It was less than a year ago when then [autotag]Texas Tech Red Raider[/autotag] [autotag]Reggie Pearson[/autotag] knocked out [autotag]Dillon Gabriel[/autotag] for a play after a big hit. Now, he’s on the [autotag]Oklahoma Sooners[/autotag] sideline, where they hope those big hits keep coming.
The secondary is something that needed a major makeover. That’s exactly what it got adding Pearson and true freshman [autotag]Peyton Bowen[/autotag]. While Pearson is an older player, he told reporters he had to get comfortable at his new stop.
“When you come in as a transfer, you feel that kind of sense of being a guy and coming in like, ‘they see me as this guy, I’m this that or whatever,” Pearson said. “What (Brent Venables) kind of holds you to even higher standards where you feel like you’ve come in as a freshman. I feel like that’s the best thing that I’ve had to counter with when I got here because I’m always hungry, humble but just playing for so long you get that kind of sense of comfort within.”
That comfort is what has helped Pearson become the player he is today. He’s also someone coaches have raved about. Practice and scrimmage reports have supported the hard hitter and tone-setter he is for this team.
It’s why they brought him to this team, and hope he can add to a now-loaded safety room. Then help lay the standard for Oklahoma defenses to come.
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