackled Travis Gent at end of 45-yard fumble return and recovered Gent’s fumble to preserve the shutout.
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OFFENSE NOTESABOUT THE OFFENSE• Under Stoops, Oklahoma produced career leaders in passing and receiving, its No . 3 and No . 5 career rushers and season record holders in rushing, passing, receiving yards . • Of 83 offensive records at Oklahoma, 55 were set under Stoops .• Oklahoma has rushed for 200 yards 43 times under Stoops, 37 in the last six years .• Under Stoops, OU has 147 TDs of 25+ yards and 300 scoring drives of 2:00 or less .• Oklahoma is the highest scoring college program of all-time . In 1,151 games, the Sooners have scored 30,795 points, or 26 .7 per game . Michigan has 29,877 points in 1,213 games and Nebraska 29,721 in 1,211 .
KEEPING UP WITH JONESQB Landry Jones has started 10 games this season and played in all 12 . . .• Jones set a school record with six touchdown passes vs . Tulsa . The previous mark of five was held by Sam Bradford, Jason White and Josh Heupel, two Heisman winners and a Heisman runner-up . Jones came back later in the season to throw five in a 65-10 home-field win over Texas A&M .• Jones ranks No . 12 nationally in touchdown passes (23) . He missed the first half of the BYU game and saw only mop up duty (behind Sam Bradford) in the win over Baylor . • This is the 19th time since 1954 that OU’s starting QB has been injured and replaced by a backup, the third time on Bob Stoops’ watch . • Jones is the third freshman quarterback to start for the Sooners during Bob Stoops’ tenure . • Ironically, Jones became the second OU frosh QB to take snaps from a fellow freshman center, Ben Habern . That also happened in 2005 when Jon Cooper was snapping to Rhett Bomar .
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVEROklahoma has two players on the same roster with at least 40 career touchdowns . Chris Brown has 45 and DeMarco Murray 44 .• In 2008, that same tandem teamed with Sam Bradford to set an NCAA record as Oklahoma was the first program to have two 1,000-yard rushers and a 4,000-yard passer in the same year .
2 x 2,000Chris Brown and DeMarco Murray are the sixth tandem in school history to exceed 2,000 career rushing yards while playing on the same roster . • Brown, a senior, has 2,877 yards, while Murray, a junior, has 2,444 . Brown is 123 yards shy of becoming the ninth 3,000-yard rusher in school history .• Here is the elite list of players who eclipsed 2,000 career rushing yards while holding down a spot on the same Oklahoma roster . . .1971 -- Quarterback Jack Mildren, Running Back Greg Pruitt1972 -- Running Back Greg Pruitt, Fullback Leon Crosswhite1975 -- Quarterback Steve Davis, Running Back Joe Washington1978 -- Quarterback Thomas Lott, Running Back Billy Sims, FB/RB Kenny King1986 -- Running Back Lydell Carr, Running Back Spencer Tillman1987 -- Running Back Lydell Carr, Quarterback Jamelle Holieway2005 -- Running Back Adrian Peterson, Running Back Kejuan Jones2009 -- Running Back Chris Brown, Running Back DeMarco Murray• It appears that a string of five consecutive seasons in which OU produced a 1,000-yard rusher may end, but that’s due to the team’s substitution pattern . Brown (703) and Murray (678) have combined for 1,381 yards while dividing 321 carries (Brown 170, Murray 151) . By the way, those 321 combined carries are just 10 more than the nation’s leader in rushing attempts -- Stanford’s Toby Gerhart .
frOsH td Passes leaders23, landry jones, Oklahoma19, Kyle Parker, Clemson 14, Spencer Keith, Kent State13, Matt Barkley, USC13, Tate Forcier, Michigan 13, Andrew Luck, Stanford
frOsH Pass yds leaders2,780, landry jones, Oklahoma2,575, Andrew Luck, Stanford2,385, Matt Barkely, USC2,385, Kyle Parker, Clemson2,611, Zac Dysert, Miami (OH)
tOP OU frOsH PassersName Yr. C-A-I Yds. .Pct TDS. Bradford 2007 237-341-8 3121 69.5 36l. jones 2009 231-398-13 2,780 58.0 23E. Moore 1995 90-200-9 1375 45.0 7J. Fuente 1996 91-196-10 1271 46.4 8C. Gundy 1990 54-109-3 904 49.5 4
BrOyles a rare cOmBOPlayerswholedOUinreceptionsandpuntreturnyardsinthesameseason...ryan Broyles, 2009Eddie Hinton, 1967 and 1968Jimmy Carpenter, 1961Tommy McDonald, 1956Bob Brumley, 1943
did yOU knOW?Sam Bradford finishes as the NCAA leader in career pass efficiency rating at 175.62. He broke the mark held by Boise State’s Ryan Dinwiddie 168.89 (‘00-’03). Bradford led the NCAA in pass efficiency in each of his two full seasons of eligibility to become just the fourth player to lead that statistic in two straight years joining Nebraska’s Jerry Tagge (‘70, ‘71), BYU’s Jim McMahon (‘80, ‘81) and Michigan’s Elvis Grbac (‘91’, ‘92). That trio never came within 40 attempts of the 483 Bradford threw in 2008.
OFFENSE NOTESlOnG PlaysTheSooners’longestplaysfromscrimmagein2009...67, Landry Jones to D. Murray vs. Texas A&M*64, S. Bradford to D. Murray vs. Texas63, L. Jones to B. Caleb vs. Tulsa*57, L. Jones to J. Reynolds vs, Texas Tech51, L. Jones to Ryan Broyles vs. Texas Tech*49, S. Bradford to B. Caleb vs. Baylor48, C. Brown rush vs. Miami47, L. Jones to R. Broyles vs. Oklahoma State45, L. Jones to R. Broyles vs. Kansas44, L. Jones to J. Reynolds vs. Texas A&M44, C. Brown rush vs. Kansas State38, D. Murray rush vs. Idaho State37, S. Bradford to D. Miller vs. Baylor37, L. Jones to R. Broyles vs. Miami36, J. Miller rush vs. Idaho State*36, L. Jones to D. Murray vs. Texas A&M*35, L. Jones to R. Broyles vs. Texas*35. L. Jones to D. Miller vs. Texas Tech.*indicatestouchdown
lOnG Play leadersPlaysfromscrimmageof20ormoreyards...16, Ryan Broyles9, DeMarco Murray4, Brandon Caleb4, Dejuan Miller4, Adron Tennell
lOnG Plays By tyPePlaysof20ormoreyards... No. TDRushing 7 3Passing 41 9Punt Returns 12 1Kickoff Returns 17 0Interceptions 4 1Fumble Returns 1 1Total 82 15
BiG Play leadersPlaysthatresultedineitherafirstdownortouchdown...60, DeMarco Murray47, Chris Brown43, Ryan Broyles19, Brandon Caleb16, Adron Tennell
MURRAY CHASING QWith 38 pass receptions this season, DeMarco Murray has the third-highest total ever by a Sooner running back . Quentin Griffin, who previously held the top three spots on that list, had a best of 64 in 2001 and then 51 more in 2000 . • Murray’s receptions have gone for 482 yards (No . 2 on the team) . For his career, Murray now has 937 receiving yards, the second-highest total for an OU running back . Griffin leads at 1,337 . The totals are similar for receptions . Griffin leads with 169 with Murray next at 83 .• With eight career touchdown receptions, Murray already has more than any other back in OU history . Griffin previously led with seven . Murray set the mark on a spectacular 67-yard catch and run early in the fourth quarter of the Texas A&M game .
BROYLES’ BREAKOUT SEASONFor the season, Ryan Broyles leads the team with 76 grabs for 964 yards and 12 touchdowns• Twice this season (Tulsa, Kansas), Ryan Broyles logged 11 receptions in a game . The school record is 12 (Juaquin Iglesias vs . Kansas, 2008) . • Broyles posted outstanding numbers despite missing significant time due to injury . He was out for the Baylor game (an outing that would have provided his lone opportunity this season to play a full game with Sam Bradford) and left the Miami game after Oklahoma’s first series (already had one catch for 37 yards against the Hurricanes) . • The sophomore is the leading scorer on the team with 14 touchdowns (12 receiving, one rushing, one punt return) and 84 points . If Broyles finishes as the leading scorer (he has an 18-point lead over DeMarco Murray), he will become the first wide receiver to do so in the 72 years that Okla-homa has been tracking football statistics (started in 1937) .• Broyles’ nine rushing attempts have gone for 75 yards and one touchdown, a 25-yard scamper against Texas A&M . He also attempted one pass, at Texas Tech, but it was intercepted .
TRENCH TALKOklahoma lost four offensive line starters to graduation after the 2008 season and then lost three more to season-ending injuries this season . . .• The four players who are not back started 148 games at OU . Three are in the NFL -- OT Phil Loadholt (Vikings), C Jon Cooper (Vikings) and OG Duke Robinson (Panthers) .• The returnees entered the 2009 season with 44 games and 22 starts .• Ten different players have had starting assignments on the OU line this season with eight different combinations . In 2008, the same combination started the last 13 games in a row . This season, the longest streak that featured the same five starters was three games . • Over the last two seasons, Oklahoma quarterbacks have been sacked 32 times in 26 games . During that same time frame, they threw 955 passes . The Sooners were sacked during that time frame just once for every 29 .8 passes they threw .
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DEFENSE NOTESstOOPs era defensive tds2009 Brian Jackson 52-yard FR vs. Texas A&MDominique Franks 85-yard INT at KansasFrank Alexander FR in EZ vs. Idaho State
2008 Dominque Franks 39-yard FR at Texas A&MDominque Franks 18-yard INT vs. Nebraska
2007 Lendy Holmes 63-yard INT vs. Texas TechCurtis Lofton 12-yard FR vs. MissouriCurtis Lofton 45-yard INT vs. Utah StateReggie Smith 61-yard FR vs. MiamiNic Harris 24-yard INT vs. North Texas
2006 Marcus Walker 33-yd. INT vs. Boise StateReggie Smith 42-yd. INT vs. BaylorZach Latimer 22-yd. INT vs. Middle Tenn. St.
2005 Chijioke Onyenegecha 63-yd. INT vs. Neb.D.J. Wolfe 65-yd. INT vs. KansasClint Ingram 48-yd. INT vs. Tulsa
2004 Lance Mitchell 28-yd. FR vs. Kansas
2003Eric Bassey 34-yd. INT vs. UCLAJonathan Jackson 21-yd. INT vs. TexasDerrick Strait 17-yd. FR vs. Texas A&M
2002Eric Bassey 45-yd. FR vs. AlabamaAntonio Perkins 50-yd. INT vs. UTEPMichael Hawkins 45-yd. INT vs. UTEPDerrick Strait 75-yd. INT vs. Baylor
2001Rocky Calmus 14-yd. FR vs. North CarolinaDerrick Strait 47-yd. INT vs. North CarolinaCory Heinecke 69-yd. FR vs. Air ForceRoy Williams 18-yd. FR vs. Kansas StateTeddy Lehman 2-yd. INT vs. Texas
2000Roy Williams 35-yd. INT vs. UTEPRocky Calmus 41-yd. INT vs. TexasDerrick Strait 32-yd. INT vs. NebraskaTorrance Marshall 41-yd. INT vs. Texas A&MJ.T. Thatcher 85-yd. INT vs. Texas Tech
1999Mike Woods 43-yd. INT vs. Oklahoma State
ABOUT THE SOONER DEFENSE• OU has forced at least one turnover in 128 of Bob Stoops’ 144 games and has at least one interception in 95 of the last 125; multiple picks in 45 of the last 96 outings .• Oklahoma has 11 shutouts under its current head coach . Opponents failed to score more than seven points 32 times and scored less than 15 in 60 games .
GIVING ‘01 A RUNBy many accounts, the 2001 defense was the best of Bob Stoops’ 11-year tenure . The ‘01 team has the better of it in passing and total defense, but is getting a severe challenge in the rushing and
scoring defense categories .• Seven players from that 2001 unit went on to claim prestigious national awards . . . Bronko Nagurski Award for best defensive player -- Derrick Strait and Roy Williams; Jim Thorpe Award for top defensive back -- Derrick Strait and Roy Williams; Dick Butkus Award for top linebacker -- Rocky Calmus and Teddy Lehman; and the Rotary Lombardi Award as the top interior player -- Tommie Harris . Seven from that
unit were eventually drafted . The ‘09 defense is putting up similar numbers . • For the bowl game, OU is projected to start just three seniors on the defensive side of the ball .
NO EASY ROAD FOR THIS DEFENSEOklahoma played seven of the top 50 scoring teams in the country and six of the top 40 total offenses (Stanford will add one opponent to each of those categories) . . .• Of the seven top 50 scoring offenses, only one, Texas Tech, reached its scoring average . The other six scored a combined 135 .12 points below their average or 22 .5 points per game .• OU saw five of the top 20 passers in the nation, four of the top 24 receivers, two of the top 245 rushers, five of the top 15 in total offense and three of the top 15 in all-purpose yards .
BEHIND ENEMY LINES• Oklahoma has 37 sacks on the season . This team has been consistent in sacking the quarterback too, notching at least two every game . The best one-game total for the season was six, but there were four other games with at least four .• Over the last two seasons, OU has 79 sacks (3 .0/game) while allowing 28 (1 .1/game) . This year, OU has sacked the opposing quarterback 37 times for 237 yards, while allowing just 15 for 124 . • Oklahoma’s defense has 94 tackles for 384 yards in losses compared with just 61 for 268 by their opponents .
PAY DIRT PRECIOUS THIS YEARThe 2009 Sooners have permitted just 18 offensive touchdowns (rushing or passing) by their opponents . That’s the lowest total since 2001 when the defense gave up 14 . This year’s foes have seven rushing touchdowns and 11 passing touchdowns . • One of the TD rushes came at Nebraska after an INT was returned to the OU one-yard line .• Oklahoma has been particularly stingy in the first quarter, allowing just 13 points all season . The only two teams to score opening period points this year were Texas A&M (10) and Texas Tech (3) .• With three shutouts this season, Oklahoma has its best total since the 1986 team notched a whopping five . This marks the 15th time that a Sooner team has logged three or more in one season, but the first time it has occurred under Bob Stoops . The record of eight shutouts was set in 1938 . Prior to this season, OU had not blanked an opponent since a 59-0 win over Middle Tennessee State on Sept . 23, 2006 .
DEFENSE NOTESBalanced defenseBalance is typically associated with offense, but the Sooner defenders have spread the wealth this season ...Players with an Interception 7Players with a Pass Deflection 16 Players with a Fumble Recovery 12Players with a Forced Fumble 13Players with a QB Hurry 8Players with a Sack 13Players with a Tackle for Loss 21Players with a Blocked Kick 3
defensive tOUcHes Sooner defenders have gotten to the ball frequently this season. Here is a look at those who have handled it the most ...Player fr int PBU total Brian Jackson 1 4 8 13Quinton Carter 1 3 5 9Keenan Clayton 1 2 5 8Dominique Franks 1 2 5 8
nOWHere tO rUnTop performances against the rush during the Bob Stoops era ...Baylor -48 2006idaho state -22 2009Texas Tech -7 2001Texas -7 2000Colorado -4 2004Kansas State 1 2004Washington State 4 2002#Baylor 6 2009Kansas 11 2005Texas Tech 12 2002Tenn.-Chattanooga 16 2008Nebraska 16 2005North Texas 15 2007Iowa State 17 2002Texas Tech 21 2000Middle Tennessee 22 2006Kansas State 22 2005Texas A&M 22 2003Texas A&M 26 2008Baylor 26 2004tulsa 28 2009Texas 27 2001Arkansas 37 2001*# Rose Bowl, * Cotton Bowl
THE REAL MCCOY AND THE REAL BEALA look at OU’s standout defensive linemen, tackle Gerald McCoy and end Jeremy Beal . . .• McCoy, a junior, has 39 career starts . Those starts have come consecutively and are the longest string ever by a Sooner defensive lineman . The record for most consecutive starts at any OU position is 44 by RB Quentin Griffin (1999-2002) . • He has made 32 or 42% of his 77 career stops behind the line of scrimmage . • Beal has 18 .0 tackles for loss (No . 14 nationally) and 11 .0 sacks (No . 10 nationally) . . .• His 11 sacks are tied with Cedric Jones (1995) for No . 4 in OU history for one season . The school record of 14 is held jointly by Martin Chase (1997) and Cedric Jones (1994) .• He had a career-high 12 tackles vs . Texas .• He is the only player in school history to log two, three-sack games in the same season (Tulsa, Miami) .• With 20 .5 career sacks, he is tied for No . 6 in OU history with Aubrey Beavers (1990-93) .
THE WEAK FREAK Weakside linebacker Travis Lewis led Oklahoma last season with 144 tackles (No . 4 nationally and a freshman school record, Brian Bosworth’s mark of 133) .• He leads again this season with 100 . Lewis averages 8 .3 tackles per game, down from last season’s 10 .3, but it should also be noted that OU opponents are running four fewer plays per game this season than last .• Lewis has five double-digit tackle games this season and 11 in his 26 career games .• The sophomore is at 243 career tackles . Daryl Hunt owns the school record of 530 . To crack the top 10, Lewis would have to eclipse Lee Roy Selmon’s total of 335 .
DEFENSIVE MISCELLANY• Oklahoma has 28 takeaways . The team converted 15 of those into scores amounting to 97 points .• The OU defense has scored in each of Bob Stoops’ 11 seasons . The only position that has not scored a touchdown during that time is defensive tackle .• OU set a school record with 17 TFL vs . Idaho State .• OU held Nebraska to 39 passing yards, the lowest total of the season . The lowest passing total vs . a Stoops-coached team was 13 yards by Arkansas in the 2002 Cotton Bowl .
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SPECIAL TEAMS NOTESsPecial teams BiG PlaysDuringtheStoopsera...
2 0 0 9• R. Broyles 87-yd. PR vs. Oklahoma State (TD)• C. Whitson 2-yd. run, faked FG (1st dn) at Miami.
2 0 0 8• Ryan Broyles 68-yard PR vs. Kansas State
2 0 0 7• DeMarco Murray 91-yard KOR vs. Baylor (TD)• DeMarco Murray 81-yard KOR vs. Tulsa (TD)
2 0 0 6• Juaquin Iglesias 88-yard KOR vs. Baylor (TD)• Jason Carter blocked punt vs. Missouri (safety)• Reggie Smith 61-yard PR vs. Middle Tenn. (TD)
2 0 0 5• Faked FG vs. Nebraska with H Cody Freeby pitching to K Garrett Hartley for a six-yard rush (1D)• Faked FG vs. Kansas with H Cody Freeby passing to Russell Dennison, four yards (1D)• Fake punt vs. Texas, J.D. Runnels 6-yard run
2 0 0 4• Mark Clayton 50-yard PR vs. Oklahoma State (TD)• Antonio Perkins 51-yard PR vs. Houston (TD)
2 0 0 3• Trey DiCarlo recovered own onside kick in at Colo.• Antonio Perkins 69-yard PR vs. Missouri (TD)• Mark Bradley 100-yard KOR vs. Iowa State (TD)• Antonio Perkins three PR for TD (74, 84, 65) vs. UCLA• Faked PAT vs. Fresno St., Matt McCoy rush, (2 pt.)• Blake Ferguson 22-yard pass to Michael Thompson vs. Alabama, 2003 (1D)
2 0 0 2• Antonio Perkins 51-yard PR vs. Wash. St. (TD)• Will Peoples recovered BP vs. Texas Tech (TD)• Terrance Simms recovered BP vs. Iowa State (TD)• C. Chester 14-pass fr. H M. McCoy vs. MU, faked FG (TD)• Antonio Perkins 82-yard PR vs. UTEP (TD)• Antonio Perkins 91-yard PR vs. Tulsa (TD)
2 0 0 1• K Tim Duncan 10-run vs. Texas A&M, faked FG (TD)• H. Wall 33-pass fr. A. Savage vs. KSU, faked P (TD)• Antwone Savage 88-yard KOR vs. N. Carolina (TD)
2000• J.T. Thatcher 60-yard PR vs. Baylor (TD)• J.T. Thatcher 66-yard PR vs. Arkansas State (TD)
1999• Brandon Daniels 89-yd. KOR at Notre Dame (TD)• K T. Duncan 4-pass fr. P. Fletcher vs. Texas, fake FG (TD)• S. Littrell 41-run on faked punt vs. Texas A&M (1D)• Jarrail Jackson 70-yard PR vs. Missouri (TD)• J.T. Thatcher 81-yard PR vs. Oklahoma State (TD)
ABOUT THE SOONER SPECIAL TEAMSOklahoma’s special teams under Bob Stoops . . .• There have been 27 special teams touchdowns, including 21 in the last 77 regular season games . Those 21 came via five different kinds of plays -- 12 punt returns, two faked field goals, two blocked punts, four kickoff returns and a faked punt . Special teams also own one safety in that span .• OU has returned eight kickoffs and 16 punts for TDs . • The Sooners have blocked 24 kicks .
MANY HAPPY RETURNSInformation on returns during the Stoops era . . .• Kickoff Returns -- 93 returns of 25 yards+ with eight touchdowns . • Punt Returns -- 59 returns of 15+ yards with 16 touchdowns . • Interception Returns -- 81 returns of 10+ yards with 21 TD . • Fumble Returns -- six returns of 15+ yards with 8 touchdowns .
GETTING HIS “WAY” AT PUNTERTress Way averages 45 .5 yards on 57 punts with 15 downed inside the 20 and 20 of 50+ yards . . .• He ranks No . 4 nationally and No . 1 in the Big 12 in punting average .• The best average achieved in Bob Stoops’ tenure at Oklahoma was 42 .8 yards in 2006 . Way ranks No . 2 all-time at OU to Jack Jacobs, who set the season mark at 47 .8 on 40 punts in 1940 .• Way is coming off a six-punt, 58 .8-yard average (school record) against Oklahoma State . He launched a 74-yarder and had two downed inside the 20 . The 74-yarder was the longest by a Sooner since Michael Cohen’s 75-yarder against Texas A&M in 2005 . Way also had a 71-yarder at Miami and is the first Sooner since 1980 (Michael Keeling) to have two 70-yarders in one season .
POTENT PUNT RETURN TANDEMRyan Broyles and Dominique Franks are the first two OU punt returners to log 100-yard games in the same year .• Broyles is No . 3 nationally at 16 .48 . OU’s team rank is No . 3 (16 .7) . Franks is averaging 17 .0 ypr, but doesn’t have enough attempts to be included in the NCAA stats . Broyles had an 87-yard punt return for a touchdown against Oklahoma State, one of four punt returns the Sooners have taken back for at least 50 yards .• Franks had a 30+ yard punt return in three straight games while subbing for an injured Broyles .• Franks had four returns for 100 total yards against Baylor, the first 100-yard punt return game by a Sooner since 2003 . Broyles then went for 102 on six returns at Nebraska .
SPECIAL TEAMS STUFF • Oklahoma ranks No . 1 nationally in punt return defense . Opponents have returned 15 punts for a total of 22 yards . Tress Way has punted 57 times with 12 touchbacks and eight fair catches .• Last season, OU opponents returned four kickoffs for TDs and averaged 23 .8 per return . This year, there has been one TD and the return average is down to 20 .4 .• Walk-on Patrick O’Hara has emerged as OU’s placekicker . He has made 5-of-7 FG and all six PAT attempts . A transfer from Washburn University (D-II school in Topeka, Kan .), he had never played in a football game until he kicked against Texas A&M . He has played several years of competitive soccer . His 47-yard FG at Tech was the longest by an OU player since 9/15/07 . Jimmy Stevens, last year’s kicker, and Way also have taken turns on placements this year .• Matthew Moreland, who handled kickoffs last season, is in that role again this season . Way is Moreland’s backup .
sPecial tacklersOU’s leaders in special teams tackles ...Player Total KOs Punts Ronnell Lewis 10 10 0Jamell Fleming 9 8 1Sam Proctor 9 9 0Demontre Hurst 8 8 0Joseph Ibiloye 7 5 2Keenan Clayton 7 7 0Austin Box 7 4 3Quinton Carter 5 5 0Jonathan Nelson 4 4 0Matt Clapp 3 3 0Dominique Franks 3 3 0Brandon Caleb 3 2 1Brian Jackson 2 2 0Adron Tennell 2 0 2
BOWL GAME NOTESOU in Bowl Games and the Sun Bowl• Oklahoma is playing in its 43rd bowl game . That ranks No . 7 nationally . • With 24 bowl victories, OU also ranks No . 7 nationally . The Sooners’ bowl record is 24-17-1 .• This is Oklahoma’s 11th consecutive bowl season, a school record . The Sooners have played in a bowl in each of Bob Stoops’ 11 seasons in Norman .• Oklahoma is in the Sun Bowl for the third time . The previous visits came in 1981 (40-14 win over Houston) and 1993 (41-10 win over Texas Tech) .• Oklahoma is playing in a Texas-based bowl for the sixth time . In addition to the Sun Bowls, the 2001 team won the Cotton Bowl in Dallas over Arkansas, 10-3; the 1970 team tied Alabama in the Bluebonnet Bowl at Houston, 24-24, and the 1968 team dropped a 28-17 decision to SMU in the Bluebonnet Bowl .• This marks the first bowl meeting that pits Oklahoma against Stanford, but the two are not complete strangers . There have been four other meeting with OU holding a 3-1 advantage . The most recent meeting was in Norman in 1984 when the Cardinal prevailed, 19-7 . The two teams have never played on a neutral field .• Oklahoma is 23-14-1 against teams currently holding membership in the Pac-10 Conference . The Sooners are 1-1 vs . Arizona, 0-1 vs . Arizona State, 2-2 vs . California, 6-1 vs . Oregon, 1-1 vs . Oregon State, 3-1 vs . Stanford, 2-6-1 vs . USC, 3-1 vs . UCLA, 2-1 vs . Washington and 3-0 vs . Washington State .• This will be the sixth time that Oklahoma has been pitted against a Pac-10 team in bowl action . . . 2005 Holiday Bowl (Oklahoma 17, Oregon 14), 2005 Orange Bowl/BCS Championship (USC 55, Oklahoma 14), 2003 Rose Bowl (Oklahoma 34, Washington State 14), 1985 Orange Bowl (Washington 28, Oklahoma 17), 1983 Fiesta Bowl (Arizona State 32, Oklahoma 21) .• Oklahoma Running Backs Coach and Recruiting Coordinator Cale Gundy set a Sooner bowl game record (since tied) when he threw three touchdown passes in the 1993 Sun Bowl vs . Texas Tech . Fred Sims had the second-best rushing performance by an OU player in a bowl when he gained 181 yards in the 1981 Sun Bowl vs . Houston .• Gundy is one of two OU coaches who played in the Sun Bowl . The other is Jackie Shipp, who was a linebacker on the 1981 Sooner team that downed Houston . He had seven tackles in that game . In addi-tion to his touchdown passes, Gundy completed 15-of-26 passes for 215 yards with one interception .• Two members of this Oklahoma coaching staff coached in the Sun Bowl with other teams . Bobby Jack Wright, OU’s assistant head coach, assistant defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach, was on the 1994 Texas staff when the Longhorns knocked off North Carolina, 35-31 . Sooner offensive line coach James Patton was on Northwestern’s staff when the Wildcats dropped a 50-38 decision to UCLA in the 2005 game . • There are no Californians on the Oklahoma roster . Conversely, there are 47 Texans on the Sooner roster with a shot at playing in a bowl game in their home state . The lone Oklahoman on the Stanford roster is OL Chase Beeler (Jenks, Okla .), who was on the OU roster in 2006 . He saw action in five games, including one start (against Tulsa) before transferring .• Oklahoma QB Landry Jones will be playing closer to home -- Artesia, N .M . -- than any other time in his college career . El Paso is 201 miles from Artesia . His previous closest brush with home was in Lubbock, Texas, 343 miles from Artesia . Norman is 534 miles from Artesia .
