In their history as one of the most emblematic university football programs in the history of sport, Oklahoma Sooners have had some of the best game players over the years.
But what player or was the best in the history of the program? This is what Down South on Saturday tried to discover it earlier this week. Spensify Davis has compiled its ranking of The 25 biggest players in the history of Oklahoma footballAnd his list includes some of the most recognizable names of all university football.
“The Oklahoma football program has a rich tradition of success that dates back more than a century,” said Davis. Recount in the top 25 the biggest players is not an easy task for a program, but especially not one like Oklahoma. As the decades have evolved by the Sooners, the Sooners have produced more unanimous (35) and the more consensus (81) all-Americans than any other program in the modern era. Thousands of elite players have found their way to Norman in the past 100 years. Hundreds contributed to the 7 National Ou Championship teams. Dozens are at the temple of renowned university football. Seven won the Heisman trophy. There are so many players who deserve to be mentioned, but only 25 can cut. “”
At the top of Davis’ list was none other than the former defensive line player, Lee Roy Selmon, who played for the Sooners from 1972 to 1975. He is both a legend of university football and the NFL and has a lot of material of his time in Norman.
“Before the turn of the century, Lee Roy Selmon was the biggest undisputed player in the history of Oklahoma football,” said Davis. “He retains the first place on this list even after all the great players of all time who have passed by Norman in the past 2 decades. In 1975. Selmon was so dominant in college that legend, he was never eliminated in 4 years with the Sooners. Tampa Bay Buccaneers In 1976 and was then enthroned at the renowned temple of professional football. “”
Behind Selmon, the rest of the first five on the Davis list reads like a who’s who of all time. The quarter-Arrière Baker Mayfield, the ball carrier Adrian Peterson, the ball carrier Billy Sims and the secondary Brian Bosworth. You can argue that one of these players could also be taken into account for first place.
In 2019, Berry Trramel, then Oklahoman, Classified his best players in the history of Oklahoma football. He put Mayfield in first place, with Selmon just behind him in the second row. Sims, the defensive back Roy Williams and the ball carrier Billy ships completed the best five in Tramel. It doesn’t matter who you think that the greatest player in the history of the program is, there is no doubt that the best in Oklahoma could line up with any other school and earlier the nation would feel good in their chances.
This article originally appeared on Sooners Wire: The biggest Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday in the South
