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Oklahoma Football: Seven Sooners Who Are Stars in Waiting to Watch for Come Fall

By Chip Rouse

Apr 8, 2017; Norman, OK, USA; Oklahoma Sooners running back Marcellus Sutton (7) scores a touchdown during the spring game at Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 8, 2017; Norman, OK, USA; Oklahoma Sooners running back Marcellus Sutton (7) scores a touchdown during the spring game at Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports /
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Apr 8, 2017; Norman, OK, USA; Oklahoma Sooners running back Rodney Anderson (24) runs with the ball after a kickoff during the spring game at Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 8, 2017; Norman, OK, USA; Oklahoma Sooners running back Rodney Anderson (24) runs with the ball after a kickoff during the spring game at Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports /

Three’s Charm for Running Back Rodney Anderson – and That’s Bad News for OU’s Opponents

After two false starts, redshirt sophomore Rodney Anderson is back and primed to unleash an arsenal of skills that Oklahoma coaches have known about for a couple of years.

In each of the last two seasons, Anderson has suffered a season-ending injury that has taken him out of action. In 2015, his true freshman year, he broke his leg in OU’s second game of the season at Tennessee, and last season he sustained a neck injury in practice right before the season started and was forced to the sidelines for the remainder of the season.

After two seasons of rehabilitation and recovery, the former four-star prospect from the Houston area is back and hopefully better than ever. And his return to active duty couldn’t have come at a better time – for him and for the Sooners.

With the All-Big 12 tandem of Samaje Perine and Joe Mixon now headed to the NFL, Anderson will be counted on to play a prime contributing role in the reloaded Oklahoma backfield.

In two seasons at Oklahoma, the 6-foot, 2-inch, 223-pound Anderson has carried the ball once for a total of five yards. He is expected to blow away that stat in the coming season.

Anderson has the speed and size to put up big numbers carrying the football and present big problems for defensive coordinators and teams on the Sooners’ schedule for the next couple of seasons.

Anderson showed his versatility in this year’s spring game, returning a kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown, although with an assist from the no-contact jersey he was wearing.

He won’t be wearing a no-contact jersey in the fall, and I’m not sure it will make that much difference.

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