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Published: July 6, 2007
Sooners use special helmet that alerts to possible injury
By Blake Jackson
Any given Saturday, it could happen.

Malcolm Kelly streaks across the middle, jumps for a sailing pass and pays for it. Allen Patrick bursts through the line only to be met square and head-long by an opposing linebacker running just as fast in the opposite direction. Trent Williams , fighting to protect the quarterback, takes an elbow hard upside his helmet.

The player sees stars.

For a moment, he feels ...

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