Touted QB Connor Wood considers OU

 
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Published: February 9, 2009

It didn’t happen this year, but at some point Oklahoma will have to replace Heisman quarterback Sam Bradford.

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Bio box: Connor Wood
→Position: Quarterback

→Age: 17

→High School: Houston Second Baptist

→Ht./Wt.: 6-foot-4, 210 pounds

→Schools recruiting him: Among others, OU, Texas, Missouri, Nebraska, Stanford, Duke, Rice, Iowa, TCU, USC, Notre Dame, LSU, Georgia, Arizona and Texas A&M

Football stats: Threw for almost 2,250 yards and 20 TDs, while rushing for 18 more scores as a junior

→Academic stats: 4.1 grade-point average

→Prospective major: Petroleum engineering or business finance

→Quotable: "He’s the complete package,” Houston Second Baptist coach Mike Sneed told The Oklahoman. "I’ve been coaching 30-something years, and he’s as good a competitor as anyone I’ve ever seen. He’s just a great athlete, as well as a playmaker on offense.”

→Noteworthy: As a sophomore, Wood was elected captain of his high school football team

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