Oklahoma Sooners Video O' The Day


Just 24 days left until kickoff.


Over the years, it's been assumed that Leroy Selmon is the greatest Oklahoma Sooners football player ever. However, I think a very good argument could be made for TE Keith Jackson, who was named the greatest player at his position in all of college football for the entire 20th Century.


Think about it. Keith Jackson was and is the greatest college football TE to ever live.


Over the next three nights, I'll give you the three plays I think defined his college career. This first play gets me so fired up I literally can't watch it at work because the adrenaline will start flowing, and it's just not a good idea. It was an 88-yard run from scrimmage against Nebraska at home in 1985.


We jumped out to a 27-0 lead on Tom Osborne's bunch, but the Cornhuskers scored a late TD to make the final 27-7.


What's crazy is that there have been at least five or six plays as good as this one over the past few years. Renaldo Works' stadium-shaking run against Alabama. Torrance Marshall's interception return against A&M. Roy Williams' dive against Texas, possibly the greatest single OU play of my lifetime.


However, I've never seen a better run from a tight end -- college or pro -- ever, ever, ever. Keith Jackson, lest we forget, was a bad ass with a capital 'A'.



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