Consider the likes of Billy Vessels, Steve Owens, Joe Washington, Greg Pruitt and Billy Sims, All-Americans all and three were Heisman Trophy winners. And those are just a handful of the outstanding running backs that made their mark blistering the ground for the Sooners.
Since Bob Stoops arrived on the scene, in 1999, to rescue a Sooner football program that had endured three consecutive losing seasons — and more recently Lincoln Riley — quarterback play, particularly putting the ball in the air, has taken over the spotlight.