WR Carter WhitsonAcademic All-Big 12 (second team)
OL Trent WilliamsAll-American (first team), Walter CampAll-American (first team), AFCAAll-Big 12 (first team), APAll-Big 12 (first team), Dallas Morning NewsAll-Big 12 (first team), CoachesAll-Big 12 (first team), ESPN .comAll-Big 12 (first team), Fort Worth Star-TelegramAll-Big 12 (first team), Waco Tribune HeraldHM Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year, Coaches
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OU RECORDS UPDATERUSHING • CAREERYards Player Pos. Year Car. Avg. TD4,118 Billy Sims RB 1975-79 593 6 .94 534,071 Joe Washington RB 1972-75 675 6 .03 394,045 Adrian Peterson RB 2004-06 747 5 .40 404,041 Steve Owens RB 1967-69 958 4 .22 573,938 Quentin Griffin RB 1999-02 744 5 .29 443,403 De’Mond Parker RB 1996-98 579 5 .88 213,198 Stanley Wilson RB 1979-82 567 5 .64 153,122 Greg Pruitt RB 1970-72 422 7 .40 382,910 Lydell Carr RB 1984-87 563 5 .17 212,877 Chris Brown RB 2006- 615 4.68 42 2,726 Mike Gaddis RB 1988-91 443 6 .15 302,713 Jamelle Holieway QB 1985-88 539 5 .03 322,444 DeMarco Murray RB 2007- 457 5.35 34
RUSHING ATTEMPTS • CAREERAtt. Player Years958 Steve Owens 1967-69747 Adrian Peterson 2004-2006744 Quentin Griffin 1999-02675 Joe Washington 1972-75615 Chris Brown 2006-
RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS • CAREERTD Player Years57 Steve Owens 1967-6953 Billy Sims 1975-7944 Quentin Griffin 1999-0242 Chris Brown 2006- 41 Adrian Peterson 2004-0639 Joe Washington 1972-7538 Greg Pruitt 1970-7236 Kejuan Jones 2002-0535 J .C . Watts 1976-8034 DeMarco Murray 2007-
PASSING YARDS • SEASONYards Player Cl. Year Att. Comp. % Int. TD Rating4,720 Sam Bradford So. 2008 483 328 67.9 8 50 180.843,850 Josh Heupel Jr . 1999 553 349 63 .1 16 33 135 .503,846 Jason White Sr . 2003 451 278 61 .7 10 40 158 .113,606 Josh Heupel Sr . 2000 472 305 64 .6 15 20 136 .423,205 Jason White Sr . 2004 390 255 65 .4 9 35 159 .423,121 Sam Bradford Fr. 2007 341 237 69.5 8 36 176.532,780 Landry Jones Fr. 2009 398 231 58.0 13 23 129.25
COMPLETIONS • SEASONComp. Player Year Cl. Att. % Yards Rating349 Josh Heupel 1999 Jr . 553 63 .1 3,850 135 .50328 Sam Bradford 2008 So. 483 67.9 4,720 180.84305 Josh Heupel 2000 Sr . 472 64 .2 3,606 136 .42278 Jason White 2003 Sr . 451 61 .6 3,846 158 .11255 Jason White 2004 Sr . 390 65 .4 3,205 159 .42246 Nate Hybl 2001 Jr . 412 59 .7 2,409 113 .73237 Sam Bradford 2007 Fr. 341 69.5 3,121 176.53231 Landry Jones 2009 Fr. 398 58.0 2,780 129.25 COMPLETIONS • CAREERComp. Player Years Att. % Yards654 Josh Heupel 1999-00 1,025 63 .8 7,456627 Jason White 1999-04 990 63 .3 7,922602 Sam Bradford 2007- 887 67.9 8,326464 Nate Hybl 2000-02 791 58 .7 5,091460 Cale Gundy 1990-93 808 56 .9 6,686259 Bobby Warmack 1966-68 475 54 .5 3,744246 Paul Thompson 2002-06 409 60 .1 3,095231 Landry Jones 2009- 398 58.0 2,780
ATTEMPTS • SEASONAtt. Player Years Class Comp. Yards Int. TD553 Josh Heupel 1999 Jr . 349 3,850 16 33483 Sam Bradford 2008 So. 328 4,720 8 50472 Josh Heupel 2000 Sr . 305 3,606 15 20451 Jason White 2003 Sr . 278 3,846 10 40412 Nate Hybl 2001 Jr . 246 2,409 13 14398 Landry Jones 2009 Fr. 231 2,780 13 23390 Jason White 2004 Sr . 255 3,205 9 35363 Nate Hybl 2002 Sr . 209 2,538 8 24341 Sam Bradford 2007 Fr. 237 3,121 8 36
ATTEMPTS • CAREERAtt. Player Years Comp. Yards Int. TD1,025 Josh Heupel 1999-00 654 7,456 31 53990 Jason White 1999-04 627 7,922 24 81887 Sam Bradford 2007- 602 8,327 16 88808 Cale Gundy 1990-93 460 6,686 32 40791 Nate Hybl 2000-02 464 5,091 23 40475 Bobby Warmack 1966-68 259 3,744 19 22409 Paul Thompson 2002-06 246 3,095 12 26398 Landry Jones 2009- 231 2,780 13 23
TOUCHDOWN PASSES • SEASONTD Player Year Class50 Sam Bradford 2008 So.40 Jason White 2003 Sr .36 Sam Bradford 2007 Fr.35 Jason White 2004 Sr .33 Josh Heupel 1999 Jr .24 Nate Hybl 2002 Sr .23 Landry Jones 2009 Fr.
OU RECORDS UPDATETOUCHDOWN PASSES • CAREERTD Player Year 88 Sam Bradford 2007- 81 Jason White 1999-04 53 Josh Heupel 1999-0040 Nate Hybl 2000-02 40 Cale Gundy 1990-93 26 Paul Thompson 2002-06 24 Jack Mildren 1969-71 23 Landry Jones 2009-
RECEPTIONS • SEASONRec. Player Pos. Class Year Yards Avg. TD83 Mark Clayton WR Jr . 2003 1,425 17 .2 1576 Ryan Broyles WR So. 2009 964 12.7 1274 Juaquin Iglesias WR Sr . 2008 1,150 15 .5 1068 Juaquin Iglesias WR Jr . 2007 907 13 .3 566 Jermaine Gresham TE Jr. 2008 950 14.4 14
RECEPTIONS • CAREERRec. Player Pos. Year Yards Avg. TD221 Mark Clayton WR 2001-04 3,241 14 .7 31202 Juaquin Iglesias WR 2005- 08 2,861 14 .2 19169 Quentin Griffin RB 1999-02 1,337 7 .9 7164 Trent Smith TE 1999-02 1,525 9 .3 16157 Antwone Savage WR 1999-02 2,009 12 .8 13144 Malcolm Kelly WR 2005-07 2,285 15 .9 21135 Curtis Fagan WR 1999-02 1,689 12 .5 13123 Eddie Hinton WR 1966-68 1,894 15 .4 12122 Ryan Broyles WR 2008- 1,651 13.5 18119 Manuel Johnson WR 2005-08 1,710 14 .4 17111 Jermaine Gresham TE 2006- 1,627 14.7 26106 Corey Warren WR 1990-93 1,785 16 .8 13105 Travis Wilson WR 2002-05 1,315 12 .5 17104 Stephen Alexander TE 1994-97 1,591 15 .3 6103 Josh Norman WR 1998-01 1,177 11 .4 796 Albert Hall WR 1991-94 1,396 14 .5 787 P .J . Mills WR 1992-95 1,520 17 .5 983 DeMarco Murray RB 2007- 937 11.3 8
RECEIVING YARDS • SEASONYards Player Pos. Class Year Rec. Avg. TD1,425 Mark Clayton WR Jr . 2003 83 17 .2 151,150 Juaquin Iglesias WR Sr . 2008 74 15 .5 101,035 Eddie Hinton WR Sr . 1968 64 16 .2 6993 Malcolm Kelly WR So . 2006 62 16 .0 10964 Ryan Broyles WR So. 2009 76 12.7 12950 Jermaine Gresham TE Jr. 2008 66 14.4 14
RECEIVING YARDS • CAREERYards Player Pos. Year Rec. Avg. TD3,241 Mark Clayton WR 2001-04 221 14 .7 31 2,861 Juaquin Iglesias WR 2005-08 202 14 .2 192,285 Malcolm Kelly WR 2005-07 144 15 .9 212,009 Antwone Savage WR 1999-02 157 12 .8 131,894 Eddie Hinton WR 1966-68 123 15 .4 121,785 Corey Warren WR 1990-03 106 16 .8 131,710 Manuel Johnson WR 2005-08 119 14 .4 171,689 Curtis Fagan WR 1999-02 135 12 .5 131,651 Ryan Broyles WR 2008- 122 13.5 181,627 Jermaine Gresham TE 2006- 111 15.7 26
TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS • SEASONTD Player Season Class Pos. 15 Mark Clayton 2003 Jr . WR14 Jermaine Gresham 2008 Jr. TE12 Ryan Broyles 2009 So. WR11 Jermaine Gresham 2007 So. TE
TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS • CAREERTD Player Seasons Pos. 31 Mark Clayton 2001-04 WR26 Jermaine Gresham 2006- TE21 Malcolm Kelly 2005-07 WR 19 Juaquin Iglesias 2005-08 WR18 Ryan Broyles 2008- WR
100-YARD REC. GAME LEADERS • SEASONGames Player Season Class8 Mark Clayton 2003 Jr .5 Ryan Broyles 2009 So.5 Malcolm Kelly 2006 So .
100-YARD REC. GAME LEADERS • CAREERGames Player Seasons Pos.15 Mark Clayton 2001-04 WR9 Malcolm Kelly 2005-07 WR7 Juaquin Iglesias 2005-08 WR6 Ryan Broyles 2008- WR
BOB STOOPS HEAD COACH | 11TH SEASON | 116-29 (.800) RECORD AT OkLAHOMA
History is one tough customer at Oklahoma. The tradition, so rich and so long-standing, is as daunting as it is impressive. To be among the best at Oklahoma is to be among the best in college football...SuchdramaticsarelostonBobStoops.TheSoonerheadcoachbefriendedthewould-bealbatrossofOU’ssuccessfulpastfromhisfirstdayoncampusandremainssteadfastlyfocusedontomorrowandthechampionshipitholds.Itfallsthentolong-timeobserversandexpertsofthegametodefineStoops’impact.Rarelyhavethepunditshaditsoeasy.
Coaching Honors2008 Big 12 Coach of the Year2006 Consensus Big 12 Coach of the Year2003 Bobby Dodd National Coach of the Year2003 Walter Camp National Coach of the Year2003 Woody Hayes National Coach of the Year2003 AFCA Region IV Co-Coach of the Year2003 Consensus Big 12 Coach of the Year2002 AFCA Region IV Co-Coach of the Year2001 Hula Bowl Head Coach2000 Associated Press National Coach of the Year2000 Walter Camp National Coach of the Year2000 George Munger Award (Maxwell FC)2000 Woody Hayes National Coach of the Year2000 Football News Coach of the Year2000 Consensus Big 12 Coach of the Year2000 Eddie Robinson/FWAA Coach of the Year2000 Bear Bryant Coach of the Year
OU Football Then and NowThe Sooners before and after Stoops’ arrival ... Before Since (1990-98) (1999-2009)OverallRecord 54-46-3 116-29-0ConferenceRecord 31-33-2 77-17-0Vs.RankedOpponents 5-29-2 35-15No.ofWeeksinAPTop25 51 150NationalTitles 0 1ConferenceTitles 0 6BCSGames 0 7BowlGames 3 11NationalAwardWinners 0 17HeismanTrophyWinners 0 2HeismanTrophyFinalists 0 5All-AmericaSelections 2 31All-ConferenceSelections 19 75All-ConferenceAcademic 24 65NFL1stRoundChoices 1 8NFLTop5RoundChoices 12 30YearsAmongfinalTop25 3 10YearsAmongfinaltop10 0 8
Accomplishments as a Player•Four-yearstarteratdefensiveback,Iowa,1979-82•HonorableMentionAll-American,1982•IowateamMostValuablePlayer,1982•Two-timeAll-BigTenselection,1979,1982•Careertotalsincluded205tacklesand10interceptions
Prominent Pupils•DavinJoseph(Oklahoma),Buccaneers 2005 NFL first round pick, 2005 and 2004 All-Big 12• ChrisChester(Oklahoma),Ravens 2005 NFL second round pick•JammalBrown(Oklahoma),Saints 2004 NFL first round pick, Two-time All-American, 2004 Outland Trophy winner•WesSims(Oklahoma) 2004 NFL sixth round pick•VinceCarter(Oklahoma) 2004 All-American; 2003 and 2004 Rimington Award finalist •DamianAnderson(Northwestern) All-American, No. 6 rusher in Big Ten history•ZacKustok(Northwestern) Big Ten total offense leader, Unitas Award finalist•TravisPrentice,(Miami,Ohio) NCAA all-time leading scorer, No. 5 NCAA rusher
Prominent Pupils•AllenPatrick(Oklahoma),Giants•AdrianPeterson(Oklahoma),Vikings Consensus All-American; highest finishing freshman (second) in the history of the Heisman Trophy.•QuentinGriffin(Oklahoma) First team All-Big 12; Second team All-American
Accomplishments as a Player•HeldvirtuallyalloftheSooners’single-game,single-seasonandcareerpassingrecordsuntiltheywerere-writtenbyJoshHeupel(1999-2000),JasonWhite(2000-04)andSamBradford(2007-present)
Prominent Pupils•JuaquinIglesias(Oklahoma),Bears•ManuelJohnson(Oklahoma),Cowboys•ZacTaylor(Nebraska) 2006 Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year•DougJolley,Raiders•MarvinHarrison,Colts•ReggieWayne,Colts•JeromePayton,Colts•SageRosenfels(IowaState),Vikings•TyWatley(IowaState) 1997 Big 12 leader in receiving yards
Accomplishments as a Player•All-BigTenDBin1985,leadingtheleaguewithseveninterceptions,andhelpedIowatoaleaguetitleandRoseBowlappearance.
Prominent Pupils•TrentWilliams(Oklahoma) All-American•PhilLoadholt(Oklahoma),Vikings All-American•DukeRobinson(Oklahoma),Panthers Consensus All-American, Outland Finalist •JonCooper(Oklahoma),Vikings Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year•ZachStrief(Northwestern),Saints 2005 First team All-American•IkechukuNdukwe(Northwestern),Dolphins•TraiEssex(Northwestern),Steelers•MattUlrich(Northwestern),Colts•AustinKing(Northwestern),Buccaneers•JeffRoehl(Northwestern),Giants•LanceClelland(Northwestern),Ravens
Accomplishments as a Player•Afour-yearlettermanatMiami(Ohio).
Prominent Pupils•GeraldMcCoy(Oklahoma) 2009 Lombardi Finalist, Two-time All-Amerian, Two-time first team All-Big 12,2007 Big 12 Freshman Defensive POY•DustyDvoracek(Oklahoma),Bears 2003, 2005 All-Big 12 first team•TommieHarris(Oklahoma),Bears 2003 Lombardi winner, 2003 Bednarik and Nagurski finalist; 2002 Lombardi and Nagurski finalist, first team All-Big 12, 2001, 2002 and 2003.•KoryKlein(Oklahoma) 2000 second team Freshman All- American, 2001 second team All-Big 12
Accomplishments as a Player•Afirst-roundpick(14thoverall)oftheMiamiDolphinswhereheplayedfiveseasons.HehelpedtheDolphinsposta48-31record,maketwoplayoffappearancesandadvancetothe1985SuperBowl.ShippwastheDolphins’leadingtackler(79)in1987andfinishedhiscareerinMiamiwith231tackles.
Professional Experience1999-present . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma Administrative Coordinator1997-99. . . . Nat’lCattlemen’sBeefAssoc. Director of Marketing1987-1997 . . . . . . . . . KansasState Assoc. A.D. for External Affairs
Professional Accomplishments•Oversawareasofalliedindustry,sponsorship,advertisingandtradeshowsgeneratingmorethan$3millionannuallyfortheNationalCattlemen’sBeefAssociation,thetradeorganizationrepresentingmorethanonemillionbeefproducers.
OU Responsibilities•OverseesfootballoperationsbyworkingdirectlywithOU’sstrength,sportsmedicine,footballvideo,equipment,fieldmaintenanceandsecretarialstaffs.
OU Responsibilities•Coordinatestheday-to-dayactivitiesoffthefieldforOUfootballplayers,dealswithon-campusrecruitingeffortsandservesastheproscoutliaison.
OU Responsibilities•Supervisesastaffof17CertifiedAthleticTrainers,onephysicaltherapistand20undergraduatestudentathletictrainers,providingmedicalcaretothestudent-athletes.
2009: Was used extensively in three-man rotation at defensive end before taking over starting duty for an injured Auston English ... took a fumble back three yards for a TD vs. Idaho State ... career-high two tackles for loss against Nebraska ... forced a fumble against Texas A&M.
2008: All-Big 12 honorable mention by the AP ... recorded 21 total tackles on the year, including a career-high six tackles in Big 12 Championship victory over Missouri ... five stops in the national championship game, including one for loss ... forced a fumble against Kansas State ... recovered fumbles in home wins versus Nebraska and Texas Tech ... also notched five TFLs and 3.5 sacks on the year, including 1.5 each in the Big 12 Championship.
2007: Redshirted
High School: Had 76 tackles and a team-leading 13 sacks his senior year ... four-year starter ... also saw time on offense as a tight end ... named first-team all-state ... selected for all-district and all-metro teams ... chosen for the East Meets West All-American game ... all-district on both sides of the ball his junior season ... bench presses 315 and squats 430 pounds ... runs a 4.7 40-yard dash ... coached by Michael Roach.
The Wrap-up: Parents: Frank and Juanita Alexander ... communications major.
2009: Hendricks Award finalist ... All-Big 12 first team by AP, Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Star Telegram, Oklahoman and ESPN.com and second team by the coaches, Kansas City Star, Phil Steele and the Waco Tribune Herald ... honorable mention Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year by the coaches ... leads team with 18 TFLs and 11 sacks ... has a sack in seven of the last 10 games ... racked up a career-high three sacks in back-to-back games against Tulsa and Miami ... was first player in school history to have two, three-sack games in the same season ... career-high 12 tackles, 11 of which were solo, vs. Texas ... collected second double-digit tackle game of the season with 10 stops against Oklahoma State ... led team in tackles in both games ... picked off first career interception against Kansas ... 20.5 career sacks ties for sixth best in Sooner history ... 11 season sacks ties for fourth best in OU history.
2008: All-Big 12 first team by the AP and second team by the coaches and Dallas Morning News ... leading tackler on the defensive line ... led team with 8.5 sacks and 15.5 TFLs ... tied for second on the team with three forced fumbles ... led all lineman with four PBUs, including one in the Big 12 Championship that led to a Lendy Holmes interception ... registered a career-high 10 tackles against Cincinnati ... seven tackles in BCS title game ... collected two sacks each against Texas A&M and Texas Tech ... tallied at least five tackles in eight games.
2007: Season-high six tackles in Big 12 Championship victory over Missouri ... also recorded first career sack in win over the Tigers in San Antonio ... forced a fumble against Baylor ... recorded tackles for loss in wins over Baylor, Miami, Missouri and Oklahoma State.
2006: Redshirted.
High School: First-team all-state linebacker as a senior ... District 10-5A Defensive MVP ... Creekview Defensive Player of the Year ... team captain ... had 127 tackles, two sacks, 19 quarterback hurries, 19 tackles for loss, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and one interception return for a touchdown as a senior ... was ranked the No. 11 defensive end in the nation by ESPN.com ... coached by Garry Monty.
The Wrap-up: Parents: Lee and Sherry Beal ... converted from linebacker to defensive end during the 2007 season ... multidiscriplinary studies major.
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2009: Appeared in 11 games as a member of the special teams ... had tackles against Idaho State and Tulsa.
High School: No. 12 middle linebacker the nation (Scout.com) ... No. 16 overall player in the Midlands (SuperPrep) ... No. 23 inside linebacker in the nation (Rivals.com) ... No. 26 linebacker in the nation (SuperPrep) ... No. 3 overall player in Kansas (Rivals.com) ... SuperPrep All-American … PrepStar All-Midlands Region … led Conway Springs to the Class 3A state title … Sunflower State’s Small School Defensive Player of the Year and first team all-state selection … Kansas Football Coaches Association first team All-State selection … Vype Kansas football Player of the Year … clocked at 4.5 in the 40 … accounted for 115 tackles, 12.5 for a loss, and three interceptions in 2008 … also rushed for 2,435 yards and 27 touchdowns … finished high school career with 225 tackles and 4,701 yards rushing with 56 touchdowns despite missing most of his junior campaign with an injury.
The Wrap-up: Worked as a bricktender in high school.
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2009: Played in 10 games, starting a one game each at outside linebacker (Kansas State) and middle linebacker (Oklahoma State) ... tied a career high and led team with nine tackles against Idaho State, including 2.5 for loss ... forced first career fumble against Texas A&M.
2008: Played in 10 games, starting at middle linebacker for four ... left Oklahoma State game with a knee injury and missed the Big 12 Championship ... career-high nine tackles versus both Kansas State and Texas Tech ... also had eight tackles at Texas A&M ... made a diving interception against Texas A&M ... had three tackles behind the line in win over Texas Tech.
2007: Redshirted
High School: Played QB, FS, RB and WR in high school ... completed 55% of passes (126-231) for 1,938 yards with 13 TD as a senior, leading team to runner-up finish in class 6A ... ran for 1,086 yards and 15 TD ... recorded 71 tackles and three interceptions ... ran back two kickoffs for TDs ... senior team captain ... named Parade All-American ... named defensive POY and all-state by The Oklahoman ... all-state by Tulsa World ... named conference POY ... played in the U.S. Army All-Star Game ... MVP of the 2006 state American Legion tournament ... his teams won state crowns in 2005 and 2006 and a national title ... runs a 4.6 40-yard dash ... coached by Tom Cobble.
The Wrap-up: Parents: Craig and Gail Box ... his father played football at Northwestern Oklahoma State ... sociology-criminology major.
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2009: Broke OU career passing yards record before leaving BYU game with shoulder injury ... returned to action against Baylor with his 14th career 300-yard game (389) ... became first Sooner QB to eclipse 8,000 career passing yards ... re-aggravated right shoulder injury in loss to Texas ... underwent season-ending surgery on Oct. 28 ... ended Oklahoma career holding 15 Oklahoma records including passing yards (8,403) and TD passes (88) ... ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District first team.
2008: Heisman Trophy winner ... Davey O’Brien Award winner ... Sammy Baugh Trophy winner ... Chic Harley Award winner ... AP and Sporting News First Team All-American ... Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year by the coaches ... All-Big 12 first team by the coaches and the AP ... All-Big 12 Academic first team and ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America second team ... first OU QB to win two Big 12 titles ... led the nation in TD passes (50) and passing efficiency (180.84) ... set OU record for passing yards in a game with 468 yards versus Kansas ... set OU records for TDs in a season and a career (86) ... also set school records for passing yards in one season (4,720), total offense in one season (4,767) and 300-yard passing games in one season (12) ... set NCAA record for TD passes during the freshman/sophomore seasons with 86 ... threw five TDs in four different games ... no. 2 in OU career passing yards (7,841) and in career 300-yards passing games (nine).
2007: Honors included freshman All-American from The Sporting News, Rivals and CollegeFootballNews.com, CollegeFootballNews.com’s Big 12 Player of the Year, Sports Illustrated All-America honorable mention, The Sporting News Freshman of the Year, The Sporting News All-Big 12 Freshman, Academic All-Big 12 and honorable mention All-Big 12 by coaches and AP ... finalist for the Manning Award as the nation’s top quarterback ... set NCAA freshman record for touchdown passes in a season with 36 ... led the nation with passing efficiency rating of 176.53 ahead of second-place Tim Tebow, the Heisman winner ... completed 22 straight passes (last 18 versus North Texas and first four against Miami), setting an OU record and falling just two shy of the NCAA mark ... had another string of 21 ... tied a school record with five TD passes in wins over Miami and Texas A&M ... threw multiple touchdown passes in 11 of 14 games ... had the No. 7 season at OU for completions, No. 6 in total offense, No. 1 for completion percentage, No. 2 for passing efficiency.
2006: Redshirted.
High School: Named to the Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State team ... second team all-state by The Oklahoman ... threw for 2,422 yards and 19 touchdowns as a senior ... rated the No. 17 quarterback in the nation by both CollegeFootballNews.com and Scout.com ... a standout basketball player, averaged 18.4 points and 10.5 rebounds as a senior ... member of the golf team ... football coach was Bob Wilson.
The Wrap-up: Parents: Kent, who lettered as an OU offensive lineman in 1977-78, and Martha Bradford ... has a vertical leap of 33 inches ... citizen of the Cherokee tribe ... honor student in finance ... rang the opening bell at the NY Stock Exchange three days after winning the Heisman (Dow rose 100 points that day).
2009: Saw action in all 12 games while starting in seven ... started season opener against BYU at right tackle ... returned to starting lineup against Kansas and started at right tackle for five straight games ... started at left tackle for the regular season finale against Oklahoma State in place of an injured Trent Williams.
2008: Saw action in nine games as a reserve tackle ... had 16 knockdown blocks including five each versus Chattanooga and Washington ... was on the field for 148 plays.
2007: Competed in six contests for the Sooners on the offensive line ... saw most extensive action with 24 plays vs. North Texas ... graded 92% in pass blocking on the year.
2006: Played in the Middle Tennessee and Texas games before incurring an injury ... missed the remainder of the season ... received a medical hardship ruling to preserve a year of eligibility.
High School: Finished his senior season with 46 pancake blocks and 30 cuts ... first team all-state as a senior ... earned all-area and all-district honors as a junior ... led Corsicana to an 11-2 record as a junior ... recorded more than 80 pancake blocks his junior season ... coached by Dave Henigan.
The Wrap-up: Parent: Deon Brandon ... has added 39 pounds since arriving to go from 271 to 310 ... multidisciplinary studies major.
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2009: All-Big 12 honorable mention by the coaches ... split backfield duties with DeMarco Murray ... ranks No. 4 all-time at OU with 45 career touchdowns and 42 career rushing touchdowns ... has at least one TD carry in 16 of the last 26 games ... ranks 10th in OU history with 2,877 career rushing yards ... also fifth with 615 career rushing attempts ... had career highs in receptions (4) and receiving yards (40) against Texas ... had three games with multiple touchdowns ... career-long rush of 48 yards came against Miami.
2008: All-Big 12 honorable mention by the coaches and AP ... became the 20th OU player to rush for more than 1,000 yards in a season ... eclipsed the 100-yard mark in six games ... had a career-high 142 yards on 20 carries against Kansas State ... logged three rushing touchdowns on four occasions ... season total 20 TDs ranks No. 5 all-time in OU history ... had one kick return for 22 yards against Missouri in the Big 12 Championship.
2007: Had a season-high 76 yards on 19 carries versus Oklahoma State ... scored three touchdowns against Missouri in Norman and two more in the Big 12 Championship repeat matchup ... had 17 third-and-short (three yards or less) rushes that resulted in 14 first downs and two touchdowns ... rushed for more than 50 yards in seven contests ... touchdown reception against Texas A&M.
2006: Started against Texas Tech and Baylor after Adrian Peterson and Allen Patrick went down with injuries ... had 24 attempts for 169 yards and one TD at Baylor, had 16 carries for 84 yards and two touchdowns versus Texas Tech and 19 for 74 and a pair of TDs against Oklahoma State.
High School: Two-time all-state ... conference MVP for offense ... All-Central Louisiana ... rushed for 1,685 yards and 22 touchdowns as a senior ... four-time all-district ... ran for 1,934 yards and 23 TDs as a junior ... Alexandria’s all-time rushing leader with 5,866 yards and 79 touchdowns ... coached by Butch Stoker.
The Wrap-up: Parent: Bridgett Williams ... sociology major.
