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Oklahoma’s Ben Powers slated to start alongside Orlando Brown for Baltimore Ravens

Another Oklahoma player is going to be aiding the Baltimore Ravens in their quest for another Super Bowl. 

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Another Oklahoma player is going to be aiding the Baltimore Ravens in their quest for another Super Bowl.

The Sooners saw Orlando Brown, Mark Andrews and Marquise Brown flourish in the Ravens’ offense in 2019 alongside MVP Lamar Jackson. Baltimore, though, saw 13-year veteran right guard Marshal Yanda retire after season.

Enter former Oklahoma offensive lineman Ben Powers into the picture. The fourth-round selection in the 2019 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Ravens is reportedly set to be Yanda’s replacement moving forward, according to NFL.com’s Nick Shook.

“Ben is one of my best friends and has been since he came to OU,” Brown told Shook. “We started pretty much two or three years together (at Oklahoma). He’s a God-fearing man. He’s someone who works hard. In my opinion, he’s never had an issue getting a job, or winning a job. He’s always done that throughout his career. He’s always been someone that’s always been an underdog or underrated.”

Brown and Powers played right next to each other at left tackle and left guard respectively in the 2017 and ’18 seasons at Oklahoma. The two were a part of the Joe Moore Award winning offensive line unit in college football for the Sooners in 2018.

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Bill Bedenbaugh, Alex Grinch named among top-15 assistant coaches in college football

A list recently released by 247sports has two Oklahoma coaches listed among the top 15 assistant coaches in the nation.

When it comes to quality coaching and development, no one quite does it like Oklahoma’s Bill Bedenbaugh and Alex Grinch.

A list recently released by 247sports has the Sooners’ coaches listed among the top-15 assistant coaches in the nation.

Lincoln Riley gets most of the credit for Oklahoma’s offense, but Bedenbaugh is owed his fair share. As the Sooners co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach, Bedenbaugh has helped carry on the power-run game that Oklahoma has used to dominate for decades.

Bedenbaugh has helped mold several linemen into NFL prospects in recent years. Cody Ford, Orlando Brown, Bobby Evans, Ben Powers, Dru Samia, and Daryl Williams are all the current Sooners in the NFL that were coached by Bedenbaugh. Rodney Anderson, Samaje Perine and Joe Mixon are current RB’s to have lined up behind his unit.

Alex Grinch has helped the Sooners tremendously is his first season, just as he did Washington State. Grinch improved the Sooners total defense ranking from 101 in 2018, to No. 64 in 2019. While his turnover greedy ways didn’t quite catch on in year one, the mentality switch was visible.

Under Grinch, Kenneth Murray and Neville Gallimore are participating in this year’s NFL Combine and are considered top prospects in this year’s draft. Parnell Motley was snubbed from the NFL Combine, but could hear his name called in the NFL Draft as well.

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Ravens QB Lamar Jackson leads all NFL players in Pro Bowl voting

Lamar Jackson is just one of six Ravens players to lead fan Pro Bowl voting at their respective positions, though Jackson leads all players

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has been electric this season. Seemingly every week, Jackson is adding yet another amazing run or perfectly placed pass to his highlight reel. So it’s no wonder Jackson leads all players in voting for the 2020 Pro Bowl.

According to NFL.com, Jackson has 146,171 fan votes. In second place is Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes with 116,325 fan votes. While fan votes are just one portion of the total process for determining who gets a Pro Bowl nomination, they show just how interesting NFL fans find Jackson and Baltimore’s offense this season.

Through 10 games, Jackson has thrown for 2,258 yards, 19 touchdown passes and just five interceptions for a 106.3 quarterback rating (ranks fourth in the NFL entering Week 12). But Jackson has also put up 781 rushing yards and six rushing touchdowns so far this season as well. He’s well on his way to breaking Michael Vick’s single-season rushing record for quarterbacks, which would just be one of the records Jackson has shattered since coming into the NFL.

Jackson isn’t the only Ravens player impressing the fans this season, however. Fullback Patrick Ricard, cornerback Marcus Peters, tackle Orlando Brown, guard Marshal Yanda and kicker Justin Tucker lead their respective positions in voting as well.

Considering cornerback Marlon Humphrey, tackle Ronnie Stanley and safety Earl Thomas will likely receive quite a lot of player votes, Baltimore could reasonably put nine players into the Pro Bowl this season. But Ravens fans would ideally love it if Baltimore’s players had to skip the event in order to prepare for Super Bowl LIV.