All posts tagged "Samaje Perine"

NORMAN — The question was asked during the preseason, would it be more likely that Oklahoma has...

NORMAN — They weren’t kidding about Sooner Squad 17. Every year on college football teams across America,...

NORMAN — So Lincoln Riley doesn’t have record-setting running backs and award-winning receivers to move the football...

NORMAN — Oklahoma linebacker Ogbonnia Okoronkwo was so disappointed on Wednesday to learn that Bob Stoops was...

It’s been a month since the NFL Draft and OTA’s are underway for the 14 players drafted...

Samaje Perine smashed multiple rushing records at the University of Oklahoma, including becoming the school’s all-time leading...

Author: STEPHEN WHYNO Associated Press / Source: Fredericksburg.com Nick Wass / Associated Press Redskins rookie running back Samaje Perine...

Author: Ben Standig / Source: Scout.com Bob Przybylo/Scout The Redskins opened the final day of the 2017 NFL Draft...

Author: Bob Przybylo / Source: Scout.com USA TODAY Sports Former OU running back Samaje Perine was picked by the...

Author: Bob Przybylo / Source: Scout.com OU is ready to hear its name called multiple times this weekend with...

Author: Randy Chambers / Source: sportschatplace.com USA TODAY Sports Offense: The Sooners enter another season with one of the...

Author: Alexander Wilson / Source: Scout.com USA TODAY Sports With the emergence of second year player out of UCLA...

Author: Bob Przybylo / Source: Scout.com USA Today Sports It’s a new era at running back for OU, and...

Author: Jenni Carlson / Source: NewsOK.com Oklahoma running back Rodney Anderson, middle, is one of several players expected to...

Author: Steve Wiltfong / Source: 247Sports X WATCH & READ Friday Five: Best Heisman Trophy Bets x player version...

Author: Erick Trickel / Source: Scout.com http://www.scout.com/player/162596-samaje-perine?s=101 Combine Measurements Height: 5-foot-11 Weight: 233 pounds Arms: 30-3/8 inches Hands: 10...

Source: Stormin in Norman It’s springtime, and football is back in the air at college campuses around...

Source: OU Sports Extra Oklahoma wide receiver Jeffery Mead catches a pass during his team’s practice on...

Author: James Poling / Source: NewsOK.com Former OU running back Daniel Brooks catches a pass during drills at Pro...

NORMAN — Maybe we’ve begun to just take it for granted, the Oklahoma Sooners opening spring practice...

Oklahoma’s official numbers from the Sooners’ pro day on Wednesday in Norman:   PLAYER BROAD JUMP VERTICAL...

Follow OU's 2017 Pro Day Live. Tweets by OU_Football NORMAN — A total of 12 Sooners from the 2016 season and four other players with OU ties are participating in Oklahoma's annual Pro Day, Wednesday, March 8 at the Everest Indoor Training Center. For the first time ever, the event is being webcast live...

2017 NFL Combine Recap for former Sooners. Image via NFL video of combine While I’m sure that many of you have diligently followed the NFL combine over the past several days, it’s easy to miss an event or two. OU’s pro day will be another chance for former Sooners to impress NFL scouts. Samaje Perine...

Guerin-teed it was quite a week: Take Bob Stoops over Lon Kruger in a longevity derby, but don't bet the house. This made me laugh The NFL discovered what all of us have known about Oklahoma specimen Samaje Perine for three years — he leaves you in awe. In September of 2014, someone asked...

USA TODAY Sports It's NFL combine time for this former OU trio. It’s time for the NFL Combine, and though not as represented as some years, Oklahoma is bringing three players to Indianapolis this time around. http://www.scout.com/player/162596-samaje-perine?s=127 Running back Samaje Perine The story: Can you be a school’s all-time leading rusher and yet somehow...

Sooners At The NFL Combine. INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana - Three Sooners will participate in the 2017 NFL Scouting Combine Friday, March 3-Monday, March 6, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind. Follow complete coverage as Samaje Perine, Dede Westbrook and Charles Walker audition for the next level, including exclusive live coverage on NFL Network and...