2009: All-Big 12 first team punt returner by ESPN.com, Fort Worth Star Telegram, Kansas City Star, Phil Steele and Waco Tribune Herald ... All-Big 12 second team by AP, coaches and Dallas Morning News ... has 76 receptions this season, the second-highest one-season total in program history ... yardage total of 964 ranks No. 5 for a season in OU history ... achieved the numbers despite leaving the Miami game with a shoulder injury on the second offensive play and missing the following Baylor game ... reached 100 career receptions faster than any player in school history ... 18 career receiving TDs ranks fifth at OU despite only playing in 23 games ... 12 season receiving TDs ranks No. 3 in Sooner history ... seventh player in Sooner history to have 10 or more receiving TDs in a single season ... four multi-score games this season ... had eight games this season with at least seven receptions and six with at least eight receptions ... had 18 receptions, 283 yards and six TDs in two-game span vs. Idaho State and Tulsa ... grabbed 11 balls against Kansas, the second time in the season he had a career-high 11 receptions in a game ... eclipsed the century mark with102 punt return yards vs. Nebraska ... recorded first career rushing touchdown against Texas A&M (25 yards) ... had a career-high 209 punt return yards against Oklahoma State, including a career-long 87-yard return for a touchdown ... became the third player in school history to record a 100-plus yards in two different categories (209 in punt returns and 103 in receiving) against OSU ... had 316 all-purpose yards vs. OSU, the third best total in school history.
2008: Had the most yards ever by an OU freshman receiver and tied for the most catches ... produced a seven-catch, 141-yard effort against Cincinnati in his first collegiate game to set an OU record for receiving yards by a freshman ... had two receiving TDs against Washington, including a career-long 77-yarder ... touchdown receptions against Texas, Texas A&M and Texas Tech ... racked up 134 all-purpose yards versus Texas A&M ... exceeded 50 receiving yards in five games ... took over as team’s primary punt returner with 23 returns for 223 yards ... had a 68-yard punt return TD against Kansas State.
2007: Redshirted
High School: Had 73 tackles and six INT as a senior ... recorded 44 catches for 908 yards and eight TD, and rushed for 345 yards and 12 TD ... averaged 20.6 yards per catch ... during his senior season, he scored touchdowns as an RB, WR and KR ... career 79 receptions for 1,688 yards and 18 TD ... career 157 tackles and 20 INT ... named to the 6A-2 all-district team ... chosen for the All-American Offense-Defense Bowl ... selected to the Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State Team ... clocked at 4.51 40-yard dash ... first-team all-state by Tulsa World and The Oklahoman ... earned all-city honors as a junior ... also recruited as a basketball player, averaging 18 ppg ... coached by Butch Peter.
The Wrap-up: Parents: Edward and Stephanie Moore ... leads all receivers with a bench press of 310 lbs. ... human relations major.
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29 CHRIS BROWNALEXANDRIA, LA.ALEXANDRIA HIGH SCHOOL
2008: Provided depth at both linebacker and defensive end while racking up time on special teams ... second on team with 16 special teams tackles ... had five tackles against Texas Tech and three each versus TCU and Nebraska ... credited with a half-sack against Texas Tech ... batted down an attempted fake punt pass against Cincinnati.
At Garden City CC: No. 34 junior college player in the nation (Rivals.com) ... First team All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference ... NJCAA All-Region VI ... recorded 81 tackles and two TFLs in 2007 as well as one sack ... clocked 4.5 in the 40 ... team was ranked No. 17 in the final NJCAA poll ... coached by Lucas Aslin.
The Wrap-up: Multidisciplinary studies major.
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2009: Career highs in catches (7) and yards (139) vs. Baylor ... had two touchdowns against Tulsa, including a career-long 63-yard reception ... eclipsed the 100-yard mark prior to halftime twice (Baylor & Tulsa) ... suited up, but did not play vs. Nebraska and Texas A&M while recovering from an ankle injury ... played on special teams vs. Texas Tech ... left the Oklahoma State game early with an injury.
2008: Had two catches versus Chattanooga and Baylor ... career-long reception of 20 yards against Baylor ... played extensively on special teams.
2007: Recorded a tackle on special teams against North Texas ... saw time at wide receiver against the Mean Green before a season-ending injury ... received an injury hardship and had his sophomore season restored for 2008.
2006: Saw action in 10 games, mostly on special teams ... recorded two tackles for the season.
High School: All-state at linebacker and receiver as a senior ... team captain ... All-Central Virginia, all-league and all-state linebacker as a junior ... four-time state triple jump champion ... also won track state championships in long jump (three times), high hurdles and intermediate hurdles... 2005 Central Virginia Track Athlete of the Year ... won the Randle Award in 2004 as Fork Union’s outstanding undergraduate athlete ... coached in football by Mickey Sullivan ... National Honor Society member.
The Wrap-up: Parent: Eulethia Simms ... has lowest body fat percentage of receivers, 5.2 percent ... economics major.
Year G-GS Rec Yds Avg Td Long 2006 10-0 - - - - -2007 1-0 - - - - -2008 11-0 4 52 13.0 - 20 vs. Baylor2009 10-6 26 408 15.7 2 63t vs. TulsaCareer 32-6 30 460 15.3 2 63t vs. Tulsa
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8 BRANDON CALEBRICHMOND, VA.FORK UNION MILITARY ACADEMY
Year G-GS UT AT Total Loss Sacks INT FC FR PBU 2008 13-0 5 13 18 1-4 0.5-3 - - - 12009 -Redshirted-Career 13-0 5 13 18 1-4 0.5-3 - - - 1
2009: Saw limited time as the team’s third back ... Oklahoma’s leading rusher against Texas A&M with 18 carries for 94 yards, both career highs ... recorded career long rush of 29 yards against Oklahoma State ... had two receptions for 22 yards against Idaho State.
2008: Redshirted
High School: Parade All-American ... named the 2008 SuperPrep Southwest Offensive Player of the Year ... selected to play in the ESPN All-American game ... Texas class 3-A Offensive Player of the Year ... third team EA Sports All-American ... carried 242 times in his senior season, racking up 1,910 yards and 30 TDs ... threw 104 passes, completing 57 for 803 yards and four TDs ... 185 rushes in 2006 for 1,601 yards and 20 TDs while adding another two scores and 128 yards on five catches ... in 2005, racked up 1,830 yards on 230 carries with 23 touchdowns and six catches for 145 yards and four TDs ... coached by Brady Pennington.
The Wrap-up: Guardians: Tracy and Hank Neal ... has yet to declare a major.
2009: All-Big 12 second team by coaches and honorable mention by AP ... took over starting position at free safety spot and responded as team’s second-leading tackler with 80 stops ... tied career high of 10 tackles twice vs. BYU and Texas Tech ... had at least seven tackles in seven games ... picked off passes against Tulsa, Kansas and Kansas State ... also recovered a fumble against BYU ... broke up two passes against Kansas.
2008: Started two games at safety when defense shifted to five starting defensive backs ... collected a career-high 10 tackles in first career start versus Kansas ... had eight tackles, including two big hits, in second start at the Big 12 Championship ... broke up passes in wins over Kansas State and Missouri ... also had five tackles versus Texas Tech ... third on team with 14 special teams tackles ... led team with 14 solo special teams tackles.
2007: Redshirted.
2006: Played in five games, all on special teams units ... had one tackle against UAB ... earned a reputation as one of the secondary’s most physical players.
High School: Threw for more than 650 yards and eight touchdowns during regular season as quarterback for Cheyenne High ... ran for 400-plus more yards ... earned all-league honors as a junior ... also a standout basketball player ... coached by Dave Snyder.
The Wrap-up: Son of Clemon and Sandra Carter ... graduated high school a semester early and enrolled at OU in January 2006 ... owns a 37-inch vertical leap and 345-pound bench press ... sociology-criminology major.
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20 QUINTON CARTERLAS VEGAS, NEV.CHEYENNE HIGH SCHOOL
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23 jERMIE CALHOUNBEN WHEELER , TEXASVAN HIGH SCHOOL
Year G-GS Rushing Avg. Td Lg Rec. Avg. Td Long2009 11-0 45-220 4.9 1 29 2-22 11.0 0 17
Year G-GS UT AT Total Loss Sacks INT FC FR PBU 2006 5-0 - 1 1 - - - - - -2007 -- Redshirted --2008 12-2 20 16 36 0.5-1 - - - - 22009 12-12 46 34 80 2.5-8 - 3-24 - 1-0 5Career 29-14 66 51 117 3-9 0-0 3-24 0 1-0 7
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2009: Saw extensive action in 12 games as a valuable blocker and member of special teams ... had one rushing attempt, a one-yard gain against BYU ... ended the year with three special teams tackles.
2008: All-Big 12 first team by the coaches ... All-Big 12 Academic first team ... had receiving touchdowns against Cincinnati, Kansas and Texas A&M ... career-long catch came on a 28-yard TD against Texas A&M ... seven rushing attempts ranks No. 2 for a fullback under Stoops ... logged seven tackles as a member of the special teams.
2007: Redshirted.
2006: Was slowed by injury, but saw action in two games as a reserve.
2005: Played in nine games exclusively on special teams.
High School: Played both fullback and linebacker ... gained 1,033 yards and 18 touchdowns as a senior ... also totaled 71 solo tackles and four sacks in nine games before suffering a leg injury ... finished the 2003 campaign with 1,602 yards and 18 touchdowns ... rushed for 1,000 yards and 19 touchdowns as a sophomore ... named super all-state first team as fullback and as a linebacker ... awarded the Larry Gordon Award for state’s best linebacker and the “Whizzer” White Award given to the state’s best linebacker his senior year ... was the No. 6 fullback in the nation (Rivals.com) ... ranked No. 3 in the Postseason Arizona Top 15 (Rivals.com) ... awarded Phoenix Metro and Arizona Player of the Year (Phoenix Metro FB Magazine) ... listed as the No. 98 player in the Southwest (Scout.com) ... coached by Donni Yantis.
The Wrap-up: Son of Greg and Shelley Clapp ... has taken an ice bath prior to every game since high school ... enjoys playing chess ... boasts a body fat percentage of 9.8 percent ... planned program major.
2009: All-Big 12 second team by Phil Steele and honorable mention by AP and coaches ... third on the team with 68 tackles ... led all linebackers with five passes broken up and two interceptions ... had 11 tackles against Tulsa and Texas Tech ... was in on sacks vs. Miami and Nebraska ... forced fumbles against Miami and Texas, and recovered a fumble vs. Texas A&M ... ranks No. 6 at OU for career PBUs by a linebacker with 14.
2008: All-Big 12 second team by San Antonio Express News and honorable mention by the coaches and AP ... third on the team with 84 tackles ... had at least five tackles in nine games ... six forced fumbles on the season was an OU record ... nine PBUs was second best by a linebacker in a season in OU history ... racked up a career-high 14 stops versus Baylor ... had a 53-yard, non-scoring fumble return against Texas Tech ... picked off a pass against Texas A&M.
2007: Saw significant field time on special teams and as a reserve at defensive back ... season-high four tackles in season opener against North Texas ... registered a pair of tackles in wins against Miami, Texas and Tulsa ... tied for team lead with 12 special teams tackles, including 11 in kickoff coverage.
2006: Started the first two games at strong safety, then worked in a reserve role at that position throughout the season ... also saw time on special teams units ... tackle best of four against UAB ... registered eight tackles on special teams.
2005: Redshirted.
High School: Rated the No. 12 safety in the country (ESPN.com), No. 74 player in the nation (Rivals.com), No. 3 safety in the nation (Rivals.com), No. 8 player in Texas Postseason Top 100 (Rivals.com), No. 63 player in the nation (Scout.com) and No. 4 safety in the nation (Scout.com) ... compiled 120 tackles and intercepted four passes during his senior campaign ... shared time at running back ... clocked at 4.52 in the 40-yard dash ... coach: Brad Turner.
The Wrap-up: Excelled in testing, leading the linebackers group in nine of 10 testing areas including a 4.5 40-yard dash ... moved to linebacker in the spring of 2008 after spending the early part of collegiate career as a safety ... son of Quon Clayton ... arts and sciences planned programs major.
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22 KEENAN CLAYTONSULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXASSULPHUR SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL
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34 MATT CLAPPPHOENIX , AR IZ .PARADISE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
Year G-GS UT AT Total Loss Sacks INT FC FR PBU 2006 13-2 6 8 14 0.5-1 - - - - -2007 14-0 8 4 12 - - - - - -2008 14-14 58 26 84 11-46 4.5-37 1-(-3) 6 1-53 92009 12-11 44 24 68 5.5-27 1.5-11 2-9 2 1-0 5Career 53-27 116 62 178 17-74 6-48 3-6 8 2-53 14
2009: Switched to fullback prior to the start of the season ... saw action in all 12 games as a member of special teams ... All-Big 12 Academic first team.
2008: Stepped into middle linebacker role against Texas following Ryan Reynolds’ injury ... had a career-high five tackles against the Longhorns ... also had tackles versus Chattanooga and Cincinnati.
2007: Saw action against North Texas, Utah State, Iowa State and Missouri in the Big 12 Championship. 2006: Redshirted
High School: Named to the 2005 OCA and Oklahoman all-state teams ... 2005 Duncan Banner Player of the Year ... District 2A-2 Linebacker of the Year ... all-area by the Lawton Constitution ... KSWO Player of the Year ... honorable mention all-state in 2004 ... had 244 tackles as a senior and led all classes ... had four sacks and an interception his senior year ... rushed for 524 yards and five touchdowns ... averaged 10.7 yards per carry ... had 38 receptions went for 457 yards and six touchdowns ... maintained perfect attendance and carried a 4.0 grade point average ... National Honor Society member ... coached by Brent Clark.
The Wrap-up: Parents: Brent and Jan Crow ... social studies major.
Year G-GS Rec Yds Avg Td Long2006 14-7 3 18 6.0 - 10 vs. Oregon2007 14-6 4 37 9.2 - 12 vs. Texas A&M2008 11-5 4 24 6.0 1 11 vs. Missouri2009 9-9 2 19 9.5 - 10 vs. Baylor Career 48-27 13 98 7.5 1 12 vs. Texas A&M
2009: All-Big 12 second team by Kansas City Star and honorable mention by AP and coaches ... started at center in season opener vs. BYU ... starter at tight end the next four games .... moved to starter at left guard the next four games before suffering season-ending neck injury at Nebraska ... the only BCS player this season to start at three different positions and the first OU player to do so during one season (modern era) ... had the top line grade in all five of his line starts ... had 66 knockdowns on just 301 snaps ... led the team with 20 knockdowns against BYU, 18 vs. Kansas and 15 vs. Kansas State.
2008: Started the first four games of the season at either the tight end position or as a blocking back before suffering an ankle injury that caused him to miss three games ... registered his first career touchdown with a one-yard reception against Oklahoma State ... season-long 11-yard catch against Missouri in the Big 12 Championship.
2007: All-Big 12 first team by the coaches at fullback position ... each of six starts were in two or three-tight end sets or as a blocking back ... had two receptions for 23 yards against Texas A&M, including a career-long 12-yard catch. 2006: Did most of his work in three-tight end sets or as a blocking back ... characterized by coaches as one of the top blockers on the team ... had three receptions on the season, including a long of 10 yards against Oregon.
2005: Redshirted.
High School: Rated the No. 43 strongside defensive end in country (Rivals.com) and No. 16 player in the Midlands (Scout.com) ... all-state Kansas, 2004 ... broke his ankle in the second game of his senior year and did not play the rest of the season ... totaled 130 tackles and eight sacks his junior year ... also played tight end ... recorded 35 receptions and four touchdowns in the same season ... clocked at 4.7 seconds in the 40-yard dash ... coached by Sterling Hudson.
The Wrap-up: Converted to tight end in spring of 2006 ... son of Walt and Janet Eldridge ... sociology major.
83 BRODY ELDRIDGELA CYGNE, KAN.PRAIRIE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL
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2009: All-Big 12 honorable mention by coaches ... first team Academic All-Big 12 ... starter at defensive end until suffering season-ending ankle injury at Nebraska ... ended OU career with 18 career sacks, tied for No. 10 all-time at OU ... collected two sacks against Texas ... tied a career high with nine tackles vs. Kansas ... blocked an extra point against Kansas State.
2008: All-Big 12 honorable mention by AP ... All-Big 12 Academic first team ... started first nine games of the season before spraining a knee against Nebraska, causing him to miss the next three games ... had a career-high 4 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks against Chattanooga ... posted two sacks against Kansas ... had four tackles and a fumble recovery against the Huskers before going down with the injury.
2007: All-Big 12 first team by the coaches and Associated Press ... Sports Illustrated All-America honorable mention ... ranked No. 15 nationally with 9.5 sacks ... team-high 13 tackles for loss ... had three or more tackles in seven of his 11 games played ... recorded 21 tackles, seven tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks in Big 12 play ... had season-high two sacks against Tulsa and Texas ... career-high nine tackles, 1.5 sacks and two pass deflections against Missouri ... suffered hairline ankle fracture vs. Texas A&M ... missed the last three games of the regular season due to injury ... returned against Missouri in the Big 12 Championship to assist on a tackle and record a quarterback hurry. 2006: Redshirted.
2005: Saw spot duty in the Kansas State and Texas Tech games.
High School: Three-year letterman at both running back and defensive end ... amassed 1,285 yards rushing and scored 18 touchdowns during his senior year ... recorded 33 solo tackles, 48 assists, and 11 sacks in 2004 ... led team to state semifinals as a senior ... rushed for 1,800 yards and 25 touchdowns as junior ... totaled 53 tackles and seven sacks in four games his junior season ... also participated on the track and field team ... ran the 40-yard dash in 4.65 seconds ... No. 15 weakside linebacker (Rivals.com) ... No. 58 player in the Southwest (Scout.com) ... No. 49 player in Texas (Scout.com) ... No. 53 Texas Top 100 ... 7-AA All-District RB - 2003 and 2004 ... 7-AA All District DE - 2003 and 2004 ... Amarillo Globe Super Team defensive end ... recorded 315-pound bench press and 400-pound squat ... coached by Kyle Lynch.
The Wrap-up: Son of Dean and Kelly English ... has a vertical jump of 35 inches ... planned program major ... working on a Master’s in social work.
2009: Started four games at right guard while playing in 11 games ... missed season-opening game vs. BYU with an ankle injury.
High School: No. 47 offensive guard in the nation (Scout.com) ... No. 52 offensive guard in the nation (Rivals.com) ... No. 61 overall player in the Midlands (SuperPrep) ... first team Missouri Class 2A all-state selection … PrepStar All-Midlands Region team … graded out at 85% on the offensive line throughout high school career … also played defensive line … had 69 tackles, three fumbles forced and one fumble recovered in 2008 … finished high school career with 206 tackles with 32 for loss and 13 sacks … bench presses 330 lbs. and squats 500 lbs.
The Wrap-up: Son of Linda and Barry Conoff ... pre-HSS major.
33 AUSTON ENGLISHCANADIAN, TEXASCANADIAN HIGH SCHOOL
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75 TYLER EVANSSULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXASSULPHUR SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL
Year G-GS UT AT Total Loss Sacks INT FC FR PBU 2005 2-0 - - - - - - - - -2006 -- Redshirted --2007 11-10 21 15 36 13-83 9.5-64 - - - 32008 11-9 17 16 33 9-46 4.5-38 - - 1-0 12009 9--9 13 10 23 6.5-24 4-18 - 1 - 1Career 33-28 51 41 92 28.5-153 18-120 - 1 1-0 5
2008: Appeared in all 12 games as one of the top performers on special teams ... second on the team in special teams tackles with nine ... had a season-high four tackles against Idaho State ... also had three stops each vs. Baylor and Texas A&M.
2008: Appeared in all 14 games as one of the top performers on special teams ... leads all Sooners with 18 special teams tackles ... also saw time as a reserve defensive back ... collected a career-high six tackles against Texas A&M.
2007: Redshirted
High School: Shutdown corner at Seguin where he received first team all-district as a senior ... caught 29 passes for 481 yards and four touchdowns his senior season ... named to the second-team AP All-State Team ... APSE Class 4A first-team all-state ... played in All-American Offense-Defense Bowl in Florida ... bench presses 320 and squats 375 pounds ... runs a 4.56 40-yard dash ... coached by Ricky Albus.
The Wrap-up: Parents: Ralph and Sharon Fleming ... sociology major ... 34-inch vertical leap.
2009: Saw action in five games as a backup linebacker and member of special teams.
2008: Redshirted
High School: Selected to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl and the Under Armour ESPN All-Star game ... named to Rivals.com All-South team ... News Channel 32 All-Northeast Georgia team ... named to the Georgia Football Magazine all-state team ... Gainesville Times first team all-area ... led team with 128 tackles in 2007 ... as a four-year starter, set school record with 395 career tackles ... a team captain ... named the team’s Defensive MVP ... coached by Gene Cathcart.
The Wrap-up: Parents: Connie and Mike Franklin ... undecided on a major ... fluent in Spanish ... worked on a chicken farm in high school.
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31 DANIEL FRANKLINMOUNT AIRY, GA.HABERSHAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
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32 jAMELL FLEMINGARLINGTON, TEXASSEGUIN H IGH SCHOOL
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2009: Versatile guard who played in all 12 games while starting six on either the left or right side ... was second on the team with 74 knockdowns.
2008: Saw action in seven games as a reserve offensive lineman ... had a season-high four knockdowns against Nebraska.
High School: Named to the East Texas all-state team as well as the AP all-state team in 2006 ... elected all-district three years ... chosen to play in the 2008 U.S. Army All-American Bowl ... recorded 24 pancake blocks in two games as a senior and 208 pancake blocks in his high school career ... allowed just one sack all four years as a starter ... coached by Travis Smith.
The Wrap-up: Parents: Kim and Tommy Good ... sociology-criminology major ... wants to become a strength coach.
77 STEPHEN GOODPARIS, TEXASPARIS HIGH SCHOOL
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2009: All-Big 12 first team by the coaches and Phil Steele and second team by AP, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Kansas City Star and Waco Tribune Herald ... played the field corner ... returned an interception 85 yards for a touchdown at Kansas ... also picked off a pass at Miami ... tied for second on the team with five passes broken up ... forced a fumble against Oklahoma State ... became the first Sooner since Antonio Perkins in 2003 to hit triple digits in punt return yards for a game with a 100-yard effort vs. Baylor ... returned a punt a career-long 51 yards against Miami.
2008: All-Big 12 first team by Dallas Morning News and second team by coaches and AP ... played the field corner ... led defense with two touchdowns, one on a 39-yard fumble return against Texas A&M and another on 18-yard interception return against Nebraska ... led the team with 10 pass deflections ... registered a career-high seven tackles versus both Kansas State and Missouri ... returned six punts for 35 yards with a long of 17 coming against Cincinnati.
2007: Saw time in 13 games on special teams, including punt returns in six games ... started the Fiesta Bowl and had three tackles... saw time in the defensive backfield in the Big 12 Championship and made one tackle ... has 124 yards on 12 punt returns ... returned only kickoff for 37 yards and returned two punts versus North Texas ... had a career-high 36-yard return against Utah State ... registered tackles against Miami and Tulsa. 2006: Redshirted
High School: Tulsa World Oklahoma Player of the year ... first-team all-state by the Tulsa World ... runner-up for state defensive player of the year by the Oklahoman ... KTUL Ford Award winner ... No. 26 cornerback nationally by CollegeFootballNews.com ... helped the Redskins to two 6A state titles after transferring from Owasso ... recorded seven interceptions and returned three for touchdowns as a senior ... also a return specialist who scored three touchdowns on kickoff returns during his senior season ... rushed for five touchdowns ... coached by Bill Blankenship.
The Wrap-up: Parent: Thelma Martin ... runs a 4.48 40 ... had one of the top springs on the team to move into the two-deep at cornerback in 2007 ... multidisciplinary studies major.
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1 DOMINIQUE FRANKSTULSA, OKLA.UNION HIGH SCHOOL
Year G-GS UT AT Total Loss Sacks INT FC FR PBU PR Lg 2007 13-1 2 3 5 - - - - - - 12-124 362008 14-14 27 17 44 1-5 - 4-52 - 1-39 10 6-35 172009 12-12 31 11 42 1.5-3 - 2-97 1 1-0 5 11-187 51Career 39-27 60 31 91 2.5-8 0 6-149 1 2-39 15 29-346 51
2009: Did not see any action after suffering while recovering from back surgery at the end of the 2008 season.
2008: Played in 11 games, missing two after a foot injury suffered against Washington and the national title game after undergoing back surgery ... part of a five-man defensive tackle rotation ... was third in the group with 20 tackles ... recovered fumbles against Washington and Kansas State.
2007: All-Big 12 second team by the coaches and Rivals and honorable mention by the Associated Press ... third on the team with 8.5 tackles for loss ... tied career high with five tackles against Miami, Oklahoma State and Missouri in the Big 12 Championship ... had two or more tackles in 10 of 13 games played ... posted four tackles, two for loss, and a sack against Colorado ... registered four tackles, two for loss, three QB hurries and a pass deflection versus Iowa State.
2006: Worked his way in to a steady rotation on the defensive interior ... season-high five tackles at Texas A&M.
2005: Redshirted.
High School: Rated the No. 11 player in the country (ESPN.com), No. 1 DT in the country (ESPN.com), No. 6 overall (CollegeFootballNews.com), No. 2 DT overall (CollegeFootballNews.com), No. 11 player in the country (Rivals.com), No. 3 player in Texas (Rivals.com), No. 9 player in the country (Scout.com) and No. 5 player in Texas (Scout.com) ... named a Parade All-American ... 2004 U.S. Army High School All-American ... Dallas Morning News Defensive Player of the Year in 2003 and 2004 ... totaled 79 tackles, including 25 for loss, and 17 sacks as a senior ... also forced 11 fumbles ... recorded 68 tackles and 17 sacks his junior year ... named Class 4A all-state and the Dallas area Defensive Player of the Year as a junior ... clocked at 5.2 seconds in the 40-yard dash ... bench presses 405 pounds and squats 550 pounds ... coached by Darryl Jordan.
The Wrap-up: Son of Debra Granger ... his mother manages a Mexican restaurant ... enjoys electronics and cars, particularly Mustangs ... cousin of Indiana Pacers player Danny Granger ... bench presses 430 ... multidisciplinary studies major.
2009: Never saw the field after injuring knee in pre-season and undergoing season-ending surgery in September ... ended OU career with 26 career TD receptions, seven shy of the NCAA record, and more TD catches and yards (1,629) than any tight end at OU.
2008: Sporting News First Team All-American ... AP and Walter Camp Second Team All-American ... All-Big 12 first team by the coaches and second team by AP ... finalist for the Mackey Award ... No. 2 on the team in receptions (66) and yards (950) while leading with TDs (14) ... had more touchdown grabs during the season than any TE in school history ... his total ranks No. 2 second all-time behind Mark Clayton (15) among all Sooners ... career total of 26 receiving TDs is second best behind Clayton’s 31 ... receiving yards (950) are the most ever by a TE in a season while receptions (66) ranked second in the tight end category ... had five games of at least 90 yards receiving and eight with at least five receptions ... caught multiple TDs in five games and at least one TD in nine ... had a career day against Oklahoma State with a career-long 73-yard reception, a career-high nine catches and a career-high 158 yards to go along with two touchdowns ... eight catches for 82 yards in the Big 12 Championship ... eight grabs for 62 yards and two TDs in the BCS title game.
2007: Honorable mention All-American by Sports Illustrated ... honorable mention All-Big 12 by the coaches and Associated Press ... eight receptions vs. Miami with one touchdown ... two touchdown catches against Texas ... tied school record with four touchdown receptions vs. A&M and finished game with 80 yards on five grabs ... had two catches for 34 yards and a TD against Missouri in Big 12 Championship ... made starts against Miami, Missouri and Baylor ... receptions and receiving yards total ranked No. 3 on the team.
