Oklahoma Football: Five Big 12 Players Who Will Strike Fear in Sooners in 2017
By Chip Rouse
Baylor Junior Running Back Terence Williams
Baylor is another team that Oklahoma has to play on the road this coming season. While this may not be the same Baylor team that it was under Art Briles, it still has enough talent at the skill positions to beat any team in the Big 12.
One of those skill positions where offensive-minded Baylor teams have managed to stockpile talent is at running back, and the Bears have another very good one in Terence Williams, not to be confused with the former Baylor All-America wide receiver of a similar but differently spelled first name (Terrance Williams).
As a sophomore a year ago, Williams piled up 1,048 rushing yards and averaged 5.7 yards per carry, better than OU’s Samaje Perine. He finished sixth among Big 12 rushing leaders, and three of the five that finished ahead of him have moved on to the NFL.
Williams played only sparingly against the Sooners last season, leaving the game very early with an injury, and he did not play at all when Oklahoma last visited Baylor, in the 2015 season.
Although the Bears will be breaking in both a new head coach and a new starting quarterback next season, you can get they are still going to throw the ball. And the better they are able to get the passing game going, the better the going will be for a running back with Williams’ speed and toughness.
So far in his college career, Williams has not posed any kind of threat catching the ball out of the backfield. He’s only had four catches in two seasons. But if they do start utilizing him as a receiver on bubble screens, etc., he will become an even more dangerous offensive threat.