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Oklahoma football: Ranking the Sooners’ top 10 players entering 2018 season

By Chip Rouse

NORMAN, OK - SEPTEMBER 16: The Oklahoma Sooners take the field before the game against the Tulane Green Wave at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on September 16, 2017 in Norman, Oklahoma. Oklahoma defeated Tulane 56-14. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images) *** Local Caption ***
NORMAN, OK - SEPTEMBER 16: The Oklahoma Sooners take the field before the game against the Tulane Green Wave at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on September 16, 2017 in Norman, Oklahoma. Oklahoma defeated Tulane 56-14. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** /
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NORMAN, OK – OCTOBER 07: Running back Trey Sermon #4 of the Oklahoma Sooners warms up before the game against the Iowa State Cyclones at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on October 7, 2017 in Norman, Oklahoma. Iowa State defeated Oklahoma 38-31. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images)
NORMAN, OK – OCTOBER 07: Running back Trey Sermon #4 of the Oklahoma Sooners warms up before the game against the Iowa State Cyclones at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on October 7, 2017 in Norman, Oklahoma. Iowa State defeated Oklahoma 38-31. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images) /

No. 6 — Sophomore running back Trey Sermon

Another one of the Sooner freshman surprises last season — although many would argue that it was more of an expectation than a surprise — was the performance of running back Trey Sermon.

Sermon ranked second on the team (to Rodney Anderson) with 744 rushing yards on 121 carries, an average of 6.1 yards per attempt. He tied for second on the team with five rushing touchdowns.

He ran for at least 80 yards in four games, including a career-high 148-yard performance and two rushing TD, in an Oklahoma win over Baylor. Sermon’s performance at Baylor earned him Big 12 Newcomer of the Week honors.

In OU’s upset win at Ohio State early in the 2017 season, Sermon ran for 62 yards and caught three passes for 23 yards, including his first career touchdown in college.

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