Oklahoma’s all-time leading rusher has had another setback in his NFL career. Samaje Perine was waived for the third time on Sunday.
Oklahoma’s all-time leading rusher has had another setback in his NFL career.
Samaje Perine’s 4,122 rushing yards during his career for the Sooners etched his name atop the leaderboards for running backs. He was able to accomplish that in three seasons from 2014-16 before foregoing his senior season for the NFL, but things haven’t hit the ground running for Perine in the league.
The Miami Dolphins announced on Sunday that they waived the former Oklahoma running back from their roster.
Perine was drafted by Washington in the fourth round of the 2017 NFL Draft. He started in eight games his rookie season and playing in all 10 games, but only rushed for only 3.4 yards per carry in the 2017 season. Perine suffered two injuries in the 2018 season before Washington waived him before the 2019 season.
The Cincinnati Bengals claimed him off waivers after Washington waived him. He was on the active roster and practice squad during his time in Cincinnati, but was waived in Oct. of the 2019 season. The Miami Dolphins signed him at the end of the 2019 season before waiving him today.
During his career at Oklahoma, Perine set the NCAA single-game rushing record with 427 yards against Kansas—a mark that hasn’t been touched since. Him and back-to-back 1,000 yard rusher for the Bengals, Joe Mixon, became one of the premier one-two punches in college football in 2015-16.
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ESPN announced that they will be broadcasting a celebrity Madden tournament next week.
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ESPN announced that they will be broadcasting a celebrity Madden tournament featuring both ESPN personalities as well as NFL players that will take place next week.
Of those mentioned in the initial name-drop on Thursday was former Oklahoma wide receiver and current Baltimore Raven speedster Marquise ‘Hollywood’ Brown.
Brown is a big piece of the young gun offense in Baltimore that includes Lamar Jackson, Mark Ingram, and fellow Sooners Mark Andrews and Orlando Brown Jr.
Brown hit the ground running in Week 1 of his rookie season against Miami scoring two touchdowns on four receptions while racking up 147 yards. He finished his rookie campaign with 46 receptions for 584 yards and seven touchdowns.
As a Sooner, Brown was a running highlight reel. In just 25 games Brown hauled in 132 passes for 2,413 yards and 27 touchdowns for back-to-back Heisman Trophy winners in Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray. Brown has caught passes from the 2016, 2017, and 2018 Heisman Trophy winners with Jackson being his signal-caller in Baltimore.
The Madden bracket reveal will take place on Sunday, April 19 on ESPN2 at 11 am CT.
Phillips, drafted in the second round of the 2015 NFL Draft by Miami, will be venturing outside of the AFC East for the first time in his career. With three and a half seasons with the Dolphins before being traded to the Bills four games into the 2018 season, Phillips is coming off the best season of his career.
In 2019, Phillips split starts with Bills rookie Ed Oliver. Getting nine of the 16 starts over Oliver, Phillips made the most of his time in the trenches securing 9.5 sacks, nearly doubling his career total.
In 35 starts and 76 games played Phillips has racked up 113 tackles, 27 tackles for loss, 33 quarterback hits, a forced fumble, and an interception.
Details regarding Phillips’ deal have yet to be released, but the contract is reportedly set for three years.
Three Sooners have made it to the pinnacle of football. Damien Williams, Blake Bell and James Winchester are heading to the Super Bowl.
Three Oklahoma players have made it to the pinnacle of football.
The Kansas City Chiefs just defeated the Tennessee Titans 35-24 in the AFC Championship to secure their spot in Super Bowl LIV. Former Oklahoma running back Damien Williams, quarterback and tight end Blake Bell as well as former longsnapper James Winchester are members of the Chiefs heading to the Super Bowl.
Williams has been a big factor in this Kansas City run the last two seasons. He is averaging two touchdowns per playoff game for the Chiefs in the two playoff runs, including one on Sunday to help Kansas City get to Miami for the Super Bowl.
Bell caught his first career touchdown pass against the Houston Texans last week in the Chiefs’ miraculous comeback from down 24-0 to win 51-31.
Winchester remains the starting long snapper for Kansas City.
Williams and Bell live in Oklahoma lore for huge performances and moments. Williams for his 95-yard run against Texas in the 2012 OU-Texas and Bell for his Belldozer running package and big-time late game performance in the 2013 Bedlam at quarterback.
