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OU running back Tory Blaylock named SEC Freshman of the Week

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Oct 18, 2025; Columbia, South Carolina, USA; Oklahoma Sooners running back Tory Blaylock (6) rushes against the South Carolina Gamecocks in the first quarter at Williams-Brice Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Blake-Imagn Images

OU running back Tory Blaylock has been named the SEC Freshman of the Week, the conference announced on Monday.

Blaylock had a career-high 101 rushing yards and one touchdown on 19 carries in Oklahoma’s 26-7 win over South Carolina on Saturday. He has easily been OU’s best running back this season, totaling 391 rush yards this season. He’s averaging a team-high 4.5 yards per carry.

“It feels amazing,” Blaylock said after Saturday’s game. “O-line, tight ends, receivers—everybody contributed to this performance. Also I want to thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for allowing me to come out here and just play the game I love. So, it just feels good to be back out here on the good side of things, winning, back in the driver’s seat.”

As a team, the Sooners ran the ball as well as they have all season. OU totaled 171 yards and two touchdowns on the ground thanks to Blaylock and sophomore Xavier Robinson.

Oklahoma is hopeful it can build off Saturday’s strong performance.

“They ran with confidence. They didn’t go down easy,” offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle said of Blaylock and Robinson. “There’s a lot of times, and it happens to everyone in the country, but there’s a lot of times, maybe someone’s trying to arm tackle them at one or two yards. Well, we weren’t falling down today. We weren’t being tackled. Those guys were running through it. They were playing behind their pads. They were fighting for extra yards. The offensive line was moving the pile. And then whenever the plays came their way, they did an awesome job of sticking their foot north and going.

“And I’m happy for those guys. It’s a testament to the process that they’ve been putting in, that the whole running back has been running back room has been putting in over the last four or five weeks. And everybody sees that at the game, but I get to see that at practice. And so it’s something that we can continue to build on. But I’m really, really proud of Tory and X for how tough and physical they were today.”

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