The Oklahoma Sooners are bringing back one of the better and deeper wide receiver units in the country. They added to that by getting one of the more coveted wide receiver transfers in the portal, [autotag]Deion Burks[/autotag].
Burks had 629 yards and seven touchdowns last season at Purdue. With all of the experience, they now have to figure out how each player fits. For Burks, he’s got his eye on the role that was occupied by [autotag]Drake Stoops[/autotag] for the last few years.
“First week I came up here, I saw Drake working out,” Burks said. “I was like, ‘Man how do you like this spot?’ He was like, ‘Man, you are going to love it, love how the offense is run.’ Just knowing Drake, everybody knows, he really wasn’t the fastest receiver, but he was always getting open, and as a receiver, you want to see how a dude with his speed always gets open. He was just a student of the game. He knew where to be at the right time. He knew how to manipulate different ways to get the ball. Just taking that from his game and stuff like that. I want to apply that to mine as well.”
One thing Sooner fans know is he’s not a bad person to learn from. If Burks is able to master a lot of those things that made Stoops great and combine that with his speed, he could be in for a special year in the Crimson and Cream.
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