OU football insider: Stoops wants to get Corey Nelson on the field

 
BY JAKE TROTTER, Staff Writer, | Published: April 25, 2011   

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.”

photo - Texas’ Emmanuel Acho, left, tries to keep Oklahoma’s Corey Nelson, center, from stopping Longhorn D.J. Monroe in the first half of the 2010 Red River Rivalry game. Nelson backs up weak-side linebacker Travis Lewis, but coach Bob Stoops will likely find other ways to get him on the field in the fall. Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman
Texas’ Emmanuel Acho, left, tries to keep Oklahoma’s Corey Nelson, center, from stopping Longhorn D.J. Monroe in the first half of the 2010 Red River Rivalry game. Nelson backs up weak-side linebacker Travis Lewis, but coach Bob Stoops will likely find other ways to get him on the field in the fall. Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman

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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.

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