2 overall rated prospect on NFLDraftScout.com’s board and a consensus All-American, never missed a game due to injury at Alabama but did undergo procedures on both shoulders during his time there, making his medical evaluation this week more important than any athletic test he will take. There has been plenty of skepticism about...

College football: Track the Cowboys and Sooners through NFL Combine testing. Six in-state college football players will face the biggest job interview of their lives this week. The 2017 NFL Combine runs Tuesday through Monday in Indianapolis. Tuesday: Registration, hospital pre-exam & X-rays, overflow testing, orientation and interviews. Friday: On-field workout (timing, stations, skill drills). Thursday: Registration,...

His speed and ability to play the ball in the air makes him an attractive option in the second round. 2 receiver in the NFL. At 6'2, 218 pounds, he's one of the more physically imposing receivers in the draft class. With the team's offense relying heavily on the tight end position for production, the...

Bill Haisten: Bob Stoops seems certain that Rodney Anderson can be an impact presence in the Sooner backfield. During a recent interview on the Tulsa Sports Animal, Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops was asked about the status of the Sooner backfield. As Samaje Perine and Joe Mixon prepare for the NFL Draft, leaving OU...

College Football Notebook: NFL Combine invites three Sooners, two Cowboys. Although running back Joe Mixon isn't among those invited to the 2017 NFL combine, the Sooners will be represented by three other former players: RB Samaje Perine, WR Dede Westbrook and DT Charles Walker. All three prospects received grades between 5.5 and 5.7 from...

Oklahoma football: Three Sooners invited to NFL Combine. IAN MAULE/Tulsa World Former Sooners Samaje Perine, Dede Westbrook and Charles Walker are headed to the 2017 NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. The combine, held Feb. 28-March 6, will be the premier event for players to boost their draft stock before the April 27-29 NFL Draft. 11...

Samaje Perine, Dede Westbrook, Charles Walker to represent OU at NFL Combine. USA TODAY Sports Three former Sooners will be in Indianapolis for the NFL Combine next month. Three former Oklahoma football players will represent the Sooners at next month’s NFL Combine as the official list was released Monday morning. Running back Samaje Perine, wide...

Oklahoma, Auburn lead overvalued teams in initial FPI rankings. Oklahoma Sooners Getting star quarterback Baker Mayfield back for another season was a huge coup for the Sooners, who finished last season on a 10-game winning streak. The last time the Tigers started a season this high in any ranking, they barely finished above .500. That...

Oklahoma surges to Red River Rivalry win as Texas’s defensive woes persist. The Sooners avenged last season’s loss to the Longhorns and have now won five of the last seven meetings in the storied rivalry. You have to believe that the defense, under a coach known for defense in Bob Stoops, will continue to...

Kennedy Brooks (© Greg Powers) OU is replacing a lot at running back, but the Sooners planned ahead for that. If there’s one position where OU stands tall, it’s running back. The Sooners reload, and it feels like they did just that with Marcelias Sutton, Trey Sermon and Kennedy Brooks. It’ll benefit them and us...

The initial thought is that there’s no way the Oklahoma Sooners can replace running backs Joe Mixon and Samaje Perine next year. Oklahoma offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley says “probably not” in finding two players like Mixon and Perine. “But you’ve just got to replace the production” and he said you do that with a...

OU Football: Oklahoma Sooners add RBs to help replace Mixon, Perine. NORMAN, Okla. - Oklahoma might have successfully filled its running back void. 247Sports lists Trey Sermon of Marietta, Ga., and Kennedy Brooks of Mansfield, Texas, as top 15 running backs in the Class of 2017 rankings. Sermon and Brooks join Oklahoma's highly ranked class...

Oklahoma Sooners Football Recruiting: 4-Star RB Kennedy Brooks Submits His LOI. The four-star running back from Mansfield High School joins Marcelias Sutton and Trey Sermon in the 2017 class, and all three will try to leapfrog Abdul Adams and Rodney Anderson on the depth chart. But Brooks may be the guy to watch moving...