2006: Made a significant impact as a true freshman with eight receptions ... long reception went for 41 yards against Texas ... lone touchdown was a 22-yard grab against Middle Tennessee ... his 35-yard catch on a third-and-10 play from the OU one against Nebraska launched OU’s final scoring drive of the Big 12 title game, a 99-yard march ... caught a two-point conversion in the Fiesta Bowl.
High School: First team All-American ... Oklahoman and Tulsa World All-State First Team ... first team Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State ... named District 5A-1 Most Valuable Player ... selected to play in the Coaches All-State Game ... caught 70 passes for 1,205 yards and 24 touchdowns his senior season ... led the Tigers to a 12-0 record before losing in the 5A semifinals ... coached by Mike Lloyd.
The Wrap-up: Runs a 4.73 in the 40-yard dash ... multidisciplinary studies major.
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2009: Played in the season opener against BYU before starting the next 10 games at center ... suffered a season-ending ankle injury at Texas Tech ... Named All-Big 12 Freshman by ESPN.com ... All-Big 12 Academic second team.
2008: Received medical hardship perserving freshman season after seeing action in three games as the backup at center ... suffered an ankle injury versus Baylor ... had nine knockdowns in nine plays against Baylor.
High School: Selected as a U.S. Army All-American and a Parade All-American ... first team all-state on both offensive and defensive line ... received all-district honors for both offensive and defensive line play while being voted the district’s most valuable player ... Denton Record Chronicle’s two-way player of the year and member of all-area team ... in 2007, recorded 112 pancake blocks while not allowing a sack, and defensively racked up 67 tackles and 11 sacks ... in 2006, totaled 61 pancake blocks on the offensive side of the ball and recorded 34 tackles and five sacks on defense ... coached by Mark Bowles
The Wrap-up: Parents: Debi and Richard Habern ... human relations major ... grandfather played football at Texas Tech.
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61 BEN HABERNARGYLE, TEXASLIBERTY CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL
2009: Started two games at tight end while appearing in all 12 ... had a career-high two receptions at Nebraska ... career-long catch of 19 yards against Kansas State.
2008: A reserve tight end ... also saw time on special teams ... lone reception came against Texas A&M ... also recorded two tackles, one each against Kansas and Nebraska.
High School: District offensive MVP in 2007 ... selected to the Texas Sports Writers all-state team as an honorable mention wide receiver ... in 2007, hauled in 53 catches for 765 yards with 11 TDs ... also returned six punts for 145 yards and a TD and six kicks for 181 yards and another score ... rushed 17 times for 131 yards ... coached by Cody Vanderford.
The Wrap-up: Parents: Kim and Rick Grizzle ... mother played volleyball at Miami of Ohio ... has yet to declare a major.
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Year G-GS Rec Yds Avg Td Long 2008 13-0 1 -1 -1.0 - -1 vs. Texas A&M2009 12-2 6 48 8.0 - 19 vs. Kansas StateCareer 25-2 7 47 6.7 - 19 vs. Kansas State
2009: Played in five games as a member of special teams ... recorded one tackle on a kickoff return against Tulsa.
High School: No. 8 overall player in Oklahoma (Rivals.com) ... No. 12 safety in the nation (Scout.com) ... No. 17 safety in the nation (Rivals.com) ... No. 17 overall player in the Midlands (SuperPrep) ... No. 23 defensive back in the nation (SuperPrep) ... SuperPrep All-American … PrepStar All-Midlands Region … recorded 83 tackles and two interceptions on defense despite missing half of senior year with an injury … rushed for 1,078 yards and 20 touchdowns … caught 33 passes for 348 yards and three touchdowns … racked up 92 tackles and five interceptions on defense and more than 1,000 total yards and 13 touchdowns on offense as a junior … bench presses 280 lbs. and squats 380 lbs.
The Wrap-up: Cousin of former NFL running back Rodney Thomas.
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30 jAVON HARRISLAWTON, OKLA.MACARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL
2009: A reserve defensive back ... saw action against Idaho State.
2008: Redshirted
High School: Two-time second-team all-state selection ... first-team all-district and first-team All-East Texas ... caught 48 passes for 734 yards and seven TDs in 2007 despite missing four games with an injury ... as a junior, had 42 receptions for 810 yards with 16 TDs ... also was credited with 16 tackles, two fumble recoveries, three INTs with returns of 82 and 42 yards.
The Wrap-up: Parents: Dondi Harris and Katrina Wood-Ray ... undecided on a major ... cousin of Green Bay Packer Kenneth Pettway.
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15 LAMAR HARRISGILMER, TEXASGILMER HIGH SCHOOL
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2009: Backup cornerback who also starred on special teams ... third on the team with eight special teams tackles ... had a sack for a loss of 15 yards vs. Texas ... broke up a pass against Idaho State.
High School: No. 33 overall player in Texas (Rivals.com) ... No. 37 cornerback in the nation (Rivals.com) ... No. 42 defensive back in the nation (Scout.com) ... No. 56 overall player in the Southwest ... (SuperPrep) PrepStar All-Midlands Region … had 75 tackles, three fumble recoveries, one fumble caused and five interceptions with one going back for a touchdown in his senior season … also had two kickoff returns for touchdowns … 2008 district MVP … finished his junior season with 50 tackles and one fumble recovered … benches 225, squats 365 and has a 34-inch vertical jump … recorded a 4.5 40.
The Wrap-up: Son of Rhonda Hurst.
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19 DEMONTRE HURSTLANCASTER, TEXASLANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL
2009: Moved to linebacker during fall camp ... saw an increase in playing time as pass defense specialist ... played in all 12 games ... recorded a career-high four tackles against Kansas ... broke up a pass against Kansas State.
2008: Redshirted
High School: Dallas Morning News first team all-area ... racked up 72 tackles in his senior season, forcing a fumble and recovering another ... blocked two punts and broke up seven passes ... coached by Mickey Moss
The Wrap-up: Parent: Tai Hazoome ... has yet to declare a major.
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5 jOSEPH IBILOYEGARLAND, TEXASSOUTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL
Year G-GS UT AT Total Loss Sacks INT FC FR PBU 2009 12-0 7 6 13 1-15 1-15 - - - 1
Year G-GS UT AT Total Loss Sacks INT FC FR PBU 2009 12-0 6 8 14 - - - - - 1
2009: All-Big 12 first team by ESPN.com, Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Kansas City Star and Oklahoman and second team by AP and coaches ... started all 12 games as OU’s boundary cornerback ... led team with four interceptions and eight passes broken up ... became only the second player in OU history to record interceptions in four straight games ... scored first career TD with a 52-yard fumble return vs. Texas A&M ... recovery was the fourth of his career, the fourth-best career total by a Sooner DB ... had a career-high nine tackles against Tulsa ... forced a fumble and broke up a career-high three passes against Oklahoma State.
2008: All-Big 12 honorable mention by the Associated Press ... finished first season as a starter with the fifth best tackle total (72) on the team ... tied for team lead in PBUs (10) and fumble recoveries (3), including two against Washington ... had two turnovers with an interception and fumble recovery against Missouri ... picked off a pass against TCU ... forced two fumbles, one each versus Washington and Texas ... had at least five tackles in eight games ... had a career-best seven tackles against Kansas, Kansas State and Texas Tech.
2007: Recorded first career interception against Utah State ... had two tackles against Miami, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma State and Missouri in Big 12 Championship ... tied for the team lead with 12 special teams tackles and led the team with 12 on kickoff coverage. 2006: Played in five games with tackles in the Baylor and Nebraska games and a season-best two in the Fiesta Bowl.
2005: Redshirted.
High School: Rated the No. 17 cornerback in the nation (ESPN.com), No. 20 cornerback in the country (Rivals.com), No. 34 player Postseason Texas Top 100 (Rivals.com), No. 59 player in the state of Texas (Scout.com) and No. 61 player in the Southwest (Scout.com) ... made 35 tackles and intercepted six passes as a senior ... team posted a 9-2 mark in 2004 ... totaled 30 tackles and four picks during his senior season ... clocked at 4.5 seconds in the 40-yard dash ... competed on track and field team ... honors student ... coached by Dave Meadows.
The Wrap-up: Sat out spring 2006 drills after suffering a knee injury during off-season conditioning ... son of Steven Jackson and O.C. and Cathy Johnson ... his cousin, Chris Draft, is a linebacker for the St. Louis Rams ... has lowest body fat percentage on the team with 5.0% ... majoring in human relations.
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2 BRIAN jACKSONDE SOTO, TEXASDE SOTO HIGH SCHOOL
2009: Saw action in four games as a member of the special teams ... had two tackles against Texas A&M.
2008: All-Big 12 Academic second team ... played in nine games as a member of special teams and reserve in the secondary ... registered a career-high three tackles against Chattanooga ... broke up first career pass against Washington.
2007: Redshirted
High School: Recorded 86 tackles and three interceptions as a senior ... ran three kickoffs and two punt returns back for touchdowns ... recorded eight receptions for 210 yards and one TD on offense ... selected to play in Offense-Defense Bowl in Florida ... chosen to play in the Austin Wrangler’s Lone Star Arena Football Classic and selected for the Oil Bowl ... voted first-team all-area ... seven interceptions, six taken back for touchdowns as a junior ... All-San Antonio selection as a junior ... runs a 4.5 40-yard dash ... bench presses 305 and squats 425 pounds ... coached by Jim Carson.
The Wrap-up: Grandson of Melanie Bruns ... sociology major.
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6 DESMOND jACKSONSEGUIN, TEXASSEGUIN H IGH SCHOOL
Year G-GS UT AT Total Loss Sacks INT FC FR PBU 2008 10-0 3 6 9 - - - - - 12009 4-0 - 2 2 - - - - - -Career 14-0 3 8 11 - - - - - 1
Year G-GS UT AT Total Loss Sacks INT FC FR PBU 2006 5-0 3 1 4 - - - - - -2007 14-0 10 4 14 - - 1-0 - - -2008 14-14 49 23 72 4-11 - 2-21 2 3-0 102009 12-12 35 12 47 1.5-3 - 4-24 1 1-52 8Career 45-26 97 40 137 5.5-14 0-0 7-45 3 4-52 18
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2009: Played in six games at the guard position ... earned first career start at right guard at Miami ... also started at the position against Baylor and Texas ... led the team with nine knockdowns against Texas.
At Coahoma: Listed by The Clarion Ledger as one of the top 25 Juco prospects in the nation ... played both left and right tackle as a sophomore in junior college and was credited with 42 knockdown blocks ... started all 11 games as a sophomore.
High School: Attended Trezevant High School in Memphis and earned a starting berth on the varsity as a freshman ... also played defensive line in high school and forced six fumbles as a senior ... high school team was in the playoffs each of his four seasons
The Wrap-up: Brother, Demadre Dean, is a freshman offensive lineman at Tennessee State ... multidisciplinary studies major.
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72 TAVARIS jEFFRIESMEMPHIS, TENN.COAHOMA CC
2009: All-Big 12 honorable mention by AP ... saw action in nine games before suffering a season-ending heel injury at Nebraska ... started the season opener vs. BYU at right guard before moving to starting right tackle the next five games.
2008: Redshirted while sitting out NCAA mandated season after transferring from LSU.
2007: (At LSU) Saw action at both tackle and guard in a backup role during his freshman season ... played in seven games, including the first three games of the year ... served as the Tigers’ backup left tackle behind Ciron Black and also spelled Lyle Hitt at right guard ... was in on a total of 63 plays from scrimmage ... played a season-high 18 snaps versus Louisiana Tech and registered a career-high three knockdowns and a pancake block in the victory.
High School: One of the top offensive line prospects in the state of Texas and the Southwest region ... rated the No. 10 offensive tackle in the nation by Scout.com ... a member of the Houston Chronicle Top 100 for Texas ... was a defensive end early in his career until he was moved to the offensive line after his sophomore season ... played in the inaugural Offense-Defense All-American Bowl in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. ... Helped his team to a semifinal berth in the 2006 playoffs ... as a junior, earned first-team all-district honors on the offensive line after recording 54 pancake blocks and giving up no sacks ... coached by Lydell Wilson.
The Wrap-Up: Full name is Jarvis Isiaha Jones ... parents are Darrell Jones and Angela Mayberry ... has one sibling, Kwanza ... sociology major.
2009: Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year honorable mention by league’s coaches and All-Big 12 Freshman by ESPN.com ... stepped into Sooner lineup after Sam Bradford went out with an injury ... earned first career start against Idaho State and responded with three touchdown passes ... threw a school-record six touchdown passes against Tulsa (previous mark of five was held by two Heisman winners, Sam Bradford and Jason White, and a Heisman runner-up, Josh Heupel) ... has five games with multiple touchdown passes ... leads all freshmen nationally with 23 TD passes .... tied the school record for pass attempts with 58 vs. Nebraska ... threw for a career-high 392 yards against Texas A&M ... also eclipsed the 300-yard mark against Tulsa with 336 yards ... completed 26 passes on three different occasions ... had a career-long rush of 15 yards against Kansas.
2008: Redshirted.
High School: Parade All-American ... played in the Under Armour ESPN All-American game ... second team multi-purpose All-American by EA Sports ... selected as New Mexico Gatorade Player of the Year ... fnalist for the Joe Montana Quarterback of the Year award ... a member of both the 2006 and 2007 New Mexico all-state teams ... threw for 3,850 yards on 366 pass attempts and 44 TDs with only 11 interceptions on his way to a state title in 2007 ... followed a season in which he threw for 3,432 yards and 45 scores on his way to his first state title in 2006 ... also rushed for 294 yards and nine scores in 2006 ... coached by Cooper Henderson.
The Wrap-up: Parents: Kellye and Kevin Jones ... general management major.
Year G-GS Comp-Att Pct Yds Avg/game Td INT 2009 12-9 231-398 58.0 2,780 231.7 23 13
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12 LANDRY jONESARTESIA, N.M.ARTESIA HIGH SCHOOL
2009: Saw action in nine games while starting six ... had career highs in receptions (6) and yards (72) against Miami ... also had lone touchdown against Miami ... is listed as the team’s backup punter.
At Garden City: No. 3 JUCO receiver in the nation (Rivals.com) ... No. 16 overall JUCO player in the nation (Rivals.com) ... No. 17 overall JUCO player in the nation (SuperPrep) ... first team All-Jayhawk Conference in 2008 … named 2007 All-Jayhawk Conference as a receiver, returner and punter … 2007 Jayhawk Conference special teams player of the year … had 40 catches for 580 yards (14.5 avg.) and five touchdowns … also rushed the ball 12 times for 55 yards, threw an 18-yard touchdown pass, converted 11-of-13 extra point attempts, made 8-of-9 field goal opportunities (three longest were 40, 41, and 52) and punted for a 47 yard average … 46 passes for 633 yards and three touchdowns in 2007 … clocked at 4.48 in the 40.
High School: Only played one year of high school football at Dacula High School.
The Wrap-up: Son of Pattie Roth ... sociology major.
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6 CAMERON KENNEYDACULA, GA.GARDEN CITY CC
Year G-GS Rec Yds Avg Td Long 2009 9-6 22 268 12.2 1 25 vs. Miami
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2009: Played in three games as a reserve on the defensive line ... broke up one pass against Texas A&M.
2008: Redshirted
High School: Named the unanimous district Defensive MVP ... elected to the All-Greater Houston team by The Houston Chronicle ... racked up 46 tackles from his defensive end position as well as nine tackles for a loss ... recorded 4.5 sacks and six quarterback pressures ... also batted six passes and intercepted one ... coached by Ron Counter.
The Wrap-up: Has yet to declare a major.
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90 DAVID KINGHOUSTON, TEXASSTRAKE jESUIT PREP HIGH SCHOOL
2009: Former walk-on took over starting center duties against Oklahoma State after Ben Habern went down with an injury vs. Texas Tech ... had seen action in six other games at either guard or center prior to the starting appointment.
At Colorado State: Redshirted 2006 season ... saw action in all 12 games in 2007.
High School: 2005 District 5A-4 Lineman of the Year ... played all five offensive line positions as a senior ... did not play his junior year after breaking his arm ... class valedictorian and member of the National Honor Society with a 4.0 grade-point average ... named to the Superintendent’s honor roll all four years in high school ... coached by Rex Trent ... played basketball during freshman and sophomore seasons ... was all-state in choir and was active in musical theatre.
The Wrap-up: Son of Mark and Linda Lepak ... finance major ... received the 2009 John F.Y. Stambaugh Outstanding Accounting Senior Award ... is vice-chairman of the OU College Republicans ... youngest of five siblings ... entire family attended OU ... mother taught business at OU in the 1980s ... uncle, Sam Stoia, lettered in football at OU while aunt, Elizabeth Stoia, played softball for the Sooners.
2009: All-Big 12 first team by the coaches, Kansas City Star, Oklahoman and Phil Steele and second team by AP, Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Waco Tribune Herald ... All-Big Academic 12 second team ... team’s leading tackler for the second consecutive year ... Oklahoma’s leading tackler in seven games ... had double-digit tackles in five games to give him 11 for his career ... led all linebackers with nine tackles for loss ... has 244 career tackles, the third-best total by a linebacker in the Stoops’ era ... forced a fumble against Idaho State and picked off a pass vs. Tulsa.
2008: Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year by the AP and Kansas City Star and Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year by the coaches ... All-Big 12 first team by the AP, Dallas Morning News, Kansas City Star and San Antonio Express News and second team by the coaches ... All-Big 12 Academic first team ... broke Brian Bosworth’s freshman season tackles record of 133 ... tied Bosworth’s record for tackles by a freshman in a game with 19 against Texas ... hit double-digit tackles in six games ... second on the team with four interceptions and led team with 108 interception return yards ... also second on the team with 11.5 tackles for loss ... picked off two passes against Kansas State ... forced a fumble and recorded an interception against Texas Tech.
2007: Redshirted
High School: Played linebacker and running back in high school ... rushed for 1,436 yards on 222 carries with nine touchdowns as a senior ... also caught 10 passes for 108 yards and a score ... selected to the US Army All-American game ... named all-area and all-metro as a senior ... all-district and invited to the Army All-American combine as a junior ... rushed 109 times for 577 yards over a four-game stretch in 2005 ... invited to the Army Combine and Nike Camp ... all-district as a junior ... runs a 4.34 40-yard dash ... benches 335 and squats 515 pounds ... coached by Jimmy Ramos.
The Wrap-up: Parents: James Lewis and Dori Schwartz ... posted linebackers’ best bench press, 380 pounds ... sociology major.
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28 TRAVIS LEWISSAN ANTONIO, TEXASROBERT E. LEE HIGH SCHOOL
2009: Leads team in special teams tackles with 10 ... recorded a safety with a sack in the end zone against Idaho State ... finished the game with a career-high four tackles, two of which went for loss ... recovered a fumble against Texas A&M as a member of the kick cover squad ... also forced a fumble vs. Baylor ... led the team with three special teams tackles against Kansas.
High School: No. 2 linebacker in the nation (SuperPrep) ... No. 2 strong side linebacker in the nation (Scout.com) ... No. 2 overall player in Oklahoma (Rivals.com) ... No. 3 overall player in the Midlands (SuperPrep) ... No. 4 outside linebacker in the nation (Rivals.com) ... No. 7 outside linebacker in the nation (ESPN.com) ... No. 14 overall player in the nation (Scout.com) ... No. 16 overall player in the nation (SuperPrep) ... No. 44 overall player in the nation (Rivals.com) ... No. 71 overall player in the nation (Athlon) ... No. 84 overall player in the nation (ESPN.com) ... No. 94 overall player in the nation (Emfinger) ... SuperPrep All-American … PrepStar All-American top 250 nationally … first team Tulsa World All-State … unanimous first team Oklahoma all-state on both sides of the ball … selected to participate in the ESPN Under Armor All-Star game … named first small school Mr. Football Oklahoma … rushed for 2,219 yards on 150 rushes with 33 touchdowns in 2008 along with 156 tackles … picked off 11 passes on defense and added 2,000 yards and 40 rushing touchdowns as a junior.
The Wrap-up: Made the transition from eight-man football in high school to 11-man on the collegiate level.
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2008: Saw action in seven games as a reserve on the defensive line ... recorded a career-high three tackles against Chattanooga, including first career sack ... also recorded a tackle for loss against Washington.
2007: Recorded a quarterback hurry in his first game action at Texas Tech ... also saw action in Big 12 Championship against Missouri.
2006: Redshirted
High School: Four-year starter ... named district defensive lineman of the year as a senior ... had 28 tackles, four tackles for loss and five and one-half sacks ... rated the No. 25 defensive tackle nationally by CollegeFootballNews.com, No. 45 by Scout ... rated the No. 33 strongside defensive end by Rivals ... earned first team all-district honors as a junior ... recorded 50 tackles, including 10 sacks, as a junior ... also had one interception and three fumble recoveries ... coached by Terry Morris.
The Wrap-up: Ran a 40-yard dash of 4.73 seconds ... parents: Prince and Faryce Macon ... multidisciplinary studies major.
2009: Moved to slot receiver and also doubled as team’s primary kick returner ... eclipsed the 100-yard mark in kickoff returns twice on the season with 108 vs. Texas and 118 vs. Kansas State ... leads OU with 427 kickoff return yards, the seventh-best single-season mark in program history.
2008: Exploded in the Big 12 Championship with a career-high 114 yards, his first career 100-yard game ... also had three scores in the game against Missouri ... had TDs against Washington (2) and Baylor (1) ... had nine carries for 65 yards against Texas A&M.
2007: Played as a backup running back and on special teams ... rushed for 87 yards and a touchdown in the season opener against North Texas ... had a career-long 55-yard run against the Mean Green ... rushed for a touchdown against Tulsa ... recorded three tackles on special teams.
2006: Redshirted
High School: Rushed for 1,513 yards and 25 touchdowns as a senior ... averaged 6.1 yards per carry ... also caught 23 passes for 242 yards and two touchdowns ... all-district and all-conference as a senior ... district offensive player of the year ... Oklahoman All-State Second Team ... Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State First Team ... Oklahoman Big All-City team ... team MVP ... a three-year starter ... played defensive back and running back his sophomore and junior years before switching to running back full-time as a senior ... coached by Butch Peters.
The Wrap-up: Spent the spring working at wide receiver and could see action in that role ... parents: Rudy and Ellen Garcia ... majoring in human relations.
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94 PRYCE MACONCORPUS CHRISTI, TEXASCARROLL HIGH SCHOOL
2009: Walter Camp, FWAA and Sporting News All-American ... Lombardi Award Finalist ... All-Big 12 first team by AP, coaches, Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Kansas City Star, Oklahoman, Phil Steele and Waco Tribune Herald ... honorable mention Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year and Defensive Lineman of the Year by the coaches ... leads team with longest streak of consecutive starts at 39, the most ever by a defensive lineman at OU ... 14.5 of 31 tackles (47 percent) are for loss ... led OU with nine quarterback hurries ... second on the team with 14.5 tackles for loss ... had a career- and team-best four tackles for loss against BYU ... also tied a career high with five tackles in the game ... forced a fumble that led to an Oklahoma recovery for a touchdown against Idaho State ... also recovered a fumble vs. Nebraska.
2008: Sporting News First Team All-American ... AP Second Team All-American ... Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year by the Dallas Morning News ... All-Big 12 first team by the coaches, Dallas Morning News, Kansas City Star and San Antonio Express News and second team by the AP ... led all interior defensive lineman with 30 tackles ... second on the team with 6.5 sacks ... career-high two sacks against Texas ... first career interception came in the BCS title game against Florida ... equaled career-high five tackles in season opener against Chattanooga.
2007: Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year ... Freshman All-American by Rivals, The Sporting News and CollegeFootballNews.com ... honorable mention All-Big 12 Team by the coaches and Associated Press ... started 13 games at defensive tackle ... recorded five tackles at Colorado ... two tackles and a key fumble recovery against Texas ... had two tackles for loss, a sack and a QB hurry against Missouri ... forced a fumble and notched a sack and two tackles for loss against Texas A&M ... logged two tackles, assisted on a tackle for loss and recorded two quarterback hurries in Big 12 Championship against Missouri.
2006: Redshirted
High School: National defensive player of the year by USA Today ... 2005 Oklahoma Gatorade Player of the Year ... named to the Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State Team ... All-City Athletic Conference Player of the Year ... logged 82 tackles, 20 sacks and recovered nine fumbles as a senior ... all-area, all-state and all-metro as a junior ... finished that season with 83 tackles, including 23 tackles for loss, and 20 sacks ... had one interception (returned 48 yards for a touchdown) and two fumble recoveries ... all-state by the Oklahoman and Tulsa World ... best DL by Oklahoma Kickoff Magazine ... played in the U.S. Army High School All-American game ... Parade All-American ... coached by Michael Branch.
The Wrap-up: Parents: Gerald and the late Patricia McCoy ... majoring in human relations ... named to 2008 AFCA Good Works Team.
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93 GERALD MCCOYOKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL
2009: A backup defensive tackle in his first year with the program ... played in six games ... had a career-high two tackles in three games ... had a career-high 1.5 sacks against Texas A&M ... also had a sack against Texas Tech ... All-Big 12 freshman team by ESPN.com.
High School: No. 2 overall player in the nation (Emfinger) ... No. 3 defensive lineman in the nation (SuperPrep) ... No. 3 overall player in the Southwest (SuperPrep) ... No. 3 defensive tackle in the nation (Scout.com) ... No. 5 defensive tackle in the nation (Rivals.com) ... No. 6 defensive tackle in the nation (ESPN.com) ... No. 7 overall player in Texas (Rivals.com) ... No. 9 overall player in the nation (SuperPrep) ... No. 11 overall player in the nation (Scout.com) ... No. 13 overall player in the nation (Athlon) ... No. 22 overall player in the nation (PrepStar) ... No. 36 overall player in the nation (Rivals.com) ... No. 55 overall player in the nation (ESPN.com) ... Parade All-American … Parade All-America top lineman nationally … 2008 first team all-class, all-star “Super Team’ compiled by Texas Football Magazine … second team Texas all-state selection… named Texas Academic all-state … selected to participate in the Army All-American game … accounted for 53 tackles, 10 tackles for loss and four sacks in 2008 … bench presses 365 lbs. and squats 485 lbs … has a 4.85 40.
The Wrap-up: Son of Kashemeyia Adams and Lloyd McFarland ... pre-HSS major.
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97 jAMARKUS MCFARLANDLUFKIN, TEXASLUFKIN HIGH SCHOOL
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Year G-GS UT AT Total Loss Sacks INT FC FR PBU 2007 13-13 10 9 19 6.5-26 2-15 - 1 - 02008 14-14 16 14 30 11-43 6.5-35 1-12 - - 22009 12-12 22 9 31 14.5-66 5-41 - 1 1-0 2Career 39-39 48 32 80 32-135 13.5-91 1-12 2 1-0 4
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2009: A reserve defensive lineman who saw action in two games ... recorded a lone tackle against Idaho State ... helped provide offensive line depth during practice the week of the Oklahoma State game.
2008: Redshirted.
High School: Selected to Tulsa World and The Oklahoman all-state teams ... Muskogee Phoenix’s Defensive Player of the Year ... recorded 98 tackles his senior season with 20 going for a loss, including six sacks ... also registered two interceptions, eight batted passes and three forced fumbles ... for his career, racked up 160 tackles, 38 for a loss and 13 sacks ... totaled six interceptions and 21 broken up passes for his career ... coached by Matt Hennesey.
The Wrap-up: Parents: Stacy and Sabrina McGee ... undecided on a major.
2009: Earned first career start at tight end against Texas A&M ... the same game also saw him switch jerseys during the game and move to the offensive line ... was inserted into the starting lineup at right tackle against Oklahoma State ... wears No. 69 when lined up at tackle ... had a career-long reception of 10 yards against Tulsa.
2008: Saw action in first three games of the season before suffering an injury ... returned to action in final regular-season game at Oklahoma State.
2007: Played in six games on special teams.
2006: Redshirted.