The Kansas City Chiefs will take on the winner of the Green Bay Packers and San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV on Feb. 2.
The 2010s held a lot of success for Oklahoma’s athletic program. With 12 national championships, seven football conference titles…
The 2010s held a lot of success for Oklahoma’s athletic program. With 12 national championships, seven football conference titles, two Heisman Trophy winners, a men’s Final Four appearance and four College Football Playoff appearances, the Sooners have had one of the most successful and balanced athletic programs of the decade.
Maybe the most iconic moment in Oklahoma football history, Baker Mayfield’s flag plant at Ohio State was one of the most controversial moments of his 2017 Heisman Trophy campaign.
OKLAHOMA-TENNESSEE 2015
As far as full games, the Sooners and Volunteers gave fans a rollercoaster ride and allowed Baker Mayfield to introduce himself to the world with help from Sterling Shepard. Down 17-3 at the half, Mayfield and company staged a dramatic fourth-quarter comeback, allowing Zack Sanchez to call game on a walk-off interception in double overtime.
BACK-TO-BACK HEISMAN’S–2017-2018
Done just twice before, Oklahoma joined Ohio State and USC as the only schools to win back-to-back Heisman Trophy winners and the first school to win back-to-back Heisman Trophies with two different quarterbacks. Baker Mayfield won the 2017 Heisman his senior year allowing Kyler Murray to take over the college football world in 2018. The duo also made history as the only pair of quarterbacks to be taken No. 1 overall in the NFL Draft from the same school in back-to-back years.
BACK-TO-BACK X5–2014-2019
Oklahoma owns the Big 12 with 13 conference championships and 49 conference titles in program history. However, the 2010s was one of the most dominant decades in Sooners football history. Oklahoma won seven titles and closed the decade with five straight Big 12 titles, leading to four College Football Playoff appearances.
TREVOR KNIGHT’S SUGAR BOWL–2014
Everyone thought Alabama was going to wipe the floor with Oklahoma. We all know the story. Plus Alabama was unmotivated, obviously.
BUDDY HIELD’S FINAL FOUR RUN–2015-16
With such electric play from beginning to end, it was hard to pick just one Buddy Hield moment. Hield’s senior season earned him the Naismith Trophy, joining Blake Griffin as the only Sooners to win the award. Leading the Sooners to their fifth Final Four appearance and first since 2002.
LAUREN CHAMBERLAIN WCWS GAME 1 WALK-OFF–2013
Patty Gasso’s Sooners were torching everyone in the softball world, cruising to the Women’s College World Series against Tennessee. Just weeks prior, Oklahoma had been ravaged with tornado after tornado, killing dozens in their wake. Playing with heavy hearts and an entire state behind them, Oklahoma won their first WCWS since 2000 with help from a game 1 walk-off homerun from Lauren Chamberlain.
SOFTBALL BACK-TO-BACK NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS–2016-2017
After losing in the WCWS quarterfinals in 2014 missing the 2015 WCWS altogether, Gasso’s girls rallied to win back-to-back national titles in 2016 and 2017. The two World Series wins gave Gasso her third and fourth national titles as head coach.
MEN’S GOLF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP-2017
Oklahoma won their second men’s golf national championship in 2017 over Oregon at Rich harvest Farms, just outside of Chicago. The Sooners finished second in stroke play, earning the No. 2 seed in match play. Oklahoma beat Baylor 3-2, Illinois 3.5-1.5 and Oregon 3.5-1.5 en route to their first national championship since 1989.
MEN’S AND WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS
To say Oklahoma is a gymnastics school is an underrated statement. Both the men’s and women’s programs have absolutely dominated college gymnastics.
The men’s program led by Mark Williams has two Nissen-Emmry award winners this decade in Steven Legendre (2011) and Yul Moldauer (2019), the gymnastics equivalent to the Heisman Trophy. From 2010 to 2019 the Sooners have won nine conference championships (2010, 2012-19), 14 individual NCAA champions and four consecutive NCAA national titles (2015-18).
Apr 21, 2018; Chicago, IL, USA; Oklahoma Sooners gymnasts pose with their first-place trophy at the NCAA National Collegiate Gymnastics Championships at UIC Pavilion. Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports
The women’s program led by KJ Kindler has produced equally impressive stats. Maggie Nichols won the Honda Award in 2019 as just the third Sooner to win the award. Kindler has produced seven NCAA individual champions, nine conference titles (2010, 2012-19), 34 ‘perfect 10s’ over the past 10 seasons and four NCAA national titles (2014, 2016-17, 2019).
