There is a ton of momentum to having a 2020 college football season these days. No definite signs, yet, but the season would start three and a half months from now.
Sooners Wire will be creating player cards for readers to be introduced to the 2020 roster.
Here is the offensive No. 5 for the Sooners.
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Name: TJ Pledger
Number: No. 5
Year: Junior
Position: Running back
Hometown: Pacoima, California
Height/Weight: 5-foot-9, 198 pounds
One of the bigger benefactors to Rhamondre Stevenson’s pending five-game suspension is none other than T.J. Pledger.
The third-year back came to Oklahoma as a four-star recruit by Rivals. Pledger was listed as the No. 70 overall player and the No. 5 overall running back in the country. He chose the Sooners over offers from the likes of Clemson, Ohio State and Georgia.
Pledger’s time has been limited during his first two years, getting only 40 carries for 244 rushing yards in a reserve role. He was first behind the trio of Rodney Anderson, Trey Sermon and Kennedy Brooks in 2018. Then, Pledger was behind Brooks, Sermon and Stevenson in 2019. In 2020, Pledger will be the second most experienced back the first five games after Sermon transferred this offseason.
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