Kennedy Brooks
The biggest offensive play of the day came on the game’s first offensive series for Oklahoma.
True freshman quarterback Caleb Williams took a designed quarterback run behind redshirt junior running back Kennedy Brooks and then split into the open, racing 74 yards for a touchdown that represented the Sooners’ longest offensive play of the season.
It wasn’t indicative of the day that would follow for Williams, though. Williams finished just 8-of-18 passing for 87 yards with one touchdown pass and one interception. Even with that 74-yard touchdown run, Williams wound up with 67 rushing yards on 12 carries.
That meant the offense needed other ways to move the football. Brooks was great against one of the best rushing defenses Oklahoma has seen all season.
The Mansfield, Texas, product ended his day with 115 rushing yards on 17 carries. It was a milestone day for Brooks, too. With his day against the Cyclones, Brooks became the Sooners’ 11th player in program history to rush for more than 3,000 career yards.
“Honestly, I didn’t know about that until just when you told me. I mean, it’s a great accomplishment. Just being a part of those top players that came through OU from running backs to do that is pretty amazing. I give all my credit to my offensive lines that I have and the coaches giving me opportunity. I don’t really going into games thinking about that. I just try to go out there and have fun and play with my team, man. That’s what I wanted to do today and this is my last time playing at home so it was just like, man, I just want to go out there and just enjoy this time,” Brooks said.
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