Apr 15, 2017; St. Louis, MO, USA; Oklahoma Sooners gymnastics team celebrates as streamers fall after winning the National Championships during the 2017 NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships at Chaifetz Arena. Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports
Former Oklahoma tight end Mark Andrews and punter Tress Way were each named to the NFL Pro Bowl.
Former Oklahoma tight end Mark Andrews and punter Tress Way were each named to the NFL Pro Bowl.
In Andrews’ sophomore campaign with the Ravens, he smashed their record for single-season touchdowns by a tight end, scoring eight in 14 games played. He grabbed 58 receptions for 759 yards, and his team holds an AFC best 12-2. It will be his first Pro Bowl. Andrews played for the Sooners from 2015-17 and earned the John Mackey Award, given to the best tight end in college football, in his last season as a Sooner.
Former Oklahoma and now-Ravens teammate Orlando Brown will serve as an AFC alternate at tackle for the Pro Bowl. Raven’s teammate and 2017 Heisman Trophy winner, Lamar Jackson will be Andrew’s quarterback.
Way is in his sixth professional season, all of which he has spent with the Redskins. This will be his second Pro Bowl. Way was at Oklahoma from 2009-12.
The 2020 Pro Bowl will be in Orlando, Florida at Camping World Stadium on January 26 at 1 p.m. CT.
Bragging rights were there for the taking, and bragging rights were won. Kyler Murray beat Baker Mayfield handily in first matchup.
Bragging rights were there for the taking, and bragging rights were won.
Kyler Murray and the Arizona Cardinals beat Baker Mayfield and the Cleveland Browns handily, 38-24, snapping a six-game skid.
The former Oklahoma teammates played together in 2017 with Mayfield leading the Sooners to the 2017 College Football Playoff and Rose Bowl game while Murray waited in the wings. Murray followed suit of his predecessor—the 2018 Oklahoma team went to the 2018 College Football Playoff and made an Orange Bowl appearance.
Both won the Heisman Trophy in their respected seasons and went on to become No. 1 overall picks in their NFL Drafts.
In Sunday’s game, Murray and the Cardinals jumped out to an early 14-0 lead. Arizona’s signal-caller had an electric 35-yard run on the team’s second scoring drive to help the cause.
Mayfield and the Browns battled back to make it a 14-10 game midway through the second-quarter, but then were outscored 24-7 until the waning moments of the game when Mayfield found a Cleveland receiver for a touchdown.
During the third-quarter of the game, Murray set the Arizona Cardinals’ franchise record for rushing yards by a quarterback (501) on a five-yard run up the middle.
Murray had a solid outing on Sunday, going 19-for-25 through the air for 219 yards and a touchdown, but also added 56 yards with his feet. Mayfield went 30-for-43 for 247 passing yards and two touchdowns.
Both quarterbacks threw an interception.
Sunday’s matchup between the two college teammates and former No. 1 overall picks was the first such matchup since 1984 (Stanford’s John Elway, Jim Plunkett).
Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray will be the first pair of QB from the same school AND taken #1 overall to face each other in the @NFL since Stanford’s John Elway and Jim Plunkett in Week 5, 1984.
You won’t be able to watch Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray square off if you live in Oklahoma City or Tulsa TV markets, or most markets.
You won’t be able to watch Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray square off if you live in Oklahoma City or Tulsa TV markets.
Unlike most Cleveland Browns games, this week’s matchup will not be available locally unless you watch through NFL Sunday Ticket or catch highlights on NFL Redzone.
The Browns and Cardinals, being broadcasted on CBS, is only available in Arizona and Cleveland markets.
Instead of watching the past two Heisman Trophy winners who both won their Heisman’s at the University of Oklahoma, duke it out in their first NFL matchup, the Sooner State will be graced with Denver versus Kansas City on CBS at noon CT followed by a CBS Sports special featuring a bass fishing tournament at the conclusion of the Broncos and Chiefs game.
The 3:05p.m. CT kickoff can be viewed via NFL Sunday Ticket in its entirety or game highlights and red zone opportunities can be watched on NFL Redzone.
