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Robinson back at full speed

Oklahoma State quarterback Zac Robinson was full speed in practice Tuesday, Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said.

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"He was normal,” Gundy said. "He did everything as normal. You'd have never known (about the injury) if you didn't know.”

Robinson was diagnosed with a "slight concussion” after taking a hit in Saturday's loss at Texas A&M and sitting out the last two offensive series. Gundy said he is expected to start on Saturday.

•In the Hunt: OSU true freshman running back Kendall Hunter is the Big 12's third-leading rusher, averaging 88.2 yards. Hunter's success has been a surprise to OSU coaches because it has come so quickly, but Gundy, offensive coordinator Larry Fedora and running backs coach Curtis Luper all said Monday that they felt like they were getting a steal when Hunter chose OSU. Texas Christian was the only other school recruiting the short back (Hunter is listed at 5-foot-8).

"We saw him play in person and he could stop on a dime and make you miss, so we thought he was going to be pretty special,” Fedora said. "I'm sure a lot of people didn't mess with Kendall just because of his size, his height. But that's never really been a factor for me for a running back.”

•Eyes playing tricks: In the off-season, OSU coaches have all the running backs throw some passes to check out their trick-play potential. Armed with the knowledge that Dantrell Savage can throw the ball, Fedora installed a pass play for his starting running back. He called that play in the second quarter of last Saturday's game at Texas A&M. It was successful and scored OSU's first touchdown of the night, thanks more to Adarius Bowman's acrobatic catch than Savage's throw.

"To be honest with you, when he threw it I was like, ‘Oh wow,'” Fedora said. "I didn't think it was gonna end up good. I thought he picked it, to be honest with you. I thought the backside safety had got it. I didn't know until the referee raised his hands and I saw AD with the ball.”

•Center Stage: Andrew Lewis moved from guard to center in the Troy game after center David Washington broke his leg. Coaches said they're pleased with Lewis' progress, and Lewis said things are going just fine in the middle.

"(The center) makes all the calls for us,” Lewis said. "All the guards and tackles base all their guards off my point so it is a big deal but I've known the point.”

Late in Saturday's game, when backup quarterback Bobby Reid came in for injured Robinson, Lewis had to make a couple minor adjustments.

Lewis and Reid hadn't snapped together much because when Lewis learned center he always practiced snaps with then-second string Robinson. Lewis didn't move to center until after Robinson had become the starter.

"When Dave was first string he snapped with Bobby and I snapped with Zac,” Lewis said. "It went fine … You just gotta adjust to them a little bit, how they like the ball snapped. "

By Andrea Cohen

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