A little help from his friends

 
By Jake Trotter
Published: June 22, 2008

In 1972, Seminole High School lineman Chez Evans laid out opposing players with such ease Parade Magazine dubbed him an All-American, the first ever from Oklahoma .

Evans took that ability to plant defenders into the turf with him to Norman and was a four-year letterman during Oklahoma's championship runs of the mid-1970s.

But four years ago, it was Evans who was lying on his back after a freak accident...


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