Bob Stoops lauds Oklahoma’s offensive haul on Signing Day. Oklahoma in 2017 brings back one of the sport’s most accomplished quarterbacks in Baker Mayfield but must replace three other valuable offensive players in Heisman finalist Dede Westbrook and star running backs Samaje Perine and Joe Mixon. Fortunately for Sooners coach Bob Stoops, he addressed...

Sooners take care of business, Longhorns hope to finish strong with signing day approaching. Oklahoma will have the conference's best class. And the drain of top Texas talent away from the Big 12 continues, with the top seven committed state recruits in the 247Sports composite headed outside of the conference. Oklahoma is seventh in the...

Help is on the way: Oklahoma Sooners. With signing day just around the corner, we've been breaking down where Big 12 teams have the biggest positional need on their rosters -- and how those Big 12 teams are addressing that need in recruiting. We continue this series with the Oklahoma Sooners: Position of need:...

Oklahoma Sooners Football: Can Running Back U Reload?. Last month I posted about the big decision awaiting Samaje Perine and Joe Mixon. Would they take the money and run, or come back for one last shot at the title? Eric Bailey called him a “dynamic running back with big-play capability” in his Tuesday position preview...

Oklahoma football: A look at the Sooners' offensive line. As Oklahoma prepares for the 2017 season, let’s take time to look back at last year’s 11-2 campaign and look forward to expectations at different position groups. Last season The offensive line is always an underappreciated group. Oklahoma’s group was very appreciated by its skill players...

Three offseason questions: Oklahoma Sooners. Nobody in the Big 12 lost more talent in the backfield than Oklahoma, which will be replacing a pair of All-Big 12 rushers in Samaje Perine and Joe Mixon. Unfortunately for the Sooners, that hasn't been very often. Considering he'll be returning from another major injury, it's unclear what impact...

Oklahoma football: A look at the Sooners' running back position. Mixon missed the Iowa State game and Perine sat for three games with an injury but both still crossed the 1,000-yard mark. True freshman Abdul Adams rushed for 283 yards on 53 carries, which included 91-yard games against Louisiana-Monroe and Kansas. Daniel Brooks played in...

Despite starting the season 1-2 following losses to Houston and Ohio State, Oklahoma roared back to become the first Big 12 team in seven years to run the table in league play. Here's a closer look at Oklahoma's season with the Sooners' season report card: Heisman finalists Dede Westbrook, No. 11, and Baker Mayfield...

OU football's biggest recruiting needs for 2017. Oklahoma Sooners running back Joe Mixon (25) makes a good run of the block of Samaje Perine (32) during NCAA football action between OU and Ohio Sate in Norman, OK on September 17, 2016. JOEY JOHNSON/For the Tulsa World With seniors leaving and recruits closing in on...

OU recruiting: Sooners expecting big group of early enrollees. The excitement around Marcelias Sutton has been growing since Samaje Perine and Joe Mixon announced they are headed to the NFL. To go along with a talented list of 24 commits and counting, the Sooners are helped even more by the fact they will be...

With both declaring for the draft, the Sooners now have a massive hole in their backfield. They do have some interesting replacement options. Abdul Adams, who was a freshman this past season, turned heads in fall camp, but was sparingly used during the season despite not redshirting. With questions surrounding the in-house options, the Sooners...

Sooners see College Football Playoff, national title in their future. The permeating thought was the Sooners were ready to win a national championship in 12 months. They compromised the most talented backfield OU coach Bob Stoops has ever had and the best at OU in decades. But seeing wide receiver Jeffrey Mead play well against...

Oklahoma Sooners running back Abdul Adams runs the ball during the football game between the Oklahoma Sooners and Iowa State Cyclones at Jack Trice Stadium on Thursday, November 03, 2016. The Sooners must now replace two 1,000-yard running backs for 2017. Perine ended with 1,060 yards. It is the second time in Stoops’ 19 seasons...

Oklahoma Sooners Football: A Tribute to Samaje Perine. “I had no idea (this would happen)," Perine said of becoming the school's all-time leading rusher after the Sugar Bowl. Second straight #Bedlam game in Norman that Perine has left the game with an injury in the second half. He will surely be missed in Norman next...