High School: Two-year starter ... senior team captain ... had 17 catches for 359 yards and four touchdowns as a senior ... had a long of 44 yards ... led Rangers to their most successful season ever as the team averaged more than 50 points per game ... rated the No. 25 tight end in the nation by Rivals and was a PrepStar All-Region pick ... played deep snapper, too ... unanimous District 24 4A selection at tight end ... THSCA 4A Academic all-stater ... named to the all-area team ... also lettered in baseball and basketball ... coached by Tim Teykl.
The Wrap-up: Son of Cletus and Margie Mensik ... multidisciplinary studies major.
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88 ERIC MENSIKROSENBERG, TEXASTERRY HIGH SCHOOL
Year G-GS Rec Yds Avg Td Long 2007 6-0 - - - - -2008 4-0 - - - - -2009 12-2 2 14 7.0 - 10 vs. TulsaCareer 22-2 2 14 7.0 - 10 vs. Tulsa
Year G-GS UT AT Total Loss Sacks INT FC FR PBU 2009 2-0 - 1 1 - - - - - -
2009: Worked his way into the wide receiver rotation and finished third on the team in receptions ... first career start against Baylor resulted in five catches for 67 yards ... posted career highs with nine receptions and 94 yards against Kansas State ... also hauled in first career TD in that game.
2008: Saw action in six games ... recorded two catches for 14 yards with a long of 10 yards in the season opener against Chattanooga.
High School: AP all-state in 2007 ... finalist for the Gatorade Player of the Year Award ... four-year starter in both football and basketball, as well as the New Jersey state champion in the 200-meter dash ... elected to play in the Offense-Defense All-American game ... tallied 77 tackles as well as one INT and six passes broken up ... racked up 46 receptions for 612 yards with six TDs ... ran 51 times for 455 yards and five TDs ... accounted for 14 total TDs.
The Wrap-up: Son of Cornelia and Jeremy Miller ... sociology major ... mother is the general manager of Down Magazine.
2009: Saw action in seven games ... ran for first career TD, from 36 yards, and 88 yards against Idaho State ... suffered a season-ending injury against Texas A&M.
High School: No. 30 running back in the nation (Rivals.com) ... No. 41 overall player in Texas (Rivals.com) ... No. 42 overall player in the Southwest (SuperPrep) ... PrepStar All-Midlands Region team ... 2008 first team all-class, all-star “Super Team’ compiled by Texas Football Magazine ... 5A-10 Offensive District MVP ... all-district team ... second team all-area ... Texas all-state honorable mention ... broke district records in career rushing yards (4,457) and touchdowns (51).
The Wrap-up: Son of Keith and Bridget Miller ... related to former NFL cornerback Daylon McCutcheon.
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26 jONATHAN MILLERGARLAND, TEXASNAAMAN FOREST HIGH SCHOOL
24 DEjUAN MILLERMETUCHEN, N. j.METUCHEN H IGH SCHOOL
DEjUAN MILLER
Year G-GS Rec Yds Avg Td Long 2008 6-0 2 14 7.0 - 10 vs. Chattanooga2009 12-7 30 350 11.7 1 37 vs. BaylorCareer 18-7 32 364 11.4 1 37 vs. Baylor
Year G-GS Rush. Avg. Td Long Rec. Avg. Td Long2009 7-0 18-130 7.2 1 36t - - -
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2009: A reserve on the defensive line, he saw action in eight games ... had a tackle for loss against Idaho State.
2008: Registered a career-high three tackles versus Texas Tech ... forced a fumble against Texas A&M ... broke up a pass against TCU.
2007: Saw action in the Sooners’ first three games ... recorded tackles against North Texas and Utah State ... also recovered a fumble against Utah State.
2006: Worked in a reserve role.
2005: Redshirted
High School: Three-year starter and letterman ... played tight end and defensive end ... totaled 95 tackles and 6.5 sacks in 2004 ... recorded 14 tackles for loss during his senior year ... runs a 4.9 40-yard dash ... bench pressed 320 pounds and squats 400 pounds ... also a standout basketball player ... coached by Don Payne.
The Wrap-up: Son of Roderick and Bernadine Moore ... mother is a highway patrol sergeant ... father played football at Chattanooga ... multidisciplinary studies major.
2009: All-Big 12 second team by coaches and honorable mention by AP ... All-Big 12 Academic second team ... second on the team in both rushing and receiving ... had two 100-yard rushing games with 107 yards against Baylor and 101 against Idaho State ... had a career-high 143 receiving yards against Texas A&M ... total tied OU record for receiving yards by a RB in a game ... had career-high eight receptions against Texas ... had four multi-touchdown games to give him 13 in his career ... ranks No. 2 in OU history for receiving yards and receptions by a running back with 937 career yards on 83 receptions ... ranks No. 5 all-time at OU with 44 career touchdowns ... No. 4 at OU with 4,594 career all-purpose yards.
2008: All-Big 12 first team by the coaches and second team by the AP ... All-Big 12 Academic first team ... second team ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American ... suffered hamstring injury on opening kickoff of Big 12 Championship and missed BCS Championship ... set OU single-season record for all-purpose yards with 2,171 total yards ... became the 19th player in OU history to rush for more than 1,000 yards in a season ... became Oklahoma’s 67th 100-yard rusher with 100 yards in the third game of the season ... team’s leading kick returner with 774 yards, second best in a season in OU history ... blossomed into a receiving threat with 31 receptions ... eclipsed the 100-yard rushing mark in five games ... also topped the century mark in kick return yards on three occasions, including 196 yards against Oklahoma State ... had multiple touchdowns in six games ... accounted for four touchdowns against Kansas State, two rushing and two receiving ... had back-to-back 100-yard games against Texas A&M and Texas Tech, including 123 yards on just seven carries against the Aggies.
2007: Suffered a dislocated knee cap in game No. 11 at Texas Tech, then missed the remainder of the season and the subsequent spring workouts ... Rivals Freshman All-American ... HM All-Big 12 by the coaches and AP ... honored by the AP as both a RB and all-purpose player ... first team Academic All-Big 12 ... averaged 29.3 yards per kickoff return ... 15 touchdowns tied the OU freshman record set by Adrian Peterson ... set another OU record with five touchdowns in his debut game against North Texas ... rushed four times for 100 yards against Utah State, including a 92-yard TD run, third longest in OU history ... scored three touchdowns at Tulsa, including an 81-yard kickoff return ... led OU with 17 rushes and 128 yards and one touchdown, a 65-yard sprint, against Texas ... scored four times, three rushing and one on a 91-yard kickoff return vs. Baylor.
2006: Redshirted
High School: Named 2005 Sunset Region Offensive Player of the Year ... earned all-state honors in 2005 and was an all-conference pick three consecutive years ... rushed for 1,947 yards and 27 touchdowns in his senior season ... also caught 22 passes for 724 yards and seven touchdowns ... had 64 tackles, three sacks and two interceptions while playing defensive back ... played in the U.S. Army High School All-American game ... led his high school basketball team to a 2005 state title ... was a top-30 basketball recruit as well ... coached by David White.
The Wrap-up: Parent: Kevin Murray ... logged a 4.42 (team best) 40 time and a 36.5-inch vertical jump during winter testing in 2008 ... communications major.
2009: Walk-on whose first ever action in a football game of any kind came against Texas A&M when he converted a 26-yard field goal and two extra points ... was perfect against Texas Tech with field goals of 47 and 22 yards and one extra point ... hit two field goals and three extra points against Oklahoma State.
High School: Did not play football in high school.
The Wrap-up: Never played football until coming to Oklahoma ... played years of competitive soccer ... decided to kick footballs as a hobby ... produced a recruiting video that he placed on YouTube and sent to a handful of programs ... undecided on a major.
2009: All-Big 12 honorable mention by the coaches ... All-Big 12 Academic second team ... started season as backup defensive back before moving into the starting lineup for the final two games of the season ... had a career-high 11 tackles vs. Texas Tech ... had one intercerption in each of the final three games of the season ... collected first career sack against BYU ... forced a fumble against Texas A&M.
2008: Saw action in four games as a member of the special teams ... recorded a three tackles in season opener against Chattanooga ... collected two tackles each against Cincinnati and Washington.
2007: Saw action against North Texas and Colorado.
2007: Redshirted
High School: A three-year starter at cornerback ... recorded only one interception and a handful of break-ups during his senior season when opponents stayed away from his side of the field ... rated the No. 10 cornerback and the No. 112 player in the nation by ESPN.com ... helped the Jaguars to a 9-4 record in the 4-5A district ... made 40 tackles, one interception and four fumble recoveries as a junior ... also a standout sprinter on the track team ... coached by Kyle Geller.
The Wrap-up: Son of Brian and Pamela Nelson ... team-best 41.5-inch vertical jump in 2007 winter testing ... accounting major.
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3 jONATHAN NELSONMANSF IELD, TEXASSUMMITT H IGH SCHOOL
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43 PATRICK O’HARATOPEKA, KAN.WASHBURN UNIVERSITY
DEMARCO MURRAY
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Year G-GS Att-Made Pct Blk Long PAT Pct. 2009 3-2 5-7 71.4 1 47 vs. T. Tech 11-11 1.000
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Year G-GS UT AT Total Loss Sacks INT FC FR PBU 2007 -- Redshirted -- 2008 14-0 8 6 14 - - - - - -2009 12-10 26 16 42 1-1 - - - - 2Career 26-10 34 22 56 1-1 - - - - 2
2009: Redshirted.
2008: Played nine games of true freshman season ... caught two passes each against Chattanooga and Baylor ... season-long reception of 15 yards came against Chattanooga.
High School: Top-50 prospect by Sports Illustrated/Takkle.com ... selected to both the US Army and Parade All-America teams ... named an all-state team member by both The Oklahoman and Tulsa World ... Muskogee Phoenix’s MVP ... caught 59 passes in 2007 racking up 994 yards and 10 scores ... totaled 167 receptions for 3,444 yards and 45 TDs as a four-year starter ... coached by Matt Hennesey.
The Wrap-up: Son of Debra Owens ... communications major.
2009: Starter at strong safety for 10 games ... had a career-high seven tackles against Miami ... claimed one tackle for loss against Idaho State ... broke up passes against Tulsa and Baylor.
2008: All-Big 12 Academic first team ... saw action in every game on special teams, averaging more than one tackle per game ... racked up a career-high four stops against Washington ... ranked fifth on team with 10 special teams tackles.
2007: Redshirted.
High School: Ran 221 times for 1658 yards and 19 touchdowns as a senior ... also completed 42 of 82 passes for 456 yards and four TD ... played on defense twice, both times recording a tackle ... helped lead his high school to the state semifinal in Texas class 5A ... senior team captain ... named offensive MVP by his teammates ... selected to play in the All-Greater Houston football game ... runs a 4.6 40-yard dash ... coached by Tony Heath.
The Wrap-up: Parent: Yolanda Proctor ... communications major.
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4 jAMEEL OWENSMUSKOGEE, OKLA.MUSKOGEE HIGH SCHOOL
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27 SAM PROCTORPEARLAND, TEXASPEARLAND HIGH SCHOOL
Year G-GS Rec Yds Avg Td Long 2008 9-0 4 44 11.0 - 15 vs. Chattanooga2009 -Redshirted-Career 9-0 4 44 11.0 - 15 vs. Chattanooga
2009: Played in eight games as a member of the receiver rotation ... had career-high three receptions against Baylor and Oklahoma State ... had a career-high 59 yards against Oklahoma State ... hauled in career-long reception of 57 yards vs. Texas Tech.
High School: No. 92 receiver in the nation (Scouts.com) ... No. 93 receiver in the nation (Rivals.com) ... PrepStar All-Midlands Region team … had 31 receptions for 620 yards with five touchdowns his senior year … sat out most of his senior year due to an ankle injury … had 20 receptions for 500 yards as a sophomore.
The Wrap-up: Son of Alonzo Reynolds III and Twila Reynolds ... computer engineering major.
2009: All-Big 12 honorable mention by AP and coaches ... started first 11 games of the season at middle linebacker before suiting up but not playing against Oklahoma State due to an injury ... had double-digit tackles in games against BYU (10) and Tulsa (13) ... also had a career-high two sacks vs. Tulsa ... forced a fumble and returned an interception 22 yards against BYU ... returned a fumble recovery for seven yards against Texas.
2008: Leader of Oklahoma defense until suffering torn ACL against Texas, the season’s sixth game ... honorable mention All-Big 12 by the AP ... recorded two double-digit tackle games against TCU (10) and Baylor (14) ... received defensive coordinator Brent Venables’ first-ever perfect linebacking grade against Baylor ... forced a fumble against Cincinnati.
2007: Received first career start vs. North Texas and finished with three tackles and one sack ... six tackles vs. Miami ... nine stops, three for loss, vs. Utah State ... had an interception and 12-yard return at Tulsa ... career-high 15 tackles at Colorado ... missed Iowa State game with neck injury.
2006: Missed the season after suffering a knee injury during off-season drills ... redshirted.
2005: True freshman who saw most of his snaps on special teams ... logged tackles against Tulsa, Nebraska and Oklahoma State.
High School: Four-year letterman ... played linebacker, defensive back, tight end and fullback ... had 94 tackles and six sacks as senior ... recorded 96 tackles and six sacks as junior ... ran for a career-best 393 yards as junior ... No. 30 player in the nation (ESPN.com) ... No. 2 linebacker in the nation (ESPN.com) ... No. 7 player in the Northwest (Scout.com) ... No. 2 outside LB in the nation (Rivals.com) ... No. 26 player in the nation (Rivals.com) ... No. 1 Postseason Nevada Top 10 (Rivals.com) ... No. 24 overall (CollegeFootballNews.com) ... No. 3 LB overall (CollegeFootballNews.com) ... USA Today First Team All-American (2004) ... Nevada’s Gatorade Player of the Year (2004) ... played in 2005 U.S. Army All-American game ... clocked at 4.57 in the 40-yard dash ... honors student ... state high school wrestling champion and five-time national Judo champion ... coached by David White.
The Wrap-up: Suffered a torn ACL just after the completion of spring practice in 2006, then underwent more surgery on an LCL injury in the spring of 2007 before tearing yet another ACL in the sixth game of the 2008 season ... son of Craig and Barbara Reynolds ... held a part-time job at his parents’ boat rental company ... sociology major.
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4 RYAN REYNOLDSLAS VEGAS, NEV.BISHOP GORMAN HIGH SCHOOL
16 jAZ REYNOLDSHOUSTON, TEXASEISENHOWER HIGH SCHOOL
Year G-GS Rec Yds Avg Td Long 2009 8-0 10 220 22.0 0 57 vs. Texas Tech
Year G-GS UT AT Total Loss Sacks INT FC FR PBU 2005 9-0 1 2 3 - - - - - -2006 -- Redshirted -- 2007 13-7 34 26 60 8.0-26 2.0-16 1-12 - - -2008 6-6 26 20 46 5.0-10 - - 1 - 22009 11-11 35 32 67 7-17 3.5-11 1-22 1 1-7 -Career 39-24 96 80 176 20-53 5.5-27 2-34 2 1-7 2
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2009: Oklahoma’s starter at left guard before suffering an injury against Baylor ... missed five games before returning to the starting lineup vs. Texas Tech ... is OU’s second-most experience offensive lineman with 42 games played ... led the team with 14 knockdowns against Miami and 12 against Oklahoma State.
2008: Saw action in all 14 games as a reserve ... worked at both left and right guard ... started in games against Chattanooga and TCU ... led all reserve lineman with 50 knockdown blocks and 421 plays ... had 10 knockdowns against TCU.
2007: Saw action in all 14 of OU’s games this season ... earned two starting assignments vs. Iowa State at right guard and Texas A&M at left guard ... most extensive action was 73 plays against the Cyclones ... top grade was 87% in the first Missouri contest ... credited with 71 knockdowns, including 14 against Oklahoma State.
2006: Saw action in seven games for 74 snaps as a backup guard ... credited with 10 knockdowns, including three at Missouri ... missed all of the preseason drills and the first three games after an off-season weightlifting accident.
2005: Redshirted.
High School: Recorded 32 tackles, eight for loss, and three sacks in 2004 ... saw limited action due to finger injury ... played at Southeast Raleigh (N.C.) High School prior to Hargrave ... coached by Robert Puntry.
The Wrap-up: Moved from defensive tackle to the offensive line in the spring of 2006 and immediately impressed the offensive staff ... his cousin, Cedric, is on the roster of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings and was a former standout at NC State ... was born with club foot deformity (wears a size 16 right shoe, a size 17 left) ... sociology major.
2009: Did not see game action.
2008: Played in seven games as a reserve offensive lineman.
2007: Redshirted
High School: Played in first three games but broken toe injury kept him from playing again until the playoffs ... transferred to Blue Springs from Central High School in Kansas City where he was named all-league as a junior ... bench presses 375 and squats 500 pounds ... runs a five-second 40-yard dash ... coached by Kelly Donohoe.
The Wrap-up: Parents: Donald Ramey and Ethel Stephenson ... multidisciplinary studies major.
59 DONALD STEPHENSONBLUE SPR INGS, MO.BLUE SPR INGS H IGH SCHOOL
2009: Oklahoma’s starting kicker for the first six games of the season ... also started against Texas A&M ... converted a career-high four field goals against Baylor ... finished with 15 points against Baylor, the third-highest single-game total by a kicker in OU history ... All-Big 12 Academic second team.
2008: All-Big 12 Academic first team ... handled placekicking duties, converting 8-of-12 field goals and 94-of-99 extra points ... set OU program records for most extra points made and attempted in a season ... tallied a total of 118 points in the season, ranking No. 2 at OU for the most ever kicking points in a season ... converted two field goals, the longest a 30-yarder, in the Big 12 Championship against Missouri ... booted season-long field goal of 42 yards against Texas A&M.
2007: Redshirted
High School: Fifty career field goals (50-77) broke the national record total by a high school kicker ... scored 18 total points in a single game as a junior ... connected on a string of 125 consecutive extra points ... career-long field goal of 52 yards as a senior ... went 10-25 as a senior, with most of his misses coming beyond 50 yards ... tied national single-season record with 22 field goals as a junior ... also punted for a 33-yard average ... named first-team all-state kicker by Tulsa World, and first-team punter by The Oklahoman ... Parade All-America first-team ... first-team All-USA by USA Today ... selected to inaugural East Meets West All-American football game ... all-state selection by Oklahoma Coaches Association ... coached by Andy Bogert.
The Wrap-up: Parents: Jim and Colleen Stevens ... energy management major.
2009: All-Big 12 honorable mention by AP and coaches ... All-Big 12 Academic second team ... steady performer with 27 straight starts ... had four tackles and one sack against Kansas ... also had sacks against BYU, Baylor and Oklahoma State ... blocked an extra point attempt vs. Kansas State ... tied a career high with six tackles against Nebraska ... also had a career-high three TFLs vs. Nebraska ... had a tackle for loss in six games.
2008: A member of the OU defensive tackle rotation ... started all 14 games ... tied for third on the team with 4.5 sacks ... second in DT rotation with 26 tackles ... career-high six tackles in the BCS title game against Florida ... forced a fumble against Texas A&M and recovered another at Oklahoma State.
2007: All-Big 12 Academic first team ... worked mostly in a reserve role, but blossomed as the season progressed ... returned first career interception 18 yards against Baylor ... recorded season-high three tackles against Oklahoma State ... had one sack on the season against Tulsa ... credited with two quarterback hurries ... started in the Fiesta Bowl.
2006: Redshirted
High School: District IV-5A Defensive Player of the Year as a junior and senior ... named to the All-Arlington first team ... team defensive MVP ... logged 50 tackles, including six for loss, and a fumble recovery as a senior ... caught a touchdown pass and blocked two punts as well ... logged 63 tackles and seven sacks as a junior ... member of the player’s council team leadership group ... three-year starter and a senior captain ... coached by Kirk Thor.
The Wrap-up: Parents: Adrian and Tina Taylor ... runs a 40-yard dash in 4.83 seconds ... sociology major.
86 ADRIAN TAYLORMANSF IELD, TEXASMANSF IELD H IGH SCHOOL
17 jIMMY STEVENSOKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.HERITAGE HALL HIGH SCHOOL
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Year G-GS Att-Made Pct Blk Long PAT Pct. 2008 14-14 8-12 66.7 1 42 vs. Texas A&M 94-99 94.92009 7-7 11-13 84.6 0 39 vs. Miami 27-29 93.1Career 21-21 19-25 76.0 1 42 vs. Texas A&M 121-128 94.5
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2009: Caught first touchdown of the season and second of his career with three-yard strike against Baylor ... had career high in receptions (6) along with third career receiving TD vs. Kansas ... collected career-high 76 receiving yards against Texas A&M ... first career multi-touchdown game (2) against Texas A&M.
2008: Had three catches in season opener against Chattanooga ... also recorded two tackles on the season.
2007: Suffered a torn ACL at Texas Tech and missed the remainder of the season and the subsequent spring drills ... All-Big 12 academic (second team) ... played backup to Malcolm Kelly ... season- and career-high three catches for 35 yards against North Texas in season opener ... caught one pass for career-long 61 yards and a touchdown against Miami ... also caught a pass against Baylor.
2006: Played in 12 games as a true freshman ... caught one pass for 11 yards against Middle Tennessee and another for 15 against Nebraska.
High School: All-Metroplex by the Dallas Morning News ... Elite 11 by Fort Worth Star-Telegram ... honorable mention all-state ... earned all-district honors as a senior ... named team MVP ... nominated for the Oil Bowl ... academic all-district ... finished his senior season with more than 1,000 yards receiving ... rushed for 1,127 yards his senior season ... played in the U.S. Army High School All-American game ... caught nine touchdown passes as a junior ... runs the 40-yard dash in 4.43 seconds ... also one of the top basketball players in Texas ... participated in the state track meet in the triple jump ...coached by Jim Bennett.
The Wrap-up: Son of Dexter and Debora Tennell ... runs the 40-yard dash in 4.43 seconds ... multidisciplinary studies major.
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80 ADRON TENNELLIRVING, TEXASSTEPHEN F. AUSTIN HIGH SCHOOL
2009: Played in all 12 games as a backup at safety and a member of the special teams ... blocked a punt against Idaho State ... had tackles against Idaho State, Tulsa and Texas Tech.
High School: No. 20 cornerback in the nation (Rivals.com) ... No. 20 overall player in Texas (Rivals.com) ... No. 25 cornerback in the nation (Scout.com) ... No. 35 overall player in the Southwest (SuperPrep) ... PrepStar All-American top 250 nationally … 2008 second team all-class, all-star “Super Team’ compiled by Texas Football Magazine … unanimous first team all-district selection … selected to participate in the Hawaii vs. Mainland All-American bowl game … had 61 catches for 790 yards and five touchdowns in 2008 … had 60 total tackles, 40 solos, 14 pass breakups and seven sacks in 2007 … bench presses 275, squats 445 and power cleans 275 lbs … has a 33.5-inch vertical and 4.50 40.
The Wrap-up: Undecided on a major.
13 MARCUS TRICEMESQUITE , TEXASMESQUITE H IGH SCHOOL
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Year G-GS Rec Yds Avg Td Long 2006 12-0 2 26 13.0 - 15 vs. Nebraska2007 11-0 5 114 22.8 1 61t vs. Miami2008 12-0 9 68 7.6 - 18 vs. TCU2009 11-0 24 297 12.4 4 29 vs. Texas A&MCareer 46-0 40 505 12.6 5 61 vs. Miami
2009: Saw action in three games as a reserve defensive lineman ... had two tackles and a fumble recovery against Idaho State.
2008: Redshirted.
High School: Recorded 22 tackles in 2007 with two sacks and two forced fumbles ... also credited with seven QB hurries ... in 2006, totaled 25 tackles with two sacks ... also recorded a fumble recovery and two QB hurries ... coached by Jeff Jordan.
The Wrap-up: Parents: Natalie and Chris Pipkin ... has yet to declare a major.
2009: A backup defensive end ... played in four games ... recorded a half sack against Texas A&M.
2008: Redshirted.
High School:No. 2 defensive end by Scout.com ... EA Sports All-American ... named the 2008 Southwest Defensive Player of the year by SuperPrep Magazine ... Parade All-American ... elected to play in the 2008 U.S. Army All-American Bowl ... received all state honors in each of his last two seasons (2006, 2007) ... Dallas Morning News All-Area Team ... recorded 84 tackles in 2007 with 11 sacks and 36 quarterback pressures ... holds school records in both sacks in a career with 29 and in a game with three ... earned first-team all-district honors in 2006 and 2007 while being named the sophomore of the year in 2005 ... coached by Tony Baccarinni.
The Wrap-up: Parent: Sherrilyn Wright ... undecided on a major.
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53 CASEY WALKERGARLAND, TEXASGARLAND HIGH SCHOOL
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2009: Sporting News third team All-American ... All-Big 12 first team by Waco Tribune Herald and second team by AP, coaches, Dallas Morning News and Fort Worth Star-Telegram ... All-Big 12 freshman by ESPN.com ... took over starting punting duties and turned in second-best season in program history ... also saw some time at kicker ... broke OU program record with a punting average of 58.8 yards per kick against Oklahoma State ... had 20 punts of more than 50 yards, eight of more than 60 and two of more than 70 including a 74-yarder against Oklahoma State ... current season average of 45.5 yards per punt ranks No. 2 in OU history ... had five punts of more than 50 yards against Oklahoma State ... took over kicking duties against Kansas, finishing with five extra points made ... connected on six extra points vs. Kansas State ... connected on first career field goal, a 28-yarder against Nebraska.
2008: Redshirted
High School: Member of both The Oklahoman and Tulsa World all-state teams ...selected to play in the 2008 Oil Bowl ... named district special teams player of the year ... converted all 42 extra point attempts ... hit 14-of-19 field goal attempts, the longest coming from 47 yards ... made the game-winning extra point to beat 6-A state champion Jenks ... kicked two field goals and had two punts downed inside the five yard line in a 13-6 semifinal win over Muskogee ... handled punting duties, averaging 38.4 yards on 26 attempts ...coached by Kirk Fridrich.
The Wrap-up: Parents: Debra and Leo Way ... has yet to declare a major.
2009: AFCA, AP and Walter Camp first team All-American and Sporting News second team All-American ... All-Big 12 first team by AP, coaches, Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Kansas City Star and Waco Tribune Herald ... honorable mention Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year by the coaches ... Oklahoma’s most experienced lineman with 37 career starts ... started the first 11 games at left tackle before missing Oklahoma State contest with a concussion ... led the team with 97 knockdowns on 808 plays.
2008: All-Big 12 first team by the coaches, second team by Dallas Morning News and San Antonio Express News and honorable mention by AP ... started all 14 games, the first at left tackle and the remaining 13 at right tackle ... registered 131 knockdowns ... season-high 18 knockdowns in BCS title game against Florida, 16 against Kansas State and 12 each versus Cincinnati and Oklahoma State ... season-high grade of 91% in the 65-21 win over No. 2 Texas Tech ... third on the offensive line with 943 plays.
2007: Saw action in all 14 games ... had six starts at right tackle.
2006: Named to The Sporting News’ Freshman All-America second team ... became the starter just before the Missouri game after Branndon Braxton went down with a broken leg, then started the last six games ... played 462 snaps ... had 75 knockdowns, including 15 against Texas A&M ... posted his best grade of the season, 85%, against Texas Tech.
High School: Unanimous first team all-district as a senior ... first team All-East Texas ... second team Texas all-state ... played in the Max Emfinger All-Star game ... first team Preseason SuperPrep team ... named second team all-district 12-5A as a junior ... coached by John King.
The Wrap-up: Parents: Freddie and Veronica Williams ... runs the 40-yard dash in 4.82 seconds and has a vertical leap of 30.5 inches ... sociology major.
