Great Spring Preview on the SoonerSports website
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Samaje Perine expected to get more opportunities running the ball in this offense.
Rodney Anderson already receiving praise and expected to play this year.
Dang - Perine, Mixon, Ford, Ross, Anderson, Flowers.... someone has to be missing out on touches.
Dede and Humphrey praised for their speed by Stoops.
Could Austin Siebert be both our placekicker and our punter?
Defensive Backs -
"We'll have some more experienced guys in some ways back there this year and some new guys, so hopefully we can play better," Stoops indicated.
Making things more interesting for the Sooners is the fact that head coach Bob Stoops has billed this year's incoming recruiting class of defensive backs as one of the best he's been seen. In addition to William Johnson, who will compete immediately at cornerback, a deluge of other defensive backs are set to arrive on campus for fall drills. That group includes safeties Kahill Haughton, Prentice McKinney and Will Sunderland, as well as cornerback P.J. Mbanasor and multi-talented defensive back Antoine Stephens.
"It's a strong position for us," Stoops said of the nickel spot. "That's where Roy (Williams) played all those years, and the position gets a lot of action. Both (Thomas and Parker) have a chance. A new guy who has been impressive is Will Johnson, possibly. We'll start looking at that."
Rodney Anderson already receiving praise and expected to play this year.
Dang - Perine, Mixon, Ford, Ross, Anderson, Flowers.... someone has to be missing out on touches.
Dede and Humphrey praised for their speed by Stoops.
Could Austin Siebert be both our placekicker and our punter?
Defensive Backs -
"We'll have some more experienced guys in some ways back there this year and some new guys, so hopefully we can play better," Stoops indicated.
Making things more interesting for the Sooners is the fact that head coach Bob Stoops has billed this year's incoming recruiting class of defensive backs as one of the best he's been seen. In addition to William Johnson, who will compete immediately at cornerback, a deluge of other defensive backs are set to arrive on campus for fall drills. That group includes safeties Kahill Haughton, Prentice McKinney and Will Sunderland, as well as cornerback P.J. Mbanasor and multi-talented defensive back Antoine Stephens.
"It's a strong position for us," Stoops said of the nickel spot. "That's where Roy (Williams) played all those years, and the position gets a lot of action. Both (Thomas and Parker) have a chance. A new guy who has been impressive is Will Johnson, possibly. We'll start looking at that."
I didn't know that about Mixon. Dang, I anxious to see him finally. There sure are a lot of good running backs to expect all of them to stay at OU. Can't blame a kid for leaving for a better chance of getting playing time. I takes a special kid to stay when they are convinced they can play at another school. Such is college athletics.