Oklahoma State football notebook: J.W. Walsh plans to keep running aggressively

Walsh doesn't want to change, either.

“I like to keep going forward and lower my shoulder and try to get as many yards as I can,” Walsh said. “To an extent, not where it's just stupid and going into four defenders and getting killed.”

GILBERT WANTS TO BE KNOWN AS MORE THAN A KICK RETURNER

Justin Gilbert developed rapidly as a cornerback during his sophomore season, tallying five interceptions — three of them coming against top-10 NFL Draft picks Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III and Ryan Tannehill — while teaming up with Brodrick Brown to create a formidable secondary duo to take on the Big 12's high-powered offenses.

Yet Gilbert feels many still see him as a freak athlete — he played quarterback in high school — or a speedy special teams weapon, rather than a shutdown corner.

Shifting that perception is his biggest goal this season.

“Just developing more as a cornerback,” Gilbert said. “Not so much as a kick returner, which is what most people see me as.”

OPPONENT WATCH: TEXAS HAS PLAYED 14 FRESHMEN SO FAR

Texas has already played 14 true freshmen through its first three games, the second-highest total in the nation entering this week's games, Texas officials told the Austin American-Statesman. LSU, Ohio State and TCU have played 15 true freshmen.