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TeAM STATISTICSSchedule & resultsDate Opponent W/L Score Time AttendanceSept. 5 BYU^ L 13-14 3:16 75,437Sept. 12 Idaho State W 64-0 3:25 84,749Sept. 19 Tulsa W 45-0 3:25 84,803Oct. 3 at Miami L 20-21 3:14 61,790*Oct. 10 Baylor W 33-7 3:17 84,478*Oct. 17 Texas+ L 13-16 3:42 96,009*Oct. 24 at Kansas W 35-13 3:10 51,104*Oct. 31 Kansas State W 42-30 3:28 84,021*Nov. 7 at Nebraska L 3-10 3:23 86,115*Nov. 14 Texas A&M W 65-10 3:41 85,013*Nov. 21 at Texas Tech L 13-41 3:20 50,479*Nov. 28 Oklahoma State W 27-0 3:29 85,606^ at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas+ at Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas* Conference Game
GAMe-BY-GAMe STArTerSOffense WR LT LG C RG RT TE RB QB WR FLBYU Tennell Williams Simmons Eldridge Jones Brandon Hanna Brown Bradford Broyles Ratterree@IdahoState Caleb Williams Good Habern Evans Jones Eldridge Brown Jones Broyles KenneyTulsa Tennell Williams Simmons Habern Evans Jones Eldridge Brown Jones Broyles KenneyMiami Caleb Williams Simmons Habern Jeffries Jones Eldridge Brown Jones Broyles KenneyBaylor Caleb Williams Simmons Habern Jeffries Jones Eldridge Murray Bradford D.Miller KenneyTexas Caleb Williams Eldridge Habern Jeffries Jones Ratterree Murray Bradford Broyles KenneyKansas Caleb Williams Eldridge Habern Good Brandon D.Miller% Brown Jones Broyles KenneyKansasState Caleb Williams Eldridge Habern Good Brandon D.Miller% Brown Jones Broyes TennellNebraska Murray Williams Eldridge Habern Good Brandon D.Miller% Brown Jones Broyles TennellTexasA&M D.Miller Williams Good Habern Evans Brandon Mensik Brown Jones Broyles MurrayTexasTech D.Miller Williams Simmons Habern Evans Brandon Hanna Murray Jones Broyles TennellOkla.State D.Miller Brandon Simmons Lepak Good Mensik Ratterree Brown Jones Broyles Clapp**Started at FB, @Started two TE, % started as fourth WR
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64ARLINGTON, Texas -- Max Hall threw a seven-yard touchdown pass to McKay Jacobson in the back of the end zone with 3:03 left, giving No. 20 BYU a 14-13 victory over No. 3 Oklahoma. OU played the latter stages of the second quarter and all of the second half without Heisman Trophy quarterback Sam Bradford. He sprained his throwing shoulder when he was by linebacker Coleby Clawson in the closing seconds of the first half. After the Cougars took the late lead, backup quarteback Landry Jones was able to manuever his team to a long field goal attempt, but Tress Way’s 54-yarder came up short with with 1:23 left. The game was the first college contest ever played at the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium.
SCORINGSUMMARY:FirstQuarter4:56 OU - Broyles 8 yd pass from Bradford (Stevens kick) 6-35, 2:18, BYU 0 - OU 7SecondQuarter1:25 BYU - George 5 yd pass from Hall (Payne kick) 5-63, 2:47, BYU 7 - OU 70:02 OU - Stevens 35 yd field goal, 6-52, 1:18, BYU 7 - OU 10FourthQuarter11:47 OU - Stevens 22 yd field goal, 9-22, 3:43, BYU 7 - OU 133:03 BYU - Jacobson 7 yd pass from Hall (Payne kick) 16-78, 8:38, BYU 14 - OU 13
RUSHING: BYU-Kariya 17-42; Di Luigi 1-4; Tonga 6-3; Hall 6-minus 8; TEAM 3-minus 13. Oklahoma-Brown 14-59; Murray 10-58; Broyles 1-5; Calhoun 1-3; Clapp 1-1; Madu 1-minus 2; Landry 3- minus 6.PASSING: BYU-Hall 26-38-2-329. OU-Bradford 10-14-0-96; Jones 6-12-0-51. RECEIVING: BYU-Pitta 7-90; Kariya 4-76; Jacobson 4-69; Chambers 4-48; Geroge 3-26; Di Luigi 3-18; Tonga 1-2. Oklahoma-Caleb 4-57; Broyles 4-26; Tennel 2-20; Miller 2-14; Murray 2-10; Ratterree 1-12; Brown 1-8.TACKLESLEADERS(UA-A): BYU- Bradley 6-2. OU-Lewis 9-4; Reynolds 5-5; Carter 6-4.
NORMAN, Okla. -- Redshirt freshman Landry Jones made his first career start as No. 13 Oklahoma blew out FCS Idaho State, 64-0. Jones, replacing the injured Sam Bradford, threw for 286 yards and three touchdowns -- all to Ryan Broyles. The Bengals, of the Big Sky Conference, had minus-2 yards of offense in the first half and 44 for the game, including minus-22 yards rushing. The drama of the second half centered on Oklahoma’s ability to record its first shutout since blanking Middle Tennessee in a 59-0 romp on Sept. 23, 2006. The Sooners extended their home winning streak to 25 games, matching the school record that ended in the 1953 season opener.
ScoringSummary:FirstQuarter7:44 OU - Broyles 24 yd pass from Jones (Stevens kick), 1-24, 0:07, ISU 0 - OU 73:57 OU - Alexander 3 yd fumble recovery (Stevens kick), ISU 0 - OU 141:18 OU- Broyles 51 yd pass from Jones (Stevens kick), 3-69, 1:03, ISU 0 - OU 21SecondQuarter12:57 OU - Broyles 11 yd pass from Jones (Stevens kick failed), 5;58, 2:03, ISU 0 - OU 276:13 OU - Brown 2 yd run (Stevens kick), 10-48, 4:10, ISU 0 - OU 341:15 OU - Murray 3 yd run (Stevens kick), 9-59, 3:14, ISU 0 - OU 41ThirdQuarter13:44 OU - Murray 9 yd run (Stevens kick), 5-80, 1:16, ISU 0 - OU 48FourthQuarter14:33 OU - TEAM safety, ISU 0 - OU 5013:46 OU - J. Miller 36 yd run (Stevens kick), 2-47, 0:39, ISU 0 - OU 5710:20 OU - Calhoun 2 yd run (Stevens kick), 3-15, 1:30, ISU 0 - OU 64
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21NORMAN, Okla. -- Landry Jones set a school record with six touchdown passes and No. 12 Oklahoma recorded its second straight shutout with a 45-0 blanking of Tulsa. The Sooners (2-1) broke the school record for consecutive wins (26) on Owen Field by holding opponents scoreless in back-to-back games for the first time since 1987. Ryan Broyles caught a career-high 11 passes for 128 yards and three touchdowns, and Brandon Caleb emerged as a potential second viable target with 104 yards on five catches and two scores. Jones finished with 336 yards on 25-of-37 passing with two interceptions. His first pass was intercepted after it tipped off of Broyles’ hands, but Tulsa was unable to convert. The Golden Hurricane (2-1), boasting the nation’s top offense the past two seasons, ran 31 of its first 33 plays in Oklahoma territory but remained scoreless. Tulsa got the ball inside the 15 on two of its first four possessions, only to turn it over both times. SCOREBYQUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINALTulsa (2-1, 1-0) 0 0 0 0 0Oklahoma Sooners (2-1) 10 21 14 0 45
ScoringSummary:FirstQuarter9:08 OU - Stevens 25 yd field goal, 13-72, 4:17, TU 0 - OU 30:35 OU - Caleb 7 yd pass from Jones (Stevens kick), 9-67, 2:24, TU 0 - OU 10 SecondQuarter 10:54 OU - Caleb 63 yd pass from Jones (Stevens kick), 2-74, 0:17, TU 0 - OU 175:57 OU - Murray 13 yd pass from Jones (Stevens kick), 9-57, 3:16, TU 0 - OU 24 0:34 OU - Broyles 10 yd pass from Jones (Stevens kick), 8-47, 2:41, TU 0 - OU 31ThirdQuarter 12:58 OU - Broyles 14 yd pass from Jones (Stevens kick), 3-14, 0:39, TU 0 - OU 388:02 OU - Broyles 35 yd pass from Jones (Stevens kick), 8-85, 3:16, TU 0 - OU 45
RUSHING:Tulsa-Williams 9-39; Beaver 6-35; Carter 4-27; Johnson 2-23; Bower 3-14; Johnson 1-0; Kinnie 11-minus 22. OU-Brown 16-73; Murray 10-60; Calhoun 9-32; Miller 7-30; Madu 1-2; Broyles 1-1; TEAM 1-minus 5. PASSING:Tulsa-Kinnie 12-26-2-106; Bower 4-10-0-47; Beaver 0-1-0-0. OU-Jones 25-37-2-336. RECEIVING:Tulsa-Johnson (T.) 4-50; Johnson (D.) 3-20; Whitmore 2-14; Clay 2-13; Wil-liams 2-11; Shelley 1-24; Sears 1-13; Carter 1-8. OU-Broyles 11-128; Caleb 5-104; Murray 2-38; Kenney 2-23; Brown 2-11; Madu 1-14; Mensik 1-10; Hanna 1-8. TACKLELEADERS(UA-A):Tulsa-Brown 5-6; McCoil 5-3. OU-Reynolds 8-5; Clayton 5-6; Jackson 8-1; Carter 4-5.
MIAMI -- Jacory Harris tossed three touchdown passes as Miami nipped Oklahoma, 21-20. Harris survived a shaky start, which included two interceptions, and Javarris James ran for a career-high 150 yards against the nation’s top rush defense, to push the 17th-ranked Hurricanes to the win. With Sam Bradford still out with a right shoulder injury, Miami (3-1) scored 21 straight points to take control. Oklahoma had jumped to a 10-0 lead on the strenght of a 16-yard pass from Landry Jones to Cameron Kenney and a 21-yard field goal by Jimmy Stevens. Jones threw for 188 yards and DeMarco Murray and Chris Brown combined to rush for 151 more for Oklahoma (2-2).
ScoringSummary:FirstQuarter10:34 OU - Kenney 16 yd pass from Jones (Stevens kick), 8-84, 2:27, OU 7 - UM 0 SecondQuarter11:39 OU - Stevens 21 yd field goal, 11-95, 5:04, OU 10 - UM 0 8:20 UM - Graham 18 yd pass from Harris (Bosher kick), 6-91, 3:19, OU 10 - UM 7ThirdQuarter 14:21 UM - Epps 11 yd pass from Harris (Bosher kick), 1-11, 0:05, OU 10 - UM 146:54 UM - Benjamin 38 yd pass from Harris (Bosher kick), 8-73, 3:40, OU 10 - UM 213:43 OU - Murray 2 yd run (Stevens kick), 9-81, 3:11, OU 17 - UM 21FourthQuarter 4:18 OU - Stevens 39 yd field goal, 8-26, 3:43, OU 20 - UM 21
RUSHING:Oklahoma-Murray 23-84; Brown 11-75; Madu 3-17; Whitson 1-2; Jones 4-2. UM-Javarris 15-150; Cooper 8-21; James 1-3; Benjamin 1-1; TEAM 3-0; Harris 4-0. PASSING:OU-Jones 18-30-0-188. UM-Harris 19-28-2-202. RECEIVING:OU-Kenney 6-72; Caleb 4-26; Murray 2-21; Madu 2-10; Broyles 1-37; Eldridge 1-9; Tennel 1-9; Hanna 1-4. UM-Johnson 4-45; Benjamin 3-61; Epps 3-38; Byrd 2-12; Graham 1-18; Johnson 1-10; James (M). 1-7; James (J.) 1-4; Cooper 1-3; Thearon 1-3; Hankerson 1-1. TACKLELEADERS(UA-A):OU-Lewis 5-5; Carter 5-4; Proctor 3-4; Reynolds 3-4. UM-Spence 5-5; Telemaque 6-3; Armstrong 4-3; McCarthy 4-3.
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16NORMAN, Okla. -- Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford wasn’t sure how his injured shoulder would hold up to a full day’s work. After 49 throws in No. 19 Oklahoma’s 33-7 win against Baylor, he admitted that the rested wing performed well. Bradford threw for 389 yards and a touchdown after missing the previous month with a sprained AC joint in his right, throwing shoulder. It was the 14th 300-yard passing game of his career, matching the school record set by 2000 Heisman runner-up Josh Heupel. The Sooner quarterback was 27-for-49. The only time he had attempted more passes was when he threw 53 against Kansas in the 2008 season. The Sooner defense also played well, limiting the Bears to six net rushing yards in 17 attempts while picking off two passes.
ScoringSummary:SecondQuarter8:26 OU - Brown 1 yd run (Stevens kick), 12-80, 3:35, BU 0 - OU 73:48 OU - Brown 4 yd run (Stevens kick), 7-80, 2:22, BU 0 - OU 142:10 BU - Judy 3 yd pass from Florence (Parks kick), 6-59, 1:34, BU 7 - OU 14ThirdQuarter 9:25 OU - Stevens 35 yd field goal, 8-64, 1:56, BU 7 - OU 174:47 OU - Stevens 25 yd field goal, 5-20, 1:06, BU 7 - OU 200:51 OU - Stevens 21 yd field goal, 7-34, 2:09, BU 7 - OU 23FourthQuarter 10:05 OU - Stevens 24 yd field goal, 14-74, 4:09, BU 7 - OU 264:03 OU - Tennell 3 yd pass from Bradford (Stevens kick), 13-74, 5:03, BU 7 - OU 33
RUSHING:BU-Ganaway 4-8; Salubi 4-7; Wright 1-minus 1; Finley 1-minus 1; Florence 6-minus 7. Oklahoma-Murray 24-107; Brown 19-70; Tennell 1-18; Miller 1-10; TEAM 2-minus 3; Bradford 3-minus 5. PASSING:BU-Florence 22-41-1-220; Szymanski 1-2-1-42. OU-Bradford 27-49-0-389.RECEIVING:BU-Smith 6-71; Sampson 4-13; Gettis 3-53; Taylor 2-43; Salubi 2-28; Wright 2-16; Akers 2-13; Jefferson 1-22; Judy 1-3. OU-Caleb 7-139; Miller 5-67; Kenney 3-41; Reynolds 3-39; Murray 3-36; Tennell 2-29; Brown 2-8; Ratterree 1-20; Eldridge 1-10.TACKLELEADERS(UA-A):BU-Lake 11-3; Johnson 7-3; Francis 4-3; Pawelek 2-5. OU-Lewis 6-1; B. Jackson 6-0; Reynolds 3-3.
DALLAS -- The 104th edition of this series was a grinder with No. 3 Texas taking a 16-13 victory over No. 20 Oklahoma. The defeat was heartache enough, but OU also lost for the season the services of Sam Bradford, who was injured in the first quarter. Landry Jones played admirably in relief, but threw a pair of interceptions, the second of which dashed the Sooners’ comeback hopes. The biggest challenge for Oklahoma was on the ground where the team was limited to -16 yards on 22 rushing attempts. Four Longhorn sacks sent the number into negative figures. OU actually outgained Texas, 311-269, but the defenses ruled the day. The two teams combined for 8-of-24 on third down.
ScoringSummary:FirstQuarter13:04 OU - Stevens 26 yd field goal, 8-77, 1:56, OU 3 - UT 06:50 OU - Stevens 37 yd field goal, 9-54, 2:51, OU 6 - UT 0SecondQuarter3:42 UT - Lawrence 42 yd field goal, 4-(-6), 1:17, OU 6 - UT 3ThirdQuarter 12:29 UT - Lawrence 42 yd field goal, 7-42, 2:26, OU 6 - UT 67:08 UT - Goodwin 14 yd pass from McCoy (Lawrence kick), 12-77, 4:37, OU 6 - UT 134:39 OU - Broyles 35 yd pass from Jones (Stevens kick), 6-68, 2:22, OU 13 - UT 13FourthQuarter 12:08 UT - Lawrence 32 yd field goal, 9-30, 4:27, OU 13 - UT 16
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42LAWRENCE, Kan. -- To Landry Jones, the Oklahoma defense is similar to a cool breeze on a hot afternoon. While his defense intercepted Todd Reesing on Kansas’ first three possessions and held the nation’s second-ranked offense nearly 200 yards beneath its average, Jones threw two touchdown passes and Oklahoma (No. 25 AP) cruised past Kansas (No. 25 BCS, No. 24 AP), 35-13. Jones’s favorite target was Ryan Broyles, whose 11 receptions fell just one shy of tying the school record. Chris Brown scored three touchdowns for the Sooners (4-3, 2-1 Big 12) and Dominique Franks set the defensive tone with an 85-yard touchdown return of the second interception of the Jayhawks’ career leading passer. That made it 14-6 at the half, then the Sooners put the game out of reach with two long scoring drives in the third quarter.
ScoringSummary:FirstQuarter11:06 OU - Brown 1 yd run (Way kick), 11-46, 3:49, OU 7 - KU 0SecondQuarter13:41 OU - Franks 85 yd interception return (Way kick), OU 14 - KU 02:03 KU - Branstetter 39 yd field goal, 4-7, 1:48, OU 14 - KU 3 0:00 KU - Branstetter 57 yd field goal, 4-0, 1:07, OU 14 - KU 6ThirdQuarter 11:29 OU - Tennell 9 yd pass from Jones (Way kick), 9-75, 3:25, OU 21 - KU 66:18 OU - Brown 8 yd pass from Jones (Way kick), 7-70, 2:27, OU 28 - KU 6FourthQuarter 11:10 OU - Brown 26 yd run (Way kick), 6-80, 3:00, OU 35 - KU 64:27 KU - Reesing 5 yd run (Branstetter kick), 10-54, 4:21, OU 35 - KU 13
RUSHING: Oklahoma-Brown 22-66; Broyles 1-12; Jones 5-11; Miller 1-2; Calhoun 1-minus 1; TEAM 1-minus 5. KU-Opurum 13-59; Reesing 8-17; Sharp 7-14; TEAM 1-minus 4; Pick 2-minus 5. PASSING:OU-Jones 26-38-1-252. KU-Reesing 22-42-3-224. RECEIVING:OU-Broyles 11-121; Tennell 6-47; Miller 3-24; Caleb 2-26; Reynolds 2-21; Brown 1-8; Kenney 1-5. KU-Meier 8-54; Briscoe 7-60; Sharp 3-62; Wilson 2-38; McDougald 2-10. TACKLELEADERS(UA-A):OU-Lewis 6-6; English 4-5; Nelson 3-6. KU-Springer 5-4; Beshears 6-1; Smith 3-4; Tharp 3-4.
NORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma got three touchdowns from DeMarco Murray and fought off a game Kansas State squad, 42-20. The Sooners roared out to a 21-0 lead, but the Wildcats twice closed to within five points in the second half. A pair of Murray TDs answered both of those rallies and kept the Sooners comfortably in front. Landry Jones completed 26-of-37 passes for 294 yards and four touchdowns. His scoring strikes went to DeJuan Miller and Ryan Broyles (twice). Oklahoma’s defense, so strong in a close loss to No. 3 Texas and in a rout of then-No. 24 Kansas, came through in the final minutes against the Wildcats. The Sooners stopped Kansas State on downs at the K-State 41 with 4:10 left and Quinton Carter intercepted a pass from Grant Gregory at the Oklahoma 2 with 42 seconds remaining.
RUSHING:KSU-Thomas 16-88; Gregory 9-46; Valentine 4-15. Oklahoma-Brown 15-83; Murray 15-62; Broyles 2-23; TEAM 1-minus 1; Jones 2-minus 3. PASSING:KSU-Gregory 19-30-1-174; Thomas 1-1-0-41. OU-Jones 26-37-0-294. RECEIVING:KSU-Banks 9-156; Snipes 5-53; Valentine 5-minus 2; Mastrud 1-8. OU-Miller 9-94; Broyles 8-91; Tennell 4-62; Murray 4-28; Hanna 1-19. TACKLELEADERS(UA-A):KSU-Butler 4-5; Thomas 4-2; Hartman 3-3. OU-Carter 8-1; Beal 3-5; Lewis 2-6.
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65LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska’s Matt O’Hanlon had three of Nebraska’s five interceptions and the Cornhuskers squeezed enough production out of their struggling offense to upset No. 20 Oklahoma, 10-3. The Sooners (5-4, 3-2 Big 12) failed to score a touchdown for the first time since a 29-0 loss to Texas A&M in 1998. Nebraska (6-3, 3-2) won despite getting just seven first downs and 180 total yards. The Huskers’ lone touchdown came after an interception return to the Oklahoma one. Oklahoma’s last two possessions ended on interceptions, including O’Hanlon’s third, which he grabbed at the Nebraska 7 with 27 seconds left. O’Hanlon ran back his first interception 30 yards to set up Alex Henery’s 28-yard field goal. Roy Helu Jr. ran for 138 yards on 20 carries for Nebraska, which won for the first time in five meetings against Oklahoma since 2001. Oklahoma’s lone points came on a 24-yard field goal by Tress Way with 24 seconds remaining in the first half. Oklahoma turned the ball over on downs three times inside the Nebraska 25. Twice, the Sooners were unable to convert fourth-and-one at the 20.
ScoringSummary:SecondQuarter13:36 NU - Hill 1 yd pass from Lee (Henery kick), 1-1, 0:23, OU 0 - NU 70:24 OU - Way 28 yd field goal, 9-59, 3:14, OU 3 - NU 7ThirdQuarter 5:38 NU - Henery 28 yd field goal, 7-33, 2:57, OU 3 - NU 10
RUSHING:Oklahoma-Brown 12-50; Murray 14-47; Jones 3-minus 17. NU-Helu Jr. 20-138; Robinson 6-11; Green 6-8; TEAM 1-minus 3; Lee 10-minus 13. PASSING:OU-Jones 26-58-5-245. NU-Lee 5-9-0-35; Green 2-5-0-4. RECEIVING:OU-Broyles 8-74; Miller 5-69; Murray 5-37; Brown 3-20; Kenney 2-33; Hanna 2-8; Mensik 1-4. NU-Helu Jr. 3-15; Kinnie 2-21; McNeill 1-2; Hill 1-1. TACKLELEADERS(UA-A):OU-Beal 6-0; Proctor 6-0; Alexander 5-1; Carter 3-3; Taylor 1-5. NU-O’Hanlon 9-3; Dillard 5-3; Asante 5-3; Crick 2-6.
NORMAN, Okla. -- One week after Oklahoma failed to reach the end zone for the first time in Bob Stoops’ 11 seasons as coach, the scores came in bunches for the Sooners in a 65-10 win over Texas A&M. Landry Jones fired five touchdown passes while completing 24-of-39 passes. DeMarco Murray, Ryan Broyles, Chris Brown and Adron Tennell each scored two touchdowns for Oklahoma (6-4, 4-2 Big 12), which rolled up season highs in offense (640 yards) and points. The Sooners defense stifled the Aggies, surrendering just 59 rushing yards on 36 attempts and forcing A&M passers into 25 incompletions.
ScoringSummary:FirstQuarter13:31 OU - B. Jackson 52 yd fumble recovery (Stevens kick), TAMU 0 - OU 75:06 OU - Broyles 25 yd run (Stevens kick), 3-56, 0:37, TAMU 0 - OU 142:45 TAMU - Bullock 34 yd field goal, 10-43, 2:13, TAMU 3 - OU 141:05 TAMU - Fuller 9 yd pass from Johnson (Bullock kick), 3-6, 1:24, TAMU 10 - OU 14SecondQuarter8:49 OU - Broyles 5 yd pass from Jones (Stevens kick), 4-22, 2:07, TAMU 10 - OU 214:55 OU - Brown 6 yd run (Stevens kick), 9-85, 2:45, TAMU 10 - OU 282:57 OU - Murray 36 yd pass from Jones (Stevens kick), 4-54, 1:21, TAMU 10 - OU 350:54 OU - Tennell 11 yd pass from Jones (Stevens kick), 5-25, 1:53, TAMU 10 - OU 42ThirdQuarter 13:29 OU - Murray 67 yd pass from Jones (Stevens kick blocked), 5-78, 1:25, TAMU 10 - OU 487:31 OU - Brown 12 yd run (O’Hara kick), 6-85, 1:29, TAMU 10 - OU 550:17 OU - O’Hara 26 yd field goal, 8-84, 2:46, TAMU 10 - OU 58FourthQuarter 9:46 OU - Tennell 10 yd pass from Jones (O’Hara kick), 10-58, 4:18, TAMU 10 - OU 65
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RUSHING:Oklahoma-Brown 11-37; Calhoun 2-21; Murray 7-14; Broyles 1-5; TEAM 1-(-1); Jones 4-(-28). TT-Batch 25-136; 8-46; Stephens 8-46; Poots 2-(-21).PASSING:OU-Jones 18-35-1-262; Broyles 0-1-1-0. TT-Potts 35-53-1-388. RECEIVING:OU-Broyles 7-117; Murray 4-14; Miller 3-58; Tennell 2-14; Reynolds 1-57; Brown 1-2. TT-Torres 11-163; Batch 7-68; Swindall 5-40; Zouzalik 4-40; Leong 2-25; Brinker 2-24; Lewis 2-19; Britton 2-9. TACKLELEADERS(UA-A):OU-Lewis 8-5; Nelson 8-3; Carter 9-1; Clayton 7-3. TT-Duncan 6-0; Williams 5-0; Davis 4-1.
NORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma State (No. 12 BCS, No. 11 AP) had everything to play for: the money and exposure of the Bowl Championship Series, another step toward making school history and bragging rights in a rare chance to outshine its traditional in-state rival. Then Oklahoma snatched all that away. DeMarco Murray ran for two touchdowns, Ryan Broyles returned a punt 88 yards for a score and Oklahoma knocked OSU out of contention for its first BCS appearance with a 27-0 win. With representatives of the Fiesta and Orange bowls watching, the Cowboys (9-3, 6-2 Big 12) were shut out for the first time since 2005. The Cowboys had no first downs and just four total yards in the second half. For the game, they were 0-of-14 on third down. Broyles had 103 yards receiving to go with his 209 yards on punt returns. Patrick O’Hara, the walk-on who had never played football before taking over as Oklahoma’s kicker two weeks earlier, hit field goals from 24 and 19 yards. The Sooners (7-5, 5-3) have won seven in a row in the Bedlam rivalry and 30 straight home games, the longest streak in the Bowl Subdivision.
