Tag: Austin Stogner

Oklahoma will be missing WR Jadon Haselwood among other players for Oklahoma State

Oklahoma will be without WR Jadon Haselwood among others tonight in Bedlam as they host Oklahoma State.

As Oklahoma prepares to host Bedlam rival Oklahoma State within the hour, the Sooners will be missing multiple key players tonight.

As Sooners Wire reported earlier today, TE Austin Stogner is out today due to injury. It also was clear in warmups that starting CB Jaden Davis was going to be a no-go this evening as well as backup safeties Bryson Washington and Justin Broiles.

We can now add some more players to that list – including WR Jadon Haselwood who had just made his return from injury two weeks ago against Kansas.

LaRon Stokes and Jon Michael-Terry are the other names that will catch people’s eye as inactives this evening.

There are some players here that Oklahoma will sorely miss, especially Jaden Davis, but given the gloom and doom reported earlier today about the state of the Sooners’ roster – it probably could have been a lot worse.

Bedlam kicks off here soon at 6:30 p.m. CT and will be broadcast on ABC.

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Source: Oklahoma starting TE Austin Stogner will not play against Oklahoma State

Oklahoma had been hoping all week that one of its more talented pass-catchers would be ready for Bedlam, but he is not. 

Oklahoma had been hoping all week that one of its more talented pass-catchers would be ready for Bedlam, but he is not.

Austin Stogner went down in the Kansas game two weeks ago, went to the locker room and then missed the rest of the game. The bye week came at a good time for players like him, and Lincoln Riley voiced some confidence that things were progressing well there on Monday

“Doing better,” Riley said on the Big 12 teleconference. “Sore. I imagine the off week, there was some benefit to him there having some time. So, haven’t had ‘em back on the field yet this week, so we’ll get him back out there, see how he’s doing. Sore last week, but making improvements.”

Things, though, have not progressed in the way Oklahoma and Stogner wanted this week. He has been a game-time decision and there was even hope of him playing on Thursday night.

That won’t be the case, a source close to the situation told Sooners Wire. Stogner will not be playing against Oklahoma State as he still recovers from a deep thigh bruise and a lingering knee issue suffered in the Kansas game. It is unclear if he will be ready for the West Virginia game a week from now.

Stogner is the Sooners’ second-leading receiver and Spencer Rattler’s safety blanket on third down. He has 410 receiving yards and three touchdowns in seven games this year.

At the same time, a source told Sooners Wire that experienced H-Back Brayden Willis will in fact make his return to the field on Saturday. That will give Oklahoma a big boost alongside starter Jeremiah Hall and budding freshman Mikey Henderson.

Riley said Spencer Rattler is 100 percent and Sooners Wire can’t confirm whether more people than Austin Stogner will be out for Bedlam.

Oklahoma and Oklahoma State are scheduled to kickoff at 6:30 p.m. CT on ABC.

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Lincoln Riley says Spencer Rattler, Austin Stogner are ‘fine’ after injuries in Kansas game

What could’ve been disaster to Oklahoma’s chances at its sixth-straight Big 12 Championship has been avoided. Two injured players are fine.

What could’ve been disaster to Oklahoma’s chances at its sixth-straight Big 12 Championship has been avoided.

Spencer Rattler went down with a hip injury and was removed from the game against Kansas before returning for the next three drives, two of which coming after halftime. It was clear at the time he wasn’t near 100 percent and was laboring through the game.

“It was just a little sore,” said Lincoln Riley after the game about Rattler. “I think just trying to get through and finish on his throws, you could tell it was affecting him just a little bit. He was able at the end of his game to start getting it loosened back up and started throwing the ball fine again there at the end. He was fine. Had he not been, had the game not been out of hand, we certainly would have left him in.”

“Yeah, I got hit pretty good on my hip,” Rattler said after the game. “So, my hip pointer, just under my rib cage. It just kinda feels like a bad bruise. I couldn’t really finish … you could tell, I didn’t have any of my power the whole second half, and after that on some of the completions as well. I was probably playing at 50 percent, but sometimes you gotta toughen it out and go out there and just help the team in whatever way you can, but luckily, nothing serious. Just a bruise.”

Austin Stogner also went down in the game and was actually removed from the game and went to the locker room. It appeared his injury was a lower body injury.

Riley alleviated any concern about the two’s health for the game against Oklahoma State in two weeks.

“Oh, I mean, they’re both fine,” he said. “If we played this week, they’d both be fine. So we’ll use it to our advantage, but it wouldn’t be a determining factor on them playing or not.”

Oklahoma is on a bye week before playing Oklahoma State on Nov. 21 in Norman, Oklahoma.

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Austin Stogner leaves Oklahoma’s game against Kansas with apparent injury

Oklahoma TE Austin Stogner has left the game after suffering an injury on his long reception in the second quarter.

