Oklahoma football: Outland Trophy administrators looking at trio of Sooners

National award considerations for the 2021 season continue to pour in for players on the Oklahoma football roster.

So far, 13 different Sooners have been named to watch lists for nine national individual awards. The latest to be added to the list of candidates are offensive linemen Marquis Hayes and Tyrese Robinson and defensive lineman Perrion Winfrey.

All three are national candidates for the 2021 Outland Trophy, presented annually to the best college interior lineman.

Hayes has started 24 games the past two seasons at left guard for the Sooners. According to Pro Football Focus, he allowed just two quarterback sacks in 416 passing plays in 2020.

Robinson, like his teammate Hayes, also has been a stalwart on the OU O-line the past couple of years. He has made 25 starts at right guard the past two seasons and was credited with an 84.2 pass-blocking grade and allowed two sacks in 400 passing plays.

Winfrey, who is also being watched as a 2021 national candidate for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, recognizing the best defensive player in college football regardless of position, played in all 11 Oklahoma games last season and started the last eight. He was a second-team All-Big 12 selection last season, his first at OU after transferring from Iowa Western Community College. He is on the 2021 Preseason All-Big 12 First Team on defense to start this season.

Five former Oklahoma players have won the Outland Trophy, the most recent of which was Jammal Brown in 2004. Prior to Brown, Greg Roberts won it in 1978, Lee Roy Selmon in 1975, J.D. Roberts in 1953 and Jim Weatherall in 1951.