Big 12 Bowl ScheduleAdvoCareV100IndependenceBowlatShreveport,La.(Dec.28)Texas A&M vs. Georgia (ESPN2, 4 p.m. CST)
PacificLifeHolidayBowlatSanDiego,Calif.(Dec.30)Nebraska vs. (ESPN, 7 p.m. CST)
BrutSunBowlatElPaso,Texas(Dec.31)Oklahoma vs. Stanford (CBS, 1 p.m. CST)
TexasBowlatHouston,Texas(Dec.31)Missouri vs. Navy (ESPN, 2:30 p.m. CST)
InsightBowlatTempe,Ariz.(Dec.31)Iowa State vs. (NFL Network, 5 p.m. CST)
AT&TCottonBowlatArlington,Texas(Jan.2)Oklahoma State vs. Mississippi (Fox, 1 p.m. CST)
ValeroAlamoBowlatSanAntonio,Texas(Jan.2)Texas Tech vs. (ESPN, 8 p.m. CST)
CitiBCSNationalChampionshipGameatPasadena,Calif.(Jan.7)Texas vs. Alabama (ABC, 7 p.m. CST)
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bowl historybowl AppearancesDate Bowl Opponent ResultWin/Loss Coach1/2/1939 Orange Tennessee 0-17 L Stidham1/1/1947 Gator N.C.State 34-13 W Tatum1/1/1949 Sugar NorthCarolina 14-6 W Wilkinson1/1/1950 Sugar LSU 35-0 W Wilkinson1/1/1951 Sugar Kentucky 7-13 L Wilkinson1/1/1954 Orange Maryland 7-0 W Wilkinson1/1/1956 Orange Maryland 20-6 W Wilkinson1/1/1958 Orange Duke 48-21 W Wilkinson1/1/1959 Orange Syracuse 21-6 W Wilkinson1/1/963 Orange Alabama 0-17 L Wilkinson1/2/1965 Gator FloridaState 19-36 L Jones1/1/1968 Orange Tennessee 26-24 W Fairbanks12/31/1968 Bluebonnet SMU 27-28 L Fairbanks12/31/1970 Bluebonnet Alabama 24-24 T Fairbanks1/1/1972 Sugar Auburn 40-22 W Fairbanks12/31/1972 Sugar PennState 14-0 W Fairbanks1/1/1976 Orange Michigan 14-6 W Switzer12/25/1976 Fiesta Wyoming 41-7 W Switzer1/2/1978 Orange Arkansas 6-31 L Switzer1/1/1979 Orange Nebraska 31-24 W Switzer1/1/1980 Orange FloridaState 24-7 W Switzer1/1/1981 Orange FloridaState 18-17 W Switzer12/26/1981 Sun Houston 40-14 W Switzer1/1/1983 Fiesta ArizonaState 21-32 L Switzer1/1/1985 Orange Washington 17-28 L Switzer1/1/1986 Orange PennState 25-10 W Switzer1/1/1987 Orange Arkansas 42-8 W Switzer1/1/1988 Orange Miami 14-20 L Switzer1/2/1989 Citrus Clemson 6-13 L Switzer12/29/1991 Gator Virginia 48-14 W Gibbs12/24/1993 JohnHancock TexasTech 41-10 W Gibbs12/29/1994 Copper BYU 6-31 L Gibbs12/31/1999 IndependenceMississippi 25-27 L Stoops1/3/2001 Orange FloridaState 13-2 W Stoops1/1/2002 Cotton Arkansas 10-3 W Stoops1/1/2003 Rose WashingtonSt. 34-14 W Stoops1/4/2004 Sugar LouisianaSt. 14-21 L Stoops1/2/2005 Orange SouthernCal 19-55 L Stoops12/29/2005 Holiday Oregon 17-14 W Stoops1/1/07 Fiesta BoiseState 42-43 L Stoops1/2/08 Fiesta WestVirginia 28-48 L Stoops1/8/09 BCSChamp. Florida 14-24 L Stoops
gAMeSUMMARYThis was the first Orange Bowl that featuredtwo national powers as both teams wereundefeated and untied. To lure the SoonerstoMiami,theOrangeBowldirectorcircledtheNormancampus,leavingchalkmessagesthatpromoted the game. Tennessee’s powerfulgroundattackwas toomuch for theSooners,winnersof14straight,astheVolunteersracedto a 17-0 victory in the fifth annual OrangeBowl. The victory was the 13th straight forthe Vols, who were coached by Major BobNeyland.Thegamewasconsideredtobetheroughestofallbowlgamesplayedthatyearasbothteamscombinedformorethan200yardsinpenalties.
gAMeSUMMARYIn a game that featured two of the marqueenamesincollegefootballatthetime,OklahomablastedNorthCarolinaState 34-13 before anoverflowing crowd of 10,000 in the secondannualGatorBowl.TheSoonersdidnot takelongtogetonthescoreboard, twominutestobeexact,onanEddieDavisone-yardplunge.N.C.Stateroaredbacktoeventhescore,butOU put the game out of reach by scoring 20second-quarterpointsandcoastedfromthere.The marquee matchup was made possiblebecauseof theTournamentofRosescommit-tee decision to match representatives of theWesternAthleticConference(nowthePacTen)andtheBigNine,(nowtheBig10).Thisagree-mentmadeitpossibleforteamsnotwaitingforapossibleRoseBowlberthtobepickedbytheGatorBowlcommittee.
gAMeSUMMARYIt was legendary Coach BudWilkinson’s firstbowl game as the fifth-ranked and underdogSoonerstookonthethird-rankedandunbeatenNorth Carolina Tar Heels accompanied bytheirAll-AmericatailbackCharlie“ChooChoo”Justice.Oklahomaupsetthe‘Heelswiththebigplay coming in the first quarter as linebackerMyrle Greathouse intercepted a pass andreturned it 70 yards to set up JackMitchell’sone-yard run.TheSoonersnever trailedafterthat.
gAMeSUMMARYWilkinson’s teamwasratedsecond in thena-tion and it was the first one of his squads topost an undefeated record, 10-0. The gamewas one-sided and still stands as the largestmargin of victory in OU bowl history. One ofthemanySoonerbigplayswasLeonHeath’sOUbowlrecord-breaking86-yardTDrun.Thegame was marred by an early-week incidentwhereaformerLSUplayerwascaughtspyingon Sooner practices. It was the only time inWilkinson’s career that hepublicly blastedanopponent.
gAMeSUMMARYOUwonitsfirstnationalchampionshipbygoingaperfect10-0intheregularseason.However,Kentucky,coachedbyPaul“Bear”Bryant,upsettheSoonersandbrokea31-gameOUwinningstreak. OU lost a bowl-record five fumbles infalling behind 13-0. A fourth quarter 17-yardTDpassbyBillyVesselsnarrowedthemarginbutacome-from-behindeffortwasfoiledbyaninterceptioninthefinalminuteofplay.
gAMeSUMMARYItwasthefirstgameofthecontractthatpittedthe Big Seven champion against theAtlanticCoast Conference champ. Maryland cameinto the gameas the regular season nationalchampion with OU rated fourth. Twice, theTerrapinshadfirstdownwiththeballinsidethe10-yardline,andbothtimestheSoonerdefenserefusedtoallowanypointsonthescoreboard.Sooner tailback Larry Grigg scored the onlyTDofthegamewitha25-yardscamperinthesecondperiod.The1954bowlgamewas thefirst bowl game in which the players had toplaybothways.SoonerheroGriggalsoplayeddefensiveback.
gAMeSUMMARYThis time it was OU that carried the numberone ranking into the game with Marylandrankedthird,havinglostjustonegameduringthe regular season. The Sooners, a perfect10-0andinthemidstoftheir47-gamewinningstreak,trailed6-0atthehalf.TheSoonerswentinto their famous “fast break offense” in thesecondhalfandscoredthreetimestoposttheirsecondOrangeBowlvictory.ItwasthesecondnationalchampionshipforOklahoma.
gAMeSUMMARYThe47-gamewinningstreakhadbeenbrokenearlierintheseason,buttheSoonersstillcameinto the game ranked No. 4. Duke, theACCwinner,wasunranked.Oklahomagotonlysixfirst downs, lost the total offense battle (328yardsto279)andpickedupanOUbowl-record165yards inpenalties,butusedtwointercep-tion returns for TD, including an OU bowlrecord94-yarderfromDavidBaker,twofumblerecoveries, a blocked punt and a bad snapfromcenter towingoingaway.The48pointsmarkedanall-timeOUbowlrecordthatstooduntilmatchedbythe‘91GatorBowlteam.
gAMeSUMMARYWaivingthe“norepeatrule”becauseofanewbowl contract, the Sooners played in theirsecond consecutive Orange Bowl, defeatingthe Orangemen from Syracuse, 21-6. TheSooners were led by Prentice Gautt whoscoredthegame’sfirstTDonthesecondplayofthegamewitha42-yardrun.Gauttaveragedan OU bowl-record 15.7-yards every time hetouched the ball. It was the Sooners’ fourthstraightOrangeBowlvictory.Oklahomaendedthe season ranked fifth in the nation, its onlylossaone-pointertoTexas.
gAMeSUMMARYIt was BudWilkinson’s last bowl game. Paul“Bear” Bryant, coaching his alma mater,repeatedhisvictoryasthecoachatKentuckyin the 1951 Sugar Bowl with a 17-0 triumph.LBLeeRoyJordan,theMVP,andquarterbackJoeNamathledtheCrimsonTidetothevictory.The Sooners had first and goal twice in thefirsthalf,butfumblesendedOU’schancesandthe Sooners never really threatened again.The lone highlight for the Oklahoma teamwas a visit by President John F. Kennedy totheSooners’ locker room.AlthoughPresidentKennedyclaimedneutrality, itwasobviousbythe grimace on his face he was backing theOklahomateam.
gAMeSUMMARYFlorida State used a sophisticated passingattacktowineasily.Toaddinsulttoinjury,fourof theSeminoles’TDpasseswere thrownonfourth-down plays. Four Oklahoma playershadbeen found ineligible thenightbefore thegamebecause theyhad signedpro contractswhichwasinviolationofNCAArules.FSUwidereceiverFredBiletnikofffinishedthegamewith13receptionsfor192yardsandfourTDs.
gAMeSUMMARYOklahomahadwontheBigEighttitleinChuckFairbank’s first year as head coach.AlthoughaslightunderdogtotheVols,OUbrokeouttoa 19-0 halftime lead. Tennessee came backto narrow the Sooner lead to 19-17 beforeOklahoma defensive back Bob Stephensonpickedoff a passand raced24 yards togiveOUanall important insuranceTD.TheSoon-ers desperately needed the insurance whenDeweyWarrenplowedinfromayardout.TheVolunteers thenmissedapotentialgame-win-ningfieldgoalasthegunwentoff.
gAMeSUMMARYOU led 20-6 entering the fourth but SMU’sChuck Hixson, passing for 281 yards, led acomeback that produced a 28-21 lead. OU,withoutinjuredQBBobWarmack,narrowedthemargin to oneona pass fromMickeyRipley,butmissedatwo-pointconversionforthelead.Onelastchancecameafterrecoveringanon-sidekickbutafieldgoalattemptfrominsidetheSMU30-yardlinewentwideastimeexpired.
gAMeSUMMARYThe emergence of the wishbone and GregPruitt were late-season developments thatpropelledOUtofourwinsinitslastfivegamesandapostseasoninvitation.TheSoonershadswitched to thewishboneand theywere run-ningittoperfectionbythetimethebowlgamerolledaround.The“bone”produced349yardsrushingandtouchdownrunsof58and25yardsbyAll-American Greg Pruitt, but the Soonersstill neededa latefieldgoalbyBruceDerr toforgethetiewiththeCrimsonTide.
gAMeSUMMARYOUhadlostonlyonegame,the“GameoftheCentury” to Nebraska on Thanksgiving Day.Auburn featured Heisman Trophy winner PatSullivan.Itwasrunversuspass,withOU’srun-nersprevailing.TheSoonersroaredtoa31-0halftime leadandamassed439yardsrushingby game’s end, a new Oklahoma and SugarBowl record. QB JackMildren, playing in thefinalgameofhisbrilliantcollegecareer,scoredaSugarBowlrecord three times.OUfinishedsecond in the polls toNebraskawith anotherBigEightteam,Colorado,finishingthird.
gAMeSUMMARYPlayedforthefirsttimeonNewYear’sEve,theSugar Bowl brought the Big Eight ChampionSooners to do battle with Joe Paterno’s fifth-ranked Nittany Lions. The Sooner defenseposted a shutout while allowing only 11 firstdownsand49yards rushing theentiregame.Itwasthefirstyearthatfreshmenwereeligibleand Sooner wide receiver Tinker Owens cel-ebratedwithfivecatches,good for132yardsandonetouchdown.ItwasalsothelastgameforSoonerheadcoachChuckFairbankswholeftfortheNFLthefollowingspring.
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gAMeSUMMARYItwasOklahoma’sfirstbowltripunderlegend-aryheadcoachBarrySwitzerandastorybooksetting.OhioState, theNo. 1-ranked team inthecountry,hadlostintheRoseBowlearlierintheafternoon.TheupsetgavetheSoonersanopportunity to win the national championshipif they could beat the Michigan WolverinescoachedbyBoSchembechler.A39-yardendaroundbyBillyBrooksandanine-yardkeeperbySteveDaviswereenoughfora14-6victoryandafifthnationalchampionship.
gAMeSUMMARYThis was amismatch that was decided earlyon as Oklahoma rolled up almost 500 yardsintotaloffenseandcruisedtoaneasyvictory.TheSoonersled27-0atthethirdquartermarkbeforethereservesaddedtwomorescoresinthe fourth period. OU did not punt the entiregame,theonlytimeinSoonerbowlhistorythathadhappened.
gAMeSUMMARYCalledbyBarrySwitzer,“themostdisappointinglossofmycareer,”OUwasavictimofoneofthebiggestupsetsinbowlhistory.WhenNotreDamedownedTexas in theCottonBowl,OUwasintherunningforanationalchampionship.A big win over Arkansas might impress thevotersandsecure thecrown for theSooners.As a result, Switzer went against his ownstrategy by choosing to receive the openingkickoff rather than play defense. OU fumbledinsideitsown10onthethirdplayofthegameandArkansasimmediatelyscoredforaleaditneverrelinquished.
gAMeSUMMARYA truly amazing turn of events produced arematchafterNebraska’svictoryinNovember.TheSooners,rankedNo.1withoneloss,hadlostaheartbreakertotheCornhuskers,17-14,onalatefumbleattheNUthree-yardline.WhentheHuskerswereupsetthefollowingweekbyMissouri,producingaBigEightChampionshiptie,theOrangeBowlofficialscameupwiththeidea of a rematch, much to the Sooners’ joyand theHuskers’ shock. Itwentaspredicted:anOklahomavictory.
gAMeSUMMARYTheBigEightChampionSoonersmetanunde-featedFloridaStateteamonNewYear’snight.After the Seminoles took a 7-0 first-quarterlead,OUunleashed17second-quarterpointstotaketheleadforgood.J.C.WattswasnamedOrangeBowlMVPonoffense.Hescoredona61-yardoptionplayand rushed formore than100 yards. Bud Hebert, who recorded threeinterceptions, earned the award on defense.Billy Sims wrapped up his brilliant collegiatecareerscoringona22-yardpitch fromWatts.OklahomafinishedthirdinthecountryandwontheOrangeBowlforthethirdtimeinfivetriesunderSwitzer.TheSeminolescrossedmidfieldonlytwotimesafterthefirstquarterandneverpassedthe35-yardline.
gAMeSUMMARYThis contest featured a rematch with a greatdealmoreexcitementasOUturnedtoaforeignweapon, the pass, to notch its third straightOrangeBowlwin.QBJ.C.WattswaschosenMVP and with good reason. The Seminolesuseda fourth-quarterTD tobreaka10-10 tieandseeminglygaincontrol.OUwasforcedtostart deep in its own territory after the kickoffwith little time left. Watts went to work andpassedtheSoonersto the11-yard linewherehehitSteveRhodeswithaTDstriketopulltheSoonerstowithinonewith lessthanaminuteto go. Watts then proceeded to hit tight endForrest Valora for the two-point conversionthatgavetheSoonerstheirninthOrangeBowlvictory, including three in the last four years.OklahomafinishedrankedNo.3inthenation.
gAMeSUMMARYA season that produced four losses forOkla-homa ended on a bright note with an easierthan anticipated 40-14 victory over Houston.MVP Darrell Shepard, who began his careerattheUH,scoredtwotouchdownsagainsthisformer team. The Sooners scored 30 fourth-quarter points to turn a seat squirmer into arout.FreshmanFredSimsrolledup181yardsrushinginthegameafterrushingforjust179intheregularseason.
gAMeSUMMARYThemagicofMarcusDupreeranoutastheSunDevilsralliedfor14fourth-quarterpointstowinthefirstmeetingbetweenthetwo.Dupreeranwildearly,amassing239yardsbeforerecurrentleg injuries forcedhimout in thethirdquarter.TheturningpointcamewhenOklahomapunterMichael Keeling could not get his punt awayandwas forced to throw an illegal pass. TheDevilstookoverattheOU43andlaterscoredwhenDarrylClackraced15yardsforatTD.
gAMeSUMMARYBrigham Young was No. 1 in the polls, butSoonerheadcoachBarrySwitzerhadarguedthattheSoonersshouldbeNo.1becauseofatougherschedule.AwinoverafineHuskyteamwouldsolidifythatclaim.However,Washingtonrefusedtocooperateandturneda17-14fourth-quarterdeficitintoa28-17triumph.Thegamewasmarkedbyabizarre incidentwhen,afteranOklahomafieldgoal, theSoonerSchoonerraced onto the field as called for by tradition.The only problem was the drivers apparentlyhadnotreceivedtheproperpermissionforthetrip.Theteamwaspenalized15yardsandthelossofthethreepoints.
STATISTICSLeADeRSRushing: OU-Carr,19-148 PSU-Dozier,12-39Passing: OU-Holieway,6-3-0-91 PSU-Knizner,11-8-1-90Receiving: OU-Jackson,2-83 PSU-Dimidio,6-50Tackles: OU-Bosworth,13 PSU-Alexander,9gAMeSUMMARYAswarmingdefense,arecordfieldgoalperfor-manceandtwobigplayshelpedtheOklahomaSooners defeat Penn State to capture boththe Orange Bowl and the program’s sixthnational championship. Butkus Award winnerBrian Bosworth had 13 solo tackles and theOklahoma secondary picked off four PennStatepassestothwartanyrallies.TimLasharbootedanOrangeBowlrecordfourfieldgoalstogive theSoonersanearly lead.LydellCarrandKeith Jackson thenprovidedbigplays, a61-yardjauntbyCarranda71-yardpassplayfromJamelleHoliewaytoJackson.
gAMeSUMMARYThe Sooners’ hopes of winning their seventhnational championship were put to rest byMiami,20-14.TheHurricanestooktheopeningkickoffandmoved65yardsineightplaysfora7-0lead,thenneverlookedback.TheSooneroffense,whichledthenationinsixcategories,was held to only 179 rushing yards and 255overall.Lateinthefourthquarter,theSoonersscoredona29-yard fumblerooskiwhichgavethe Oklahoma faithful a flicker of hope. TheHurricane defenders blew it out when theysacked quarterback Charles Thompson andcausedafumbletoensurethevictory.
gAMeSUMMARYAfteradrythreequartersandthescoredead-lockedat6-6,Clemsonheldoffa lateSoonerrally to post a 13-6 victory and give theACCits first victory over the Sooners in 16 tries.OntheSooners’ lastpossession,OUtooktheball over on its own 20 with 2:59 left on theclock.QBJamelleHolieway,playinginhisfinalgame,scampered11yardsonafourthdowntokeepthedrivealive.Holiewaythencompletedpassesoffive,seven,four,12,seven,12and13yards,togetOUinsidetheTiger14with12seconds remaining. Two desperation heavesby Holieway dropped incomplete to end allOklahomahopes.
gAMeSUMMARYCale Gundy unleashed one of the greatestpassingefforts inschoolhistoryasOklahomacrushedVirginia, 48-14.Gundywas25-of-31,including11straightcompletions,for329yardsandtwoTDs.TheSoonersscoredtouchdownsonfouroftheirfirstfivepossessionstoputthegame out of reach before halftime. The OUdefenseneverallowedtheCavaliersinsidethe20.The48pointstiedtheOUbowlgamerecord(48-21overDukeinthe‘58OrangeBowl).
gAMeSUMMARYQBCaleGundy brilliantly guidedOklahoma’soffenseandtheSoonerdefenseslowedDoakWalker Award winner Bam Morris as OUclaimeda41-10win.TheSoonersscoredthefirsttwotimestheyhadtheball.AnotherGundyTDpassboostedtheleadto21-3.Justoveraminutelater,thegameMVPhitagainandOkla-homawascruisingathalftime28-3.Meanwhile,thenation’ssecond-leadingrusherwasheldtojust95yardsbytheSoonerdefense.
gAMeSUMMARYAfter completing its worst regular season in30 years, and playing under a head coachwho had resigned, Oklahoma ended itsseasonwithadismal31-6 loss.TheSoonersstarted reserve QB Terence Brown, who hadcompletedoneofthreepassesontheseason.SeasonstarterGarrickMcGeehadcontractedspinalmeningitisandwasunabletoplay.OU’sdefensesurrendered485yardsandfourtouch-downs through theair.BYU’sJohnWalshsetCopperBowlrecordsforcompletions(31)andTD passes (4). Sooner linebacker BroderickSimpson was Defensive Player of the Gamewith13tackles,asackandabrokenuppass.
gAMeSUMMARYIn the final college gameof the 20th century,OleMisstoppedOklahomainathriller,27-25.OUquarterbackandgameoffensiveMVPJoshHeupel set school and Independence Bowlrecords for attempts, completions and yards,and tied the record for touchdowns. JarrailJackson tied the Independence Bowl recordfor receptions with 10. OleMiss’ Les Binkleykickeda39-yard fieldgoal for thewinon thelastplayofthegame.
gAMeSUMMARYTop-rankedOklahomauseda smothering de-fensetoshutdownthethird-rankedSeminolesandJoshHeupelgeneratedenoughoffensetoleadOU to a perfect season.As the nation’sonly unbeaten team, the Sooners were theunanimous winners of the AP media poll.They were automatically crowned nationalchampionsinthecoaches’pollundertheBowlChampionship Series format. Led by OrangeBowlMVPTorranceMarshall,theSoonerstimeandagainforcedFloridaState’sChrisWeinkeintobaddecisions.TimDuncankickedtwofieldgoalsandQuentinGriffinscoredtheclinchingtouchdown on a 10-yard run up the middlewith8:30toplay.FloridaStateavoideditsfirstshutoutin12seasonswhenStanfordSamuelstackled OU punter Jeff Ferguson in the endzoneforasafetywith55secondsremaining.
gAMeSUMMARYArkansas’ defense played well, but few willremember.Oklahoma’sdefensewasthatmuchbetter.Thefinalstatisticswereaschillingandstark as the weather. The Razorbacks, whoreachedOU territory just two times theentiregame,couldmusteronly13passingyardsontwo completions while their rushing attempts(42) outnumbered their rushing yards (37).Sooner defenders tied a school and CottonBowlrecordwithawhoppingninesacks.Lateinthefirstquarter,Oklahomasetsailona13-play,63-yardscoringdrivethatculminatedinaone-yardsneakbyquarterbackNateHybl.Alongtheway, the Sooners converted two third downsand one fourth. The resulting touchdown andPATmadetherestoftheafternoonacademic.OUaddeda32-yardfieldgoalbyTimDuncaninthethirdframetobuilda10-0advantagethatfeltliketwicethatgiventheplayofthedefense.Arkansas,aidedbypenalties,finallyscratchedout a field goal, but no serious threat to theoutcomewasevermounted.
gAMeSUMMARYOklahoma dominated the Pac 10 champs intheSooners’ first trip to theRoseBowl.OU’sdefenseloggedsixsacksandtwointerceptionsto set the tone. Rose Bowl MVP Nate Hybltossed two TD passes and Quentin Griffinrushed for144yardsas theOUoffenseworedowntheCougars.Oklahomabecamejustthefourth school in college football history towinthefourBCSgamesandtheCottonBowl.
gAMeSUMMARYRidingitsdefense,LSUwontheBCStitle,21-14.Oklahomaenteredthegameasthenaton’stop scoringoffense, but struggledagainst theTigers.TheOUdefensegaveagoodaccounttoo,surrendering64ofLSU’s312totalyardsonanon-scoringrunontheTigers’firstsnap.Still,itwastheLSUdefenderswhostoletheshow.DEMarcusSpearsreturnedaninterception20yardsforaTDonthefirstseriesofthesecondhalf and seemingly opened the floodgates.But OU stiffened and got its running gameuntracked.Afterpullingwithinsevenat21-14,the Sooners made another push to the LSU12,butmissedonfourstraightpassattempts,thelastonewithjust2:46left.ThecrowdwasthelargestevertoseeasportingeventintheLouisianaSuperdome.
gAMeSUMMARYUSC didn’t need any help, but Oklahomaobliged anyway. The Trojans played a nearlyflawless game, made even more so by fiveOUturnovers,andcruisedtotheBCSNationalChampionship,55-19.
gAMeSUMMARYOklahoma linebacker Clint Ingram made aleaping interception of Oregon quarterbackBradyLeaf’s passat the10-yard linewith33seconds left to preserve the Sooners’ 17-14upsetoftheNo.6OregonDucks.RhettBomarthrewa17-yardtouchdownpasstofullbackJ.D.Runnelsfora10-7Oklahomaleadwith9:20toplayinthethirdquarter.Lateinthethird,AdrianPeterson’s backup, Kejuan Jones, scored onan 8-yard run tomake it 17-7.Peterson soft-ened theDuckswith threebruisingcarriesonthedrivefor36yards,includinga20-yardgainwhenheleveledsafetyJ.D.Nelson.
gAMeSUMMARY Playinginitsthirdnationaltitlegameinsixyears,theNo.1-rankedOklahomaSoonerswereupset in theiropponent’sbackyardas theNo.2FloridaGatorsprevailed,24-14. Tied at halftime, Florida outscoredOklahoma17-7 in the secondhalf, despite the110-yard rushingeffortbyChrisBrownand the256yardsofpassingfromHeismanTrophywin-nerSamBradford. Oklahoma tight end JermaineGresham led all receivers with eight catches,includingtwoforTDs. OU was unable to overcomse twocostlystopsinsidethe10-yardlineandtwointer-ceptionsinitiallytouchedbyOklahomareceivers.
Yards Per AttemptGame.........26.8.(6-161),.Eric.Mitchel.vs..Kan..State,.1988Season....................................8.98,.Greg.Pruitt,.1971.Career.......... 7.48,.Darrell.Shepard.(166.carries),.1979-81
Rushing Yards by a FreshmanGame......259,.Earl.Johnson.vs..Colo.,.1983.(redshirt)...... 249,.Adrian.Peterson.vs..Okla..State,.2004.(true)Season..........1,184,.De’Mond.Parker,.1996.(redshirt)............................1,925,.Adrian.Peterson,.2004.(true)
Rushing Yards by a QuarterbackGame......... 195,.Thomas.Lott.vs..Kansas.State,.1976Season...............................1,289,.Jack.Mildren,.1971Career.................... 2,713,.Jamelle.Holieway,.1985-88
Individual PassingMost Pass AttemptsGame..................58,.Josh.Heupel.vs..Colorado,.1999........................... Landry Jones vs. Nebraska, 2009Season..................................553,.Josh.Heupel,.1999Career............................1,025,.Josh.Heupel,.1999-00.
Most Yards PassingGame............. 468, Sam Bradford vs. Kansas, 2008Season........................... 4,720, Sam Bradford, 2008Career........................8,403, Sam Bradford, 2007-09
300-Yard GamesSeason................................ 10, Sam Bradford, 2008Career.................................14,.Josh.Heupel,.1999-00.............................................Sam Bradford, 2007-09
Consecutive 300-Yard GamesSeason.................................. 6, Sam Bradford, 2008
400-Yard GamesSeason......................................2,.Josh.Heupel,.1999.............................................. 2, Sam Bradford, 2008Career...................................2,.Josh.Heupel,.1999-00.........................................2, Sam Bradford, 2007-09
Touchdown PassesGame..................... 6, Landry Jones vs. Tulsa, 2009Season................................ 50, Sam Bradford, 2008Career.............................88, Sam Bradford, 2007-09
Consecutive Games With a Touchdown PassSeason................................ 14, Sam Bradford, 2008Career.................................25,.Josh.Heupel,.1999-00
Individual Receiving Most Passes CaughtGame...............12,.Juaquin.Iglesias.vs..Kansas,.2008Season...................................83,.Mark.Clayton,.2003Career..............................221,.Mark.Clayton,.2001-04
Most Yards GainedGame.................206,.Manuel.Johnson.vs..TCU,.2008Season..............................1,425,.Mark.Clayton,.2003Career...........................3,241,.Mark.Clayton,.2001-04
Yards Per Reception Game....... 47.7,.Virgil.Boll.vs..Colorado,.1962.(3-143)Season.................. 29.1,.Jon.Harrison,.1971.(17.rec.)Career............... 27.0,.Jon.Harrison,.1970-71.(30.rec.)
