An Early Look At The 2011 OU Football Class
by ccmachine on Feb 23, 2010 2:17 PM CST
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With the 2010 recruiting class in hand and spring football just around the corner its time to focus some attention on how the 2011 class is shaping up. While Oklahoma's coaching staff is still very early in the process of landing the 2011 class the early yield for their efforts looks very promising. Oklahoma already has commitments from five athletes and as usual the Sooners are hitting the state of Texas hard and heavy. Here's a look at the early commits.
TE Chris Barnett (Euless, TX) - Listed at 6-6/245, Barnett has very good speed to go with his size. He's timed at 4.5 in the forty and has a 32 inch vertical. He committed to OU at Junior Day after also receiving offers from 16 other schools including Baylor, Colorado, Kansas, Kansas State, and Oklahoma State of the Big 12.
WR Kameel Jackson (Arlington, TX) - A 6-1/195 receiver with breakaway speed Jackson averaged 14.9 yards per reception last season as a junior at Sam Houston High School in Arlington, TX. He committed to Oklahoma last fall and also had received offers from Kansas, Nebraska, Tennessee, Texas A&M, and Tulsa.
Video: Kameel Jackson at Oklahoma's football camp
LB P.L. Lindley (Round Rock, TX) - Lindley is a 6-1/210 linebacker with great speed, superb field awareness and is a very solid tackler. He runs a 4.5 forty and has a 35 inch vertical. As a junior, last season, he racked up 90 tackles, 4 sacks and 2 interceptions. He committed to Oklahoma at Junior Day while also holding offers from Houston, Rice, and SMU.
Video: P.L. Lindley highlight video
QB Kendal Thompson (Moore, OK) - Son of former OU quarterback Charles Thompson, Kendal is more of a pro style quarterback than his father was. He's listed at 6-2/180 and runs a 4.7 forty with a 31 inch vertical. Thompson has very good footwork and field awareness. He's patient in the pocket and makes smart decisions with the football. As a junior he threw for 2,793 yards and 29 touchdowns to just 8 interceptions while leading Southmoore to the 6A state semifinals. He also ran for 466 yards and 10 touchdowns. Thompson committed to Oklahoma last fall.
Video: Kendal Thompson/Southmoore vs. Jenks 2009 6A semifinals
DT Jordan Wade (Round Rock, TX) - A teammate of P.L. Lindley at Round Rock, Wade is 6-4/293. He's a versatile two sport athlete and chose not to attend any football camps last summer so he could play basketball. He too committed at OU's Junior Day and also held offers from Baylor, Houston and Texas A&M.
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I sure hope the state of Oklahoma
has come a long way and can handle a black quarterback. Now I don’t have any inside information about Paul Thompson, but former OU qb Eric Moore from the mid 90’s now lives in Austin and I have heard many stories from him about he received many racial slurs and even death threats. I sure hope this Kendall Thompson kid has a good head on his shoulders and doesn’t have to endure anything close to what Moore did.
Stirring the pot?
..or was that comment sincere?
by Bill Self's Hair Piece on Feb 23, 2010 8:27 PM CST up reply actions
I'm sorry but this could be the dumbest comment in the history of our site
If Eric Moore received criticism it was because he was a bad quarterback during a bad era of Sooner football. I guess we bagged on Justin Fuente because he was white?
Oklahoma has a long history of African American quarterbacks, including Kendal’s dad, Thomas Lott, JC Watts, Jamelle Holieway and most recently Paul Thompson. If OU were mistreating African American quarterbacks then I wouldn’t think that this tradition would continue with the Thompson family.
You should be ashamed of this comment, even if you were just trying to stir the pot. If you wanted a documented history of racism in college football then there are other legitimate venues to go look. Like how the Longhorns and their fans treated Ernie Davis and his African American teammates in the 1960 Cotton Bowl.
I'm not trying to stir any pot...
I’m just relaying the facts as told to me by a former Sooner qb who lives in Austin. This is a man who to this day is a die hard sooner fan, but has said openly he wouldn’t want his sons to go to OU just because of what he endured during his time there.
CCMachine, I bring up a player that played for y’all 15 years ago and you bring up treatment to an oppossing player before either of us were born. Come on man!
What I'm Saying Is Documented Fact
What you’re saying is hearsay. There is a HUGE difference between the two. Like I said, Moore was a bad quarterback who was switched to receiver and then back to quarterback. I was at the OU/Texas game when Blake put him back in at quarterback and I heard the very loud chorus of boos that followed. I also can remember the talk radio conversations about him as well as the jokes – Q: Why does OU line up all their receivers on the same side of the field? A: That way the opposing defense can’t tell which one Eric Moore is starring down.
None of this had anything to do with his race or his character and everything to do with the way he played football. You have to be thick skinned to play QB because it is the most criticized position in football.
As for the way the Longhorns treated Ernie Davis, I guess the fact that it happened in 1960 makes it alright to you. If you want a more recent link to Texas football and racism well, here ya go.
Do you know even know what the definition of hearsay is?
If it’s coming straight the horses mouth then it is far from hearsay. That would make it fact unless said man is telling a bald face lie. In which case why would he? What’s his motivation for fabricating these stories of death threats and racial slurs?
OK - We'll Just Take You're Word For It
Because you’re the only person in the world who has this information, I guess we have no other choice.
Still calling bull on it though.
I think he's the one
Who needs to look up the word not you CC. Clearly posting a second hand comment on a message board passes as fact down there in TX. Well I talked to somone today and they told me that I won the lottery so guess what? I’m a millionaire now! I’m going leave now and go tell my bank about my new found fortune that they have mistakenly omitted from my most recent statement. I’ll let you all know how that works out.
Um, dont you think that the kid would have just a little bit more to worry about (given the history of his father & his rise& fall & return to respected) than racial slurs? Seriously, dude? I dont know what Eric Moore has “said” to you, but OU has had many players of diverse backgrounds, way more so than Texas….
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