Just like everyone thought, Oklahoma will have a true freshman starting at defensive tackle when the Sooners open against Temple on Friday night. But — spoiler
Just like everyone thought, Oklahoma will have a true freshman starting at defensive tackle when the Sooners open against Temple on Friday night., and not 5-star— they were high school teammates at IMG Academy — was named Sunday night a starter on the interior of the Sooners’ defensive front.said Sunday on the first of his weekly coaches shows. “He plays beyond his years. He shows up every day, just how he lives his life.
The 6-foot-2, 300-pound Jackson played two years at IMG after coming up in Indianapolis. As a senior in 2023, he was named IMG’s Defensive MVP. “So he's just learning how to be an every-down player,” Venables said. “He didn't have as much of a foundation with his fundamentals and his block , and so he's a guy that relied on just being real explosive and talented and playing a little bit higher and things like that.”Venables said Stone has had the ideal mental approach for someone so young and yet so talented.
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