Josh Pate On Oklahoma Spring Game - Biggest Takeaways (Late Kick Cut)

Oklahoma spring game yesterday least shocking headline of spring but it's worth a paper pop least shocking headline Dion Burks goes off for Oklahoma five catches 174 yards two touchdowns both of the 50 plus yard variety and salute to Toby Keith I see they paid him some Honor on the field there um Deon bur transferred there from Purdue so he's he's been there a very short time it's pretty wild to hear people around Oklahoma talk about him Deon Burks may be their best receiver this year but also he's like one of the faces of the team and he hasn't even played a game there and he's he's played a spring game but for whatever reason Deon burgs is the kind of guy this happens occasionally when you get the right kind of mentality combined with the right skill set at the right time when they walk in the door the room just starts gravitating around him I'm not telling you he's a selfish guy at all quite the opposite everyone loves there they love him because they need him there and he's working out of that slot position that you saw Drake Stoops in last year except he's got a little bit different gear than Drake Stoops so you want to buy some stock in like a connection FanDuel at FanDuel can we do this if we want to place maybe some prop bets on quarterback to wide receiver connections this year Jackson Arnold to Dion Burks I'll take all of that whatever my limit is go ahead and insert my limit there also not Shock defensive line looks pretty good for Oklahoma at least to me they looked really improved white team had seven sacks yesterday secondary they'll be okay they missing a couple of veterans that they'll have in the season so I I know they gave up a few chunk plays I think they'll be okay there I think their defense will be okay offensive line now that was the big point of focus and I'm not ready to say we're out of the woods certainly not out of the woods there certainly not I thought because so little was expected they play pleasantly surprised me got to give it a second look I've only watched the game once but I'm going to say this with a very purposeful tone Oklahoma offensive line better than expected dare we say we better keep quiet on this they did make a move in the portal I'll talk about it in a second because this was a big recruiting event yesterday was a big recruiting event and it's already paying dividends uh because as you see on the screen if you're watching on YouTube Branson Hickman has committed to Oklahoma like in the past couple of hours that was SMU starting center last year he's likely going to be Oklahoma's starting center he started all 14 last year he was all AAC second team zero sacks allowed in 517 pass blocking snaps according to our fine friends at PFF so that's one I don't think they're done but that's one I felt like Arnold to Burks it's just some of the things that stick with you sticking your mind I remember ad Mitchell a few years ago at Georgia kind of popped off in the spring game well he ends up catching balls to win a National Title uh this is not my Oklahoma wins the national title moment or anything but outside of injury I'd be very surprised if we didn't see Deon Burks go off this fall that's not a mirage that's not an illusion that's just a playmaker that walked in the door in Norman Norman Oklahoma and it doesn't matter how long he's been there he is one of the centralized like focal points of that team now [Music]

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Published: Mon Apr 22 2024