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Oklahoma Sooners legend to be inducted into College Football Hall of Fame

Nikki Chavanelleby:Nikki Chavanelle•01/10/22•

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Former Oklahoma Sooners defensive back Roy Williams earned his induction into the 2022 College Football Hall of Fame, the National Football Foundation announced on Monday.

Williams won the Bronko Nagurski Award for the nation’s best defensive player and the Jim Thorpe Award for the nation’s best defensive back in 2001. He posted 107 tackles and 22 pass breakups that season, a Sooner’s record for PBUs.

Roy Williams had 287 tackles and 44 pass breakups during his Oklahoma career. His 44 pass breakups rank second in Oklahoma history, behind Derrick Strait. His career tackle total ranks third in the Sooners’ record books among DBs.

Williams’ name will live on in Oklahoma football lore for centuries after the “Superman Play.” The defensive back caused a fumble in the Red River Shootout, leading to a Sooners victory over the Longhorns in 2001.

After opting to enter the NFL Draft early, Williams went No. 8 overall to the Dallas Cowboys in 2002. He played seven seasons for Dallas before wrapping up his career as a Cincinnati Bengal in 2010.

Roy Williams joins LSU’s Kevin Faulk, Penn State’s Lavar Arrington and Georgia’s Champ Bailey.

The 2022 College Football Hall of Fame Class induction ceremony takes place during the 64th NFF Annual Awards Dinner on Dec. 6.

Sooners offer transfer quarterback

Florida State quarterback transfer Chubba Purdy has received an offer from Oklahoma, he posted to his Twitter page Saturday. A former On3 Consensus four-star recruit out of the Class of 2020, Purdy entered the NCAA Transfer Portal on Nov. 3.

Purdy, a Queen Creek, Arizona native, completed all five of his passes for 98 yards and two touchdowns in 2021. Over his two years with the Seminoles, Purdy went 32-for-58 passing for 317 yards, four touchdowns and an interception. He also rushed 20 times for 62 yards.

A 6-foot-2, 215-pound signal-caller, Purdy committed to Florida State over offers from Arizona State, Purdue, Utah, California, Colorado, Michigan State, Louisville and Kansas State, among many others.