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Oklahoma football: Five opposing defensive jersey numbers to be mindful of in 2018

By Chip Rouse

DALLAS, TX - OCTOBER 14: Kris Boyd #2 of the Texas Longhorns pursues Marquise Brown #5 of the Oklahoma Sooners in the second half of a football game at the Cotton Bowl on October 14, 2017 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Richard W. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
DALLAS, TX - OCTOBER 14: Kris Boyd #2 of the Texas Longhorns pursues Marquise Brown #5 of the Oklahoma Sooners in the second half of a football game at the Cotton Bowl on October 14, 2017 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Richard W. Rodriguez/Getty Images) /
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STILLWATER, OK – OCTOBER 14: Defensive end Jordan Brailford #94 of the Oklahoma State Cowboys tries to tackle wide receiver Denzel Mims #15 of the Baylor Bears at Boone Pickens Stadium on October 14, 2017 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images)
STILLWATER, OK – OCTOBER 14: Defensive end Jordan Brailford #94 of the Oklahoma State Cowboys tries to tackle wide receiver Denzel Mims #15 of the Baylor Bears at Boone Pickens Stadium on October 14, 2017 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images) /

No. 94, Jordan Brailford, junior Oklahoma State defensive lineman

When healthy, the 6-foot, 3-inch 254-pound Oklahoma State defensive end is as good a defensive lineman as Oklahoma will face all season in 2018. Jordan Brailford missed all of 2016 with an injury, but he played in every game last season and started the final nine games for the Cowboys.

Brailford made 57 tackles last season, 34 of them of the solo variety, to lead all OSU defensive linemen. He also recorded a career-high 4.5 quarterback sacks.

In the epic Bedlam brawl against the in-state rival Sooners last season, the big defensive end had a career-high three tackles.

Big 12 coaches and the Associated Press voted Brailford second-team All-Big 12 on defense last season. Phil Steele, publisher of the eponymous College Football Preview, rated the Oklahoma State DE as a preseason All-Big 12 first-teamer coming into the 2018 season.

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