For the Oklahoma Sooners, with such a rich history of great players on great teams, this is quite the arguable list.\u00a0 With that being said, there\u2019s no way everyone will agree with what is said here.\u00a0 With this in mind, any and all comments or input are welcomed.\u00a0 Let us begin the debate in our latest edition of the Oklahoma Sooners numbers game.<\/p>\n
At the bare minimum, Okoronkwo makes the all-difficult to pronounce team.\u00a0 This guy was a great example of guys hanging in there and waiting for his turn.\u00a0 After limited playing time in his freshmen and sophomore seasons, Okoronkwo began to blossom his junior year.\u00a0 During his junior campaign, he recorded 71 tackles, 12 tackles for losses, and nine sacks.\u00a0 Voted the Big XII player of the year in 2017, with 75 tackles, 17 tackles for losses, and eight sacks concluded a standout career.<\/p>\n
Perhaps one of the classiest Sooners of all time, Perine epitomized what a student-athlete should stand for on and off the field.\u00a0 With this said, Perine excelled on the field.\u00a0 Being a model of consistency the Jackson, Alabama native ended his career at Oklahoma with 4122 yards and 49 touchdowns on the ground.\u00a0 The NCAA single-game rushing yardage record also belongs to this Sooner fan favorite.<\/p>\n
One of the lesser know Sooner great receivers was Hinton.\u00a0 For 35 years Hinton was Oklahoma\u2019s only 1000-yard receiver from 1968 until 2003.\u00a0 Hinton was a great receiver in the days when Oklahoma and most college football teams didn\u2019t throw the ball very much by today\u2019s standards.\u00a0 As one of the early dual threats Hinton had career numbers of 1822 receiving yards and 629 rushing yards.<\/p>\n
Just another great running back in a long line of Sooner ball carriers.\u00a0 Tillman had only one year of being a 1000-yard rusher, in 1983.\u00a0 Although he never put up huge numbers, Tillman was a dependable hard running sure-handed back.\u00a0 He finished his career with 22 touchdowns on the ground and one receiving touchdown.\u00a0 Tillman continues an excellent career in the booth as an outstanding color commentator.<\/p>\n
Among the many awards garnered by Vessels was consensus All-American honors and Oklahoma\u2019s first Heisman trophy winner.\u00a0 College football was played a little differently in the 1950s, so it’s difficult to compare statistics.\u00a0 The game was not so specialized as Vessels rushed, passed, received for a total of 35 touchdowns during his three-year career at Oklahoma.\u00a0 Vessels also starred on the Sooners 1950 national championship team.<\/p>\n
Just another Heisman trophy winner wearing the crimson and cream!\u00a0 In a time when it was possible to win a Heisman trophy on a mediocre team, Owens garnered the award in 1969.\u00a0 A hard-nosed rusher, he totaled 1523 yards and 23 touchdowns by Owens his senior year.\u00a0 Career totals of 3928 yards and 57 touchdowns were Sooner bests until the wishbone era.<\/p>\n
As we continue with the Oklahoma Sooners numbers game, there is another player that played in the offensively conservative era was Hart.\u00a0 In a time when teams didn\u2019t score as much, Hart had career numbers of 915 yards receiving with six touchdowns.\u00a0 He also added an additional 231 yards rushing.<\/p>\n
In the opinion of many, this was quite possibly the second-best player to ever don the crimson and cream.\u00a0 Awards garnered by Williams included 2001 big XII defensive player of the year, 2001 Bronko Nagurski<\/a><\/strong> award, 2001 Jim Thorpe<\/a><\/strong> award, 2001 consensus All-American.\u00a0 With all the awards Williams is most remembered for the \u201csuperman\u201d play against Texas.<\/p>\n One of the great Sooner defensive ends, Murphy was a three-time all-big eight defender.\u00a0 All-America honors were earned in 1985.\u00a0 On the all-time down lineman list, Murphy ranks third in tackles for loss with 36 and second with 342 tackles.<\/p>\n A record four-time big eight performer in 1987 All-American defensive end Reed, is an overwhelming choice at #40.\u00a0 In a time when the defense was a premium in Norman, Reed was one of the great defensive ends at Oklahoma.\u00a0 Not to mention being a great defensive player, Reed was one of the classy Sooners of the \u201980s.<\/p>\n#39 Kevin Murphy<\/a><\/h3>\n
#40 Darrell Reed<\/h3>\n