Perhaps the single biggest focus of Oklahoma’s game against Kansas today was to survive the afternoon without being bit by the injury bug. That has not been the case today.

After Spencer Rattler already had some hip issues earlier in the game, Austin Stogner is now dealing with an injury of his own that has removed him from action.

The injury occurred on a long reception in the second quarter that ended with him taking a big hit that created a bit of an awkward fall.

Stogner tried to stay in the game for a bit, but it was clear he wasn’t right and was removed from the game and headed to the locker room. The expectation is that he will be done for the day with the game well in hand.

The Sooners currently lead the Jayhawks 41-3 in the early stages of the third quarter.

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Oklahoma releases episode 2 of documentary series of 2020 football season

Oklahoma has planned on releasing a behind the scenes documentary series each week during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic season. 

Oklahoma has planned on releasing a behind the scenes documentary series each week during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic season.

The Sooners released their first one the week after the win against Missouri State, but have not released one since. Oklahoma has since lost games to Kansas State and Iowa State.

However, Lincoln Riley and his 2020 team are back in the win column after a  thrilling win over Texas in quadruple overtime. The documentary is back and the Sooners released their second episode on Thursday night.

There are cameos from starting tight end Austin Stogner, who talks about playing in OU-Texas being a reason he chose Oklahoma, and director of player personnel, Clarke Stroud, who talks about his role throughout this pandemic season. Charleston Rambo spoke about his upbringing and playing in the historic rivalry. On-the-field highlights from the 53-45 win over Texas finish it.

Here is the second episode of the Sooners’ documentary series on the season.

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Oklahoma in review: H-backs a major strength once again for the Sooners

The H-back position at Oklahoma has been a staple under Lincoln Riley, and it looks to be a major strength again for the Sooners in 2020.

Sooners Wire is going to review notes from fall camp and the first week of the season as Oklahoma is set to begin Big 12 play on Saturday.

At least in my room, the way I approach it with my guys, we need to go in with the mindset ‘we’re the guys.’ Coach Riley has a hard time taking us off the field. Since I’ve been here, we’ve increased our usage of the two-tight end sets. Selfishly, wish we had all four of those guys out there at one time. But they’ve certainly worked hard. And we’ve challenged them.

 

Oklahoma tight end Austin Stogner named to Mackey Award watch list

Sophomore tight end Austin Stogner was named to the Mackey Award preseason watch list on Friday.

The John Mackey Award, which annually honors the nation’s best tight end, released its preseason watch list on Friday.

The list included sophomore tight end Austin Stogner, one of only three sophomores to make the cut.

Stogner played in seven games last season, recording seven catches for 66 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Notably, both of Stogner’s touchdowns came on back-to-back offensive drives in the midst of OU’s 25-point comeback against Baylor on Nov. 16.

Stogner’s red-zone capabilities were vital to that comeback, and there’s good reason to believe that trend will continue into next season.

Lincoln Riley’s offense favors strong tight end play, setting up Stogner to follow in the footsteps of former Sooner tight ends Grant Calcaterra and Mark Andrews.

But Stogner is not the only Sooner receiving preseason accolades.

WR Charleston Rambo was named to the Biletnikoff Award watch list. RB Kennedy Brooks made the Doak Walker Award watch list.

And QB Spencer Rattler was named Big 12 preseason Newcomer of the Year.

It’s looking like OU’s offense is primed for yet another historic season.

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Oklahoma 2020 player card: No. 18 Austin Stogner

Sooners Wire will be creating player cards for readers to be introduced to the 2020 roster. Here is No. 18 Austin Stogner.

There is a ton of momentum to having a 2020 college football season these days. No definite signs, yet, but the season would start less than 100 days from now.

Sooners Wire will be creating player cards for readers to be introduced to the 2020 roster.

Here is the No. 18 for Oklahoma.

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Name: Austin Stogner

Number: No. 18

Year: Sophomore

Position: H-Back

Hometown: Plano, Texas 

Height/Weight: 6-foot-6, 251 pounds

Oklahoma has a deep h-back room with each of the four members bringing something different to the table.

Austin Stogner came to the Sooners as a four-star recruit by Rivals. He was the 136th best overall player, No. 11 overall tight end and the 36th best player out of the state of Texas in the 2019 recruiting class. Stogner chose Oklahoma early over offers from Alabama, Michigan and Texas A&M amongst many others.

He played in all 14 games as a freshman in 2019 in a special teams and backup role. Stogner caught seven passes for 66 yards and two touchdowns—both of which came during Oklahoma’s monumental comeback over Baylor on the road—in his freshman campaign.

In 2020, Stogner is sure to be used as a tight end despite that position group being combined with the fullbacks. He and expected starting quarterback Spencer Rattler have already played together during Nike’s The Opening Finals in the summer of 2018.

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