OU football insider: Stoops wants to get Corey Nelson on the field
NORMAN — More than once this spring, Bob Stoops called sophomore-to-be Corey Nelson “the best player” on the Oklahoma defense.
And that at times, “it wasn’t even close.”
Problem is, Nelson isn’t a starter. And the man he backs up at weakside linebacker — Travis Lewis — might be the preseason pick for conference Defensive Player of the Year.
Said defensive coordinator Brent Venables, “That...
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