The Oklahoma Sooners are fresh off another dominant performance on the defensive side of the ball to open the 2023 season. The Sooners stifled the [autotag]Tulsa Golden Hurricane[/autotag] offense outside of a rough second quarter.
Multiple players made impacts Saturday, and one of those was five-star freshman defensive end [autotag]Adepoju Adebawore[/autotag]. The true freshman finished with 2.5 tackles for loss and earned the first sack of his young career.
He told reporters after the game, it felt good to finally get home to the quarterback.
“The first sack is very good, great actually. Just to be out there knowing my coaches trust me enough to be out there to be able to execute and make a couple of big plays,” Adebawore said.
Like [autotag]Peyton Bowen[/autotag] last week, Adebawore is entering that territory where it will be hard to keep him off of the field. He already possessed the best pass rush win rate of any Sooner coming into Saturday and put another strong performance together.
In 2023, Adepoju Adebawore leads the Oklahoma Sooners in Pass Rush Win Rate, per @PFF_College
2. Trace Ford – 22.6% (32 pass rush snaps)
3. Ethan Downs – 19% (43)
4. Danny Stutsman – 16.7 (13)
5. R Mason Thomas (9), Rondell Bothroyd (44), Jonah Laulu (29)- 14.3% pic.twitter.com/MbBrCSVBGA— Locked on Sooners (@LockedOnSooners) September 14, 2023
Adebawore also said his experience at Oklahoma so far has been everything he imagined when he committed.
“I think it’s been better,” Adebawore said. “Everyone here is very loving. Everyone here is very affectionate. It’s a very family-like place, and I feel comfortable here. So, yes, definitely what I imagined.”
Just watching Adebawore play should bring a huge smile to Sooner fans’ faces. He has a bright future, and on Saturday he showed flashes of what’s to come.
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