*** Freshman RB Xavier Robinson said he showed up close to 250lbs and is now 228lbs. Added that, “I’m so much lighter on my feet. I feel great where I’m at.”
Source told me the other day, “X is gonna play. He moves so fast for a guy his size and he’s so strong. He will be a weapon.”
*** Freshman DL David Stone said he arrived “between 275 and 280.” Stone also said that he wants to be close to 300lbs by the season, but he has some gains to go, adding, “I’m the most I’ve ever been right now. But I’m in the 280’s. And even with that, I’m moving faster than I did at IMG, which is kind of crazy.”
The expectation is that he will be close to 300 come September. He says it’s a relief that he has six months to get there so pressure isn’t there and he has “my own race to run to gain that weight.”
*** Similarly, freshman NT Jayden Jackson has put on some solid weight himself, but he said it’s been easy, adding, “I came in 285 to 290. That’s a pretty good weight (for the coaches), but it’s the SEC and you gotta be pretty big. But I’m at 297 right now. They are trying to get the D-Lineman to 300.”
“Gaining weight isn’t really that hard for me,” Jackson went on talking weight expectations for DL. “That is a pretty good bonus I had, instead of losing weight (he said with sly smile on his face)”
*** Finally, I checked in with Sooners freshman DE Danny Okoye on his weight and he added/confirmed a nugget we posted on here a month ago, regarding his 40-yard dash time, saying, “I came in weighing 233lbs and now I’m 255lbs. I ran my forty in 4.56 seconds when they timed us.”
*** We will have more notes on newcomers, but wanted to get that up for you all quickly.
Source told me the other day, “X is gonna play. He moves so fast for a guy his size and he’s so strong. He will be a weapon.”
*** Freshman DL David Stone said he arrived “between 275 and 280.” Stone also said that he wants to be close to 300lbs by the season, but he has some gains to go, adding, “I’m the most I’ve ever been right now. But I’m in the 280’s. And even with that, I’m moving faster than I did at IMG, which is kind of crazy.”
The expectation is that he will be close to 300 come September. He says it’s a relief that he has six months to get there so pressure isn’t there and he has “my own race to run to gain that weight.”
*** Similarly, freshman NT Jayden Jackson has put on some solid weight himself, but he said it’s been easy, adding, “I came in 285 to 290. That’s a pretty good weight (for the coaches), but it’s the SEC and you gotta be pretty big. But I’m at 297 right now. They are trying to get the D-Lineman to 300.”
“Gaining weight isn’t really that hard for me,” Jackson went on talking weight expectations for DL. “That is a pretty good bonus I had, instead of losing weight (he said with sly smile on his face)”
*** Finally, I checked in with Sooners freshman DE Danny Okoye on his weight and he added/confirmed a nugget we posted on here a month ago, regarding his 40-yard dash time, saying, “I came in weighing 233lbs and now I’m 255lbs. I ran my forty in 4.56 seconds when they timed us.”
*** We will have more notes on newcomers, but wanted to get that up for you all quickly.