OU football: Mixon's decision looms large for Sooners. Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon has yet to make an announcement about whether or not he will enter this year's NFL Draft. NORMAN—More than a day after Oklahoma running back Samaje Perine declared for the NFL Draft, Oklahoma is still...

OU football: Samaje Perine declares for NFL Draft. Less than 12 hours after breaking Oklahoma's career rushing record, Sooners running back Samaje Perine made the announcement that he was heading to the NFL. "I am so grateful for the opportunity and everyone who has been a part of it. Earlier Tuesday, Sooners coach Bob...

BUTCH DILL Credit: AP Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield (6) throws a pass during the first half of the Sugar Bowl NCAA college football game against Auburn, Monday, Jan. 2, 2017, in New Orleans. Joe Mixon emerged from his recent controversy with big plays that had teammates lifting him off his feet in celebration. 14...

Oklahoma Football: Sooners Sugar Bowl Win by the Numbers. The Tigers came into the Sugar Bowl game ranked 5th in the nation in scoring defense. The Sooners also have outgained their opponents over the last 10 games by an average of 136 yards per game. 3 – In the third quarter of the Sugar Bowl,...

Oklahoma running back Samaje Perine grasps the hand of his mother after talking to his family after the Sooners' Sugar Bowl win over Auburn on Monday. Tuesday morning, Perine declared for the NFL Draft. NEW ORLEANS — Even soaking in the aftermath of Oklahoma's 35-19 win over Auburn...

Kyle Phillips | CNHI OklahomaOklahoma took a 35-19 win Monday against Auburn in the Allstate Sugar Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. OU out-rushed and, more importantly, out-defended the Tigers for four quarters. The Sooners wanted to use Monday night as a way to prove perception and reality are different things. When it did, OU dominated. Running...

After setting the record for most rushing yards by any Sooner in history, Samaje Perine let the...

NEW ORLEANS — As the confetti rained down, the Oklahoma Sooners bounced and roiled, chanting, waving, a...

NEW ORLEANS — Baker Mayfield recalls his experience getting to know Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson during...

Perine nears Billy Sims’ Oklahoma career rushing record. Oklahoma offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley wants to see Perine break the record when the seventh-ranked Sooners face No. He ran for a FBS-record 427 yards against Kansas that season, a record that still stands. He has rushed for 974 yards and 11 touchdowns this year, despite missing...

2016 season review: Oklahoma bounces back to win Big 12. Though the Oklahoma Sooners didn't make a return trip to the College Football Playoff, they became the first team to run the table in Big 12 play in seven years and captured their 10th Big 12 title. What went right: Quarterback Baker Mayfield improved...

He definitely could have played with me back in the day, I guarantee you. So hopefully he can talk to those other guys — those running backs we've got — (and convince them to do the same). 1978 Heisman Trophy winner Billy Sims with Dede Westbrook Friday night in New York. Q: What do you...

Why OU running back Samaje Perine taking a knee instead of scoring a touchdown was Bedlam's best play. Oklahoma running back Samaje Perine took a knee instead of scoring an easy touchdown late in Saturday's Bedlam game. There's only a few seconds left, so there's no need to run up the score. It was a...

12 OSU against No. 10 Colorado in Alamo Bowl. STILLWATER — No. 12 Oklahoma State has 25 days to prepare for its Dec. 29 Alamo Bowl showdown against No. Baker Mayfield's dazzling completions in addition to Samaje Perine and Joe Mixon's physical running led OSU coach Mike Gundy to rest...

The speedy Heisman finalist's production in nine Big 12 games was truly ridiculous: 1,311 receiving yards, 17 total TDs, 23 yards per catch and 50 yards per TD play. WR James Washington, Oklahoma State: This was another impressive season for the dangerous downfield threat, with more than 1,200 receiving yards, nine scores and...

Oklahoma's Perine on kneeling instead of scoring late: 'I did what I thought was the right thing to do'. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images) Oklahoma running back Samaje Perine refused to rub it in on Oklahoma State. Headed to the end zone, he took a knee at the Cowboys' 2 on the next-to-last play...