Most Touchdown ReceptionsGame........................4,.Trent.Smith.vs..Kansas,.2001........... 4, Jermaine Gresham vs. Texas A&M, 2007Season...................................15,.Mark.Clayton,.2003Career................................31,.Mark.Clayton,.2001-04..Individual Total Offense Most Total OffenseGame............. 482, Sam Bradford vs. Kansas, 2008....................................... (468 Passing, 14 Rushing)Season........................... 4,767, Sam Bradford, 2008 .................................... (4,720 Passing, 47 Rushing)Career........................8,439, Sam Bradford, 2007-09.................................... (8,403 Passing, 36 Rushing)
Team Offense Most Rushing AttemptsGame.............................88.vs..Oklahoma.State,.1972Season........................................................879,.1972Per.Game...................................................73.9,.1974
Most Rushing YardsGame...............................768.vs..Kansas.State,.1988Season.....................................................5,635,.1971
Rushing Yards Per AttemptGame............... 10.6.(72-768).vs..Kansas.State,.1988Season.........................................................7.1,.1971
Most Passing AttemptsGame............ 58.vs..Colorado,.1999;.Nebraska,.2009Season........................................................566,.1999Per.Game.................................................47.17,.1999
Most Passing CompletionsGame.... 39.vs..Mississippi,.1999.Independence.BowlSeason........................................................358,.1999Per.Game.................................................28.83,.1999
Most Yards PassingGame........................................ 468.vs..Kansas,.2008Season.....................................................4,891,.2008Per.Game.................................................349.4,.2008
Most Yards Per AttemptGame.....................................25.7.vs..Colorado,.1962Season.....................................................12.77,.1971
Most Yards Per CompletionGame.....................................36.1.vs..Colorado,.1962Season.....................................................26.85,.1971
Most Passes InterceptedGame..................................................... 5,.three.timesSeason..........................................................18,.2000
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Total OffenseGame......................................875.vs..Colorado,.1980Season.....................................................7,670,.2008Per.Game...............................................566.83,.1971
Most PlaysSeason.....................................................1,106,.2008Per.Game...................................................86.8,.1972
Yards Per PlayGame.....................................10.6.vs..Colorado,.1980Season.........................................................7.6,.1971
Most TouchdownsGame........................................12.vs..Colorado,.1980Season..........................................................99,.2008Per.Game.....................................................7.1,.2008
Most Rushing TouchdownsGame........................................12.vs..Colorado,.1980Season..........................................................62,.1971Per.Game...................................................5.17,.1971
Most Passing TouchdownsGame...............................................6 vs. Tulsa, 2009Season..........................................................51,.2008Per.Game...................................................3.64,.2008
Team Defense Fewest Rushing Yards AllowedGame......................................... -52.vs..Kansas,.1986Season........................................................594,.1948Per.Game.................................................54.00,.1949
Most SacksGame.........................................9.vs..Nebraska,.2005Season..........................................................45,.2003Per.Game.....................................................3.8,.2005
Total DefenseGame.......................... 14.vs..Washington.State,.1938Season.....................................................1,226,.1938Per.Game................................................111.45,.1938. Punting Most PuntsGame..............18,.Jack.Jacobs.vs..Santa.Clara,.1941Season.............................80,.Mike.Winchester,.1984,................................................... Jeff.Ferguson,.2001,.Career.........................252,.Jeff.Ferguson,.1998-2001
Best Punting AverageGame......58.8 (6), Tress Way vs. Oklahoma State, 2009Season............................... 47.84,.Jack.Jacobs,.1940Career......................42.48,.Jeff.Ferguson,.1998-2001
Tackles by a LinemanGame................. 21,.Kevin.Murphy.vs..Missouri,.1983Season................................ 144,.Kevin.Murphy,.1983Career................................. 365,.Rick.Bryan,.1980-83
Tackles by a LinebackerGame...................23,.Jackie.Shipp.vs..Missouri,.1981Season..................................189,.Jackie.Shipp,.1981Career..................................530,.Daryl.Hunt,.1975-78
Tackles by a Defensive BackGame........ 20,.Rodney.Rideau.vs..Notre.Dame,.1999Season............................. 120,.Rodney.Rideau,.1999Career.......................... 299,.Zac.Henderson,.1974-77
Tackles for LossGame.......................................................5,.five.times;......most.recently.Teddy.Lehman.vs..Kan..State,.2003Season..................................... 24,.Kelly.Gregg,.1998Career..............................59,.Rocky.Calmus,.1998-01
Individual Punt Returns Most Punt ReturnsGame................8,.Jack.Jacobs.vs..Santa.Clara,.1941..............................8,.Larry.Grigg.vs..Nebraska,.1951.. 8,.Curtis.Fagan.vs..North.Texas.&.Kan..State,.2001.............8, Ryan Broyles vs. Oklahoma State, 2009Season...............................53,.Antonio.Perkins,.2003Career...........................126,.Jarrail.Jackson,.1996-99
Most Punt Return YardsGame................277,.Antonio.Perkins.vs..UCLA,.2003Season.............................643,.Antonio.Perkins,.2002Career...................1,441,.Antonio.Perkins,.2002-2004
Best Punt Return AverageGame............ 39.6,.Antonio.Perkins.vs..UCLA.(7-277)Season...................23.5,.Jack.Mitchell,.1948.(22.ret.)Career................23.8,.Jack.Mitchell,.1946-48.(39.ret.)
Most TouchdownsGame......................6,.Quentin.Griffin.vs..Texas,.2000Season.......23,.Steve.Owens,.1969;.Billy.Sims,.1979Career............................... 57,.Steve.Owens,.1967-69
Most Extra PointsGame..................... 11,.Tim.Lashar.vs..Missouri,.1986........................11,.Trey.DiCarlo.vs..Texas.A&M,.2003Season..............................94, Jimmy Stevens, 2008Career................................196,.R.D..Lashar,.1987-90
Most Extra Points AttemptedGame..................... 11,.Tim.Lashar.vs..Missouri,.1986........................11,.Trey.DiCarlo.vs..Texas.A&M,.2003Season..............................99, Jimmy Stevens, 2008Career................................202,.R.D..Lashar,.1987-90
Most Consecutive Extra PointsSeason...................................... 66,.Tim.Lashar,.1986Career...................140,.Uwe.von.Schamann,.1976-78
Most Field GoalsGame........................................................4,.six.times;...... most.recently,.Jimmy Stevens vs. Baylor, 2009Season.....................................21,.Tim.Duncan,.2001Career..................................48,.Tim.Duncan,.1999-01............................................. 48,.Tim.Lashar,.1983-86
Most Points by a KickerGame....................... 17,.Trey.DiCarlo.vs..Texas,.2003Season..................................131,.Trey.DiCarlo,.2003Career................................328,.R.D..Lashar,.1987-90
Individual Kickoff Returns Most Kickoff ReturnsGame............... 7,.Jarrail.Jackson.vs..Nebraska,.1997Season............................. 28,.DeMarco.Murray,.2008Career............................ 55,.Buster.Rhymes,.1980-84
Most Kickoff Return YardsGame.... 229,.Brandon.Daniels.vs..Notre.Dame,.1999Season............................ 826,.Juaquin.Iglesias,.2008Career......................1,546,.Juaquin.Iglesias,.2005-08
Best Kickoff Return AverageGame....45.80.(5),.Brandon.Daniels.vs..Notre.Dame,.1999..... 63.50.(2),.Orville.Matthews.vs..Santa.Clara,.1940......................................................... 100.00.(1),.twice;.......most.recently,.Mark.Bradley.vs..Iowa.State,.2003Season.......................... 31.8,.Brandon.Daniels,.1999Career..........................29.6, DeMarco Murray, 2007-..Special Teams Field GoalsGame.............................................. 4.vs..Texas,.1966;..................................................vs..Penn.State,.1986;..........................................vs..Oklahoma.State,.1986;.................................................. vs..Iowa.State,.1995;.................................................... at.Texas.A&M,.2002.........................................................vs. Baylor, 2009Season..........................................................21,.2001Per.Game...................................................2.83,.1999
Field Goal PercentageGame...........................................1.000,.several.times................................................ (last.vs..CU,.2007,.1-1)Season....................................................... .889,.1992
Most Extra PointsGame........... 11.vs..Missouri,.1986;.Texas.A&M,.2003Season..........................................................94,.2008
Extra Point PercentageGame...........................................1.000,.several.timesSeason..........1.000,.several.times;.last,.1993.(46-46)
Most PuntsGame................................... 21.vs..Santa.Clara,.1941Season..........................................................85,.2001
Punting AverageGame........................58.8 vs. Oklahoma State, 2009Season.....................................................42.15,.1966
Most Punt Return YardsGame...........................................277.vs..UCLA,.2003Season........................................................949,.1948Per.Game.................................................86.27,.1948
Most Kickoff Return YardsGame.................................289.vs..Notre.Dame,.1999Season.....................................................1,583,.2007Per.Game............................................... 113.07,.2007
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Flagship Educational Institution of the sooner stateThe University of Oklahoma is experiencing a golden era in the history of a great institution. The quality of new students is soaring and donor confidence is at an all-time high. Over the last 12 years, OU’s donor base has expanded at a staggering rate, moving from 17,000 to 108,000.
President David L. Boren has spurred significant changes that have resulted in a learning environment of the highest order. As a result, the state of Oklahoma enjoys resources that impact everything from medical science to the arts for many years to come.
The University of Oklahoma has long embraced the great tradition of Sooner athletics. With competitive facilities all located on the main campus, including several near the heart of the university, student-athletes and their classmates mingle comfortably in an environment that fosters an attitude of excellence, regardless of the endeavor.
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20 OU has 20 colleges offering 158 majors at the baccalaureate level and 167 majors at the master’s level. The university’s annual operating budget is more than $1.46 billion.
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• The Princeton Review has ranked OU among the best in the nation in terms of academic excellence and cost for students.
• OU ranks in the top 10 in the nation among most wired colleges, one of only a few universities to achieve the ranking two years in a row.
• OU has over a $1.5 billion impact annually on the state’s economy each year.
• OU continues to break private fundraising records, with more than $1.6 billion in gifts and pledges since 1994, which has provided funding for dramatic capital improvements, the growth in faculty endowment and student scholarships.
• OU’s Campaign for Scholarships has allowed the university to more than double new scholarships for students in just four years.
• OU has increased from 100 to 544, the number of endowed faculty positions in the past 14 years, demonstrating a strong commitment to excellence.
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unIVERsITy PREsIDEnTin on government experience and contacts by becoming lobbyists. In addition, he introduced legislation seeking to limit gifts and travel subsidies that government workers, including members of Congress, can receive from lobbyists. Boren also chaired the special 1992-93 Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress, which produced proposals to make Congress more efficient and responsive by streamlining congressional bureaucracy, reducing staff sizes and reforming procedures to end legislative gridlock.
Boren left the U.S. Senate in 1994 with an approval rating of 9l percent after being reelected with 83 percent of the vote in 1990, the highest percentage in the nation in a U.S. Senate contest in that election year.
Boren served from 1988 to 1997 as a member of the Yale University Board of Trust-ees. His university experience also includes four years on the faculty of Oklahoma Baptist University, where he was chairman of the Department of Political Science and chairman of the Division of Social Sciences. In 1993, the American Association of University Professors presented Boren with the Henry Yost Award as Education Advocate of the Year.
In April 2004, Boren received the Mory’s Cup from the Mory’s Association at Yale University. In making the presentation to Boren it was noted that he was the first Yale graduate in the university’s history extending over three centuries to have served as a Governor, U.S. Senator and President of a major university.
Under Boren’s leadership, the University of Oklahoma has developed and emerged as a “pacesetter university in American public higher education,” with 20 major new programs initiated since his inauguration. They include establishment of the Honors College, the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West, a new expository writing program for freshmen modeled on the program at Harvard, an interdisciplinary religious studies program, the Artist-in-Residence Program, the International Programs Center, and the Faculty-in-Residence Program putting faculty family apartments in student residence halls. The Retired Professors Program has been started, bringing 50 retired full professors back to the University to teach fresh-men.
The number of new facilities started or completed on the campus during the Boren years has matched the explosion in new programs. Since 1994, almost $1 billion in construction projects have been completed or are under way on OU’s three campuses. Among the largest of the recent projects are the $18.7 million renovation and expansion of historic Holmberg Hall, home of music and dance programs; the $67 million National Weather Center; the $19 million addition to the Michael F. Price College of Business; the $17 million Gaylord Hall for journalism and mass communi-cation; the $27 million Stephenson Research and Technology Center; and the $83.5 million stadium project. The Health Sciences Center has a new Student Union, and the new $24 million Stanton L. Young Biomedical Research Center.
Presidential Travel Scholarships, students from 111 countries on campus, more reciprocal international exchange agreements than any other university and the new International Programs Center are all making OU more international. The new Honors College helps to assure that no students need to leave Oklahoma to find an educational experience to match their potential.
In 1995, Boren launched the “Reach for Excellence” fundraising campaign with a five-year goal of $200 million, which was twice as large as any fundraising drive in Oklahoma history. The drive exceeded $500 million, raising OU into the top 15 public universities in the United States in private endowment per capita. Since 1994, endowed professorships have more than quadrupled and the OU donor base has grown from 18,000 to more than 107,000 friends and alumni. During the first 10 years of Boren’s tenure over $1 billion in private gifts were donated to the university.
Above all, the Boren years have been marked by an emphasis on putting students first. There is not a university president in the country that is more committed to students as his number one priority. He teaches a freshman-level course in political science each semester and is one of the few presidents of major universities to teach.
Boren is married to Molly Shi Boren, a former judge and English teacher. Mrs. Boren is President Emeritus of the Oklahoma Arts Institute, which provides education programs in nine arts disciplines for high school students from across the state who are gifted in the arts. Molly Boren has two degrees from the University of Oklahoma, a master’s degree in English and a Juris Doctorate from the OU College of Law. A native of Seminole, Boren has two children, Carrie Christine Boren, an Episcopal minister, and David Daniel Boren, a member of the United States Congress from Oklahoma. Devoting much of his life to public service, Boren drew from the example of his parents, the late Congressman Lyle H. Boren and Christine Boren.
David L. Boren13th President, The University of OklahomaDavid L. Boren, who has served Oklahoma as governor and U.S. senator, became the thirteenth president of the University of Oklahoma in November 1994. He is the first person in state history to have served in all three positions.
Boren is widely respected for his academic credentials, his longtime support of education, and for his distinguished political career as a reformer of the American political system. A graduate of Yale University in 1963, Boren majored in American history, graduated in the top one percent of his class and was elected Phi Beta Kappa. He was selected as a Rhodes Scholar and earned a master’s degree in politics, philosophy and economics from Oxford University, England, in 1965.
In 1968, he received a law degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Law, where he was on the Law Review, elected to the Order of the Coif, and won the Bledsoe Prize as the outstanding graduate by a vote of the faculty.
As Oklahoma’s governor from 1974 through 1978, Boren promoted key educational initiatives that have had an enduring impact on Oklahoma. Established during his tenure were the Oklahoma Arts Institute, the Scholar-Leadership Enrichment Pro-gram, and the Oklahoma Physicians Manpower Training Program, which provides scholarships for medical students and medical personnel who commit to practice in underserved rural areas. Also, the first state funding for Gifted and Talented classes was provided in 1976 and, from 1976 through 1978, Oklahoma ranked first among all states in the percentage increases of funding for higher education.
One of Boren’s most far-reaching projects in promoting quality education at all levels is the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence, which he founded in 1985. The foundation recognizes outstanding public school students and teachers and helps establish private local foundations to help give academic endowment grants to local public schools. As a senator, he was the author of the National Security Education Act in 1992, which provides scholarships for study abroad and for learning additional languages, as well as legislation to restore the tax deductibility of gifts of appreciated property to universities in 1993.
Boren, also a former state legislator, spent nearly three decades in elective politics before becoming the president of the University of Oklahoma. Boren was the young-est governor in the nation when he served from 1974 to 1978. Known as a reformer, Boren campaigned with a broom as his symbol. During his term, he instituted many progressive programs, including conflict-of-interest rules, campaign-financing disclosure, stronger open meeting laws for public bodies, more competitive bidding on state government contracts, and reform of the state’s prison system, including expanded education programs for first-time offenders and the largest expansion of the work-release program in state history.
During his time in the U.S. Senate from 1979 to 1994, Boren served on the Sen-ate Finance and Agriculture Committees and was the longest-serving chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. From his days as a state legislator and governor of Oklahoma to Washington, Boren carried a commitment to reform, leading numerous efforts to make government work better for American citizens. As chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, he strengthened oversight of secret government programs and reformed the procedures for Presidential notice of such programs to Congress.
For more than 10 years, he led the fight for congressional campaign finance reform and for legislation discouraging administration and congressional staff from cashing
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Each of those characteristics, standing alone, describes the 11th director of athletics in University of Oklahoma history. However, just as he has brought together differ-ent groups who are committed to one goal, you must combine those traits to get the complete picture of the person who has led the OU athletics department since 1998.
Joe Castiglione has established a pattern of excellence that few in his profession can match. In an environment where every decision is made reflecting the department’s mission statement “Inspiring champions today … Preparing leaders for tomorrow,” forming the background, Castiglione is leading the department that has written one of the most successful eras in school history.
Quick to give credit to the student-athletes and coaches, the staff and the university administration, the donors and the fans, Castiglione was the one who implemented the changes that led to success. When he was hired in 1998, the search committee be-lieved they had found a rising star in the field of intercollegiate athletics administration. Everything that has happened since his arrival at OU has cemented that reputation.
The accomplishments of the department and its student-athletes, coaches and staff have earned national recognition for the university and the department. Recognized as the 2007 PRISM Award winner by the School of Sports Management at the University of Massachusetts, OU was just the second Division I winner and all of the programs recognized by the selection panel were started under Castiglione’s leadership. The PRISM Award annually recognizes one Division I intercollegiate athletics department that demonstrates industry-leading excellence and innovation in sports management.
His commitment to the success of student-athletes led NCAA President Dr. Myles Brand to appoint him as chair of the Football Academic Progress Rate (APR) Working Group in June of 2008. This group, which includes presidents, chancellors, conference commissioners, faculty athletics representatives, athletics directors and head football coaches, has been given the charge to review the APR as it pertains to Division I football student-athletes. When the study is complete, the group will report back to Dr. Brand and the NCAA Board of Directors with their findings, evaluations and recom-mendations for improvement.
His peers have honored him for the department’s achievements as well. In October 2004, the Bobby Dodd Foundation named him Athletics Director of the Year. In 2003, he was inducted into the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators Hall of Fame. In June 2001, he received the General Robert R. Neyland Athletic Direc-tor Award for lifetime achievement from the All-American Football Foundation. The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) named him Central Region AD of the Year in 2000.
Perhaps his most unique achievement over the last 10 years for Castiglione, though, came when he received his master’s of education degree from OU in May 2007. To understand the need for education and lifelong learning, OU’s student-athletes just have to look at their AD who started and completed his master’s degree while running the department and maintaining his priorities to his family. He quickly put his experi-ence to use as an adjunct professor in the College of Education teaching a graduate class in Marketing & Development.
The 11th director of athletics at the University of Oklahoma has celebrated seven national team championships and over 40 conference team titles; record numbers of graduating student-athletes and record-setting grade point averages for Sooner teams; dramatically increased donor giving; huge increases in ticket sales for all sports; major facility improvements, and development and construction of new facilities. And, as aggressive as the push to improve, expand and excel has been, he has produced a balanced budget in every year of his tenure, a first since the early 1980s.
Other highlights of Castiglione’s tenure include:
• An annual finish among the top 25 in the standings for the Director’s Cup which measures overall athletics success in eight of the last nine years, including an all-time program best of 15th in 2003-2004. OU ranked 23rd in the 2007-08 standings.• The Sooner men’s gymnastics team won its eighth NCAA title in 2008. It marked the fifth national championship for the program in the last seven years. The Sooners were led by OU’s most decorated gymnast in school history and latest Olympian, Jonathan Horton, who will be representing the U.S. in Beijing in August.• A total of 29 OU teams that have ranked among the top 10 in season-ending polls.• A school-record and Big 12-best graduation rate of 74% in 2003.• Three appearances in the BCS National Championship Game and the college football national championship in 2000.• Appearances by the men’s and women’s basketball teams in their respective Final Fours in 2002.• A Division I record of 74 combined victories produced by the football team and both
basketball squads in the 2001-02 school year.• An average of more than 17 out of 20 OU teams per year represented in postseason play. A total of 18 of OU’s 20 teams advanced to NCAA competition in 2007-08 and con-ference titles were produced by football, men’s gymnastics and women’s gymnastics.
Credited with energizing OU’s fund-raising efforts, Castiglione was instrumental in the athletics department’s major campaign, Great Expectations: The Campaign For Sooner Sports. The campaign ended in November of 2003 with more than $125 million raised. The figure has grown to almost $200 million since then as the department continues its approach, and largest fund-raising effort in OU athletics history including projects that impact each of OU’s nearly 500 student-athletes. It has become a national model for intercollegiate athletics.
Castiglione has cultivated over 20 multi-million dollar gifts, including the largest capital gifts in history for athletics at OU, and some of the largest ever for the university as a whole. He has driven dramatic facilities projects, including a $70 million renovation and expansion of Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Others include a $17.2 million renovation of Lloyd Noble Center; phase I of The Headington Family Tennis Complex; John Jacobs Track and Field Complex; the Everest Training Facility, one of the largest indoor practice areas in the country; and construction of the Gregg & Betsy Wadley Indoor Tennis Center. Other projects completed in his tenure have included the redesign of the Sooner football practice fields; the Port Robertson Wrestling Facility; phase I & II of the Sooner Soccer Complex, expansion of the Viersen Gymnastics Pavilion as well as additional renovations to the McCasland Field House; L. Dale Mitchell Park, the Charlie Coe Golf Learning Center, the OU Softball Complex and Barry Switzer Center. His administrative work, which has seen significant reorganiza-tion and the hiring of 12 head coaches, also included the negotiation of multi-million dollar multi-media rights contract that produces more than $8 million in annual revenue for the athletics department. His leadership was instrumental as well as the Sooners added their 21st athletics team to the OU family, women’s rowing (which will begin competition in the fall of 2008) and the design and construction of the new McClendon Boathouse on the Oklahoma River.
Castiglione was hired on April 30, 1998, after serving as athletics director at Missouri. In his 17-year career with the Tigers, Castiglione, who was named director of athletics at Missouri on Dec. 15, 1993, was credited with rebuilding sports programs, hiring outstanding coaches, implementing an innovative master plan for facilities, inspiring record-setting increases in fund-raising and balancing the budget in each of his five years as athletics director.
A 1979 Maryland graduate, Castiglione received the University’s Distinguished Alum-nus Award in April 2007. He began his career as the sports promotions director at Rice. He then worked a year as director of athletic fund-raising at Georgetown before being hired in 1981 at Missouri as director of communications and marketing.
Active on the national and conference level, he is currently serving on the Gatorade Collegiate Advisory Board and the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame Board of Directors. He served two terms as chair of the Big 12 Board of Athletics Directors and is a past president of the Division I-A Athletic Directors Association and NACDA. He served a four-year term on the NCAA Championship/Competition Cabinet and the NCAA Baseball Committee and is a past member of the NCAA Football Special Events Certification Committee. He recently agreed to serve on the NCAA Diversity Leadership Strategic Planning Committee and the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Discussion Group. In 2007, he was named to the Phi Delta Theta Foundation Board of Trustees. He is a highly requested speaker at annual conventions and continuing education institutes.
A native of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Castiglione was born Oct. 8, 1957. He is married to the former Kristen Bartel, a 1990 graduate of the University of Missouri. They are the parents of two sons, Joseph Robert, Jr., born on December 20, 1996, and Jonathan Edmund, born on March 21, 2000.
Joe CastiglioneVice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Programs and Director of Athletics, The University of Oklahoma
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ADMInIsTRATORsDr. GeralD GurneySenior Associate A.D. for Academics and Student Life
Kenny MossManSenior Associate A.D. for Communications
billy ray JohnsonAssociate A.D. for Ticket Operations
Dr. nicKi MooreAssistant A.D. for Psychological Resources
charlie taylorAssistant A.D. for Marketing
connie DillonFaculty Athletics Representative
Joe WashinGtonSpecial Assistant to the Athletics Director,Executive Director, Varsity O Association
ou athletics DePartMentThe mission of the University of Oklahoma Athletics Department is to inspire champions today and prepare leaders for tomorrow by providing an excellent environment to enable student-athletes to achieve their highest academic, athletic and personal aspirations.
core values• Integrity• Passion for Excellence• Commitment• Respect & Responsibility for Self & Others• Appreciation for and Encouragement of Gender & Cultural Diversity
PhilosophyThe University of Oklahoma Athletics Department promotes excellence in athletics without compromising excellence in academics or integrity in its commitment to rules or conduct. Student-athletes are encouraged by the coaching and administrative staff to maintain a balance between athletics, academics, and the social aspects of college.
It is believed that athletic participation gives an added dimension to the student’s overall college experience and provides an opportunity for social, moral, emotional, and cultural growth and development.
The athletic programs strive to create traits that once acquired will carry over and benefit student-athletes in their personal and professional endeavors. The University of Oklahoma maintains a tradition of excellence in intercollegiate sports.
The Athletics Department continues to uphold this tradition by striving to make each athletic team and individual of championship caliber. Its staff members work to instill in student-athletes an appreciation for hard work, perseverance, and pride in accomplishment. It is believed these attributes will be utilized throughout the student-athlete’s life.
sOOnER TRADITIOnsWhat is a sooner?Sports fans are hard-pressed to find a nickname that is as unique and as linked to a state’s history as a Sooner. The University of Oklahoma is the only school known as Sooners.
Oklahoma Territory opened with the Land Run of 1889. Settlers from across the globe, seeking free land, made their way to the prairies of the plains to stake their claim to a new life. One of the few rules to claiming a lot of land was that all participants were to start at the same time, on the boom of a cannon. Settlers who went too early were called “Sooners.”
OU athletic teams were called either Rough Riders or Boomers for 10 years before the current Sooner nickname emerged in 1908. The uni-versity actually derived their name from a pep club called ‘The Sooner Rooters.’ The success of University of Oklahoma athletic teams over the years has made the nickname synonymous with winning.
Crimson & CreamIn the fall of 1895, Miss May Overstreet was asked to chair a committee to select the colors of the university. The committee decided the colors should be crimson and cream and an elaborate display of the colors was draped above a platform before the student body. The students approved with great enthusiasm and immediately pennants, banners and decora-tions of every description appeared on the streets, in the windows, at chapel, in classrooms, and all public places around campus.
sooner schoonerThe Sooner Schooner is a Conestoga, or covered wagon, reminiscent of the mode of travel used by pioneers who settled Oklahoma. The Schooner is powered by matching white ponies named Boomer and Sooner, and it ventures onto Owen Field in a triumphant victory ride after OU scores. Although the Schooner was introduced in 1964, it did not become the official mascot until 1980. The Schooner is well-recognized by college athletics fans across the country and makes regular appearances at university functions.
Boomer sooner!In 1905, Arthur M. Alden, a student in history and physiology whose father was a Norman jeweler, wrote the lyrics to the fight song, borrowing the tune from Yale University’s ‘Boola Boola’ but improvising the words. A year later, an addition was made to it from North Carolina’s ‘I’m a Tarheel Born’ and the two combined to form the university’s fight song today. Though the tune was first made known by Yale, the everlasting success of Sooner squads has taken the melody of ‘Boomer Sooner’ to national popularity.
Oklahoma!The Pride of Oklahoma plays perhaps the most popular and recognizable state song in history. Oklahoma! is the final rousing chorus of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s epic musical. Breaking all Broadway box office records when it opened in 1943, Oklahoma! was the first collaboration between the legendary pair who were awarded a Pulitzer Prize for their seminal work.
The Ou ChantEvery fan who wears the official colors, each current student and student-athlete and all OU alumni are encouraged to stand and raise one finger in the air during the playing of the Chant -- a symbolic gesture that shows the greatness of the university and the unity between all Sooners. The Chant was written in 1936 by Jessie Lone Clarkson Gilkey, who directed the OU girl’s glee club from 1936 to 1938 and was voted Outstanding Faculty Woman in 1937.
O-K-L-A-H-O-M-AOur chant rolls on and on!Thousands strongJoin heart and songIn alma mater’s praiseOf campus beautiful by day and nightOf colors proudly gleaming Red and White‘Neath a western skyOU’s chant will never die.Live on University!
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