With time running out and a hole open wide in front of him, Samaje Perine didn’t score...

9 Oklahoma survived a slow start and string of injuries to knock off No. 10 Oklahoma State, 38-20, and clinch a second consecutive Big 12 title. The Sooners (10-2, 9-0 Big 12) lost wide receiver Dede Westbrook, cornerback Jordan Parker and, briefly, running back Samaje Perine to injury against the Cowboys, but quarterback Baker...

Sooners top Oklahoma State to win Big 12 title. Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield completed four of five passes in the third quarter for 42 yards and a touchdown, Samaje Perine ran for 110 of his 239 yards in the third, while Joe Mixon rushed for a 79-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter to...

Oklahoma Sooners beat Oklahoma State 38-20 to win Bedlam; capture Big 12 Championship. Copyright 2016 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. 11 Oklahoma State 38-20 on Saturday in a matchup that decided the Big 12 champion. Westbrook caught four passes for 111 yards before being knocked...

Here are the Sooners that need big games to secure another conference title. Running backs Joe Mixon and Samaje Perine combined for over 300 yards in the Sooners’ last game at West Virginia. Remember the last time the Cowboys played at Owen Field in 2014. Expect the Sooners to ride those running backs from the...

Oklahoma State football: Cowboys must find way to contend with Dede Westbrook Saturday. MATT BARNARD/Tulsa World STILLWATER — Like most, Glenn Spencer sees a great change from last season to this year in Dede Westbrook. “He’s playing like a seasoned veteran now,” Spencer, Oklahoma State’s defensive coordinator, said Monday. Instead, he might be the player...

Sooners fall to No. 9 in latest College Football Playoff rankings. AP Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon (25) and running back Samaje Perine (32) celebrate Perine's touchdown during the first half of an NCAA college football game against West Virginia, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016, in Morgantown, W.Va. (AP Photo/Raymond Thompson) After a bye week,...

Sooners hope to get healthy on bye week ahead of Bedlam. Oklahoma cornerback Jordan Parker (9) and safety Ahmad Thomas (13) celebrate after an Oklahoma fumble recovery during the first half of an NCAA college football game against West Virginia, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016, in Morgantown, W.Va. (AP Photo/Raymond Thompson) NORMAN, Okla. (KOKH)...

Oklahoma stunned the Mountaineers with 21 points in the first quarter and 13 more in the second before West Virginia was able to put any points on the scoreboard. Oklahoma’s 34-7 halftime margin was its largest in Big 12 play this season and proved to be all the Sooners needed to record their...

OU football: Sooners excel in snowy conditions to whack West Virginia. Oklahoma's Samaje Perine (32) runs during a college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and and the West Virginia University Mountaineers (WVU) on Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, W. Va., Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016. +14 photos Oklahoma's...

The No. 9 Sooners handled business in a wintry Morgantown, beating the Mountaineers 56-28. With Oklahoma State’s...

Running game lifts Sooners past West Virginia. Oklahoma's Joe Mixon (25) runs during a college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and and the West Virginia University Mountaineers (WVU) on Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, W. Va., Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman MORGANTOWN,...

As the forecast called for snow to fall upon the field in Morgantown yesterday, the Oklahoma Sooners...

OU Makes Statement in Morgantown. Quarter-by-Quarter Team 1 2 3 4 9 Oklahoma 21 13 7 15 56 14 West Virginia 0 7 7 14 28 Team Stats Stat First Downs 0 0 Total Yards 0 0 Pass Comp-Yards 0-0 0-0 Rushes-Yards 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 0-0 0-0 3rd Down Conversions 0-0 0-0 4th Down Conversions...

Oklahoma should be on upset alert against West Virginia. Since joining the Big 12 Conference in 2012, West Virginia has beaten every team in the league except Oklahoma. The Sooners (8-2, 7-0 Big 12) defeated the Mountaineers (8-1, 5-1) in each of the past four seasons by an average of 10.5 points, with only...