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Sooners Camp: Day 1 Top Performers

Donovan Stiner (left) and Jordon Austin (right) both enjoyed great success at OU's camp Saturday.
Donovan Stiner (left) and Jordon Austin (right) both enjoyed great success at OU's camp Saturday.
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Brown came into the camp as a relative unknown to the coaches, but that was far from the case by the end of the day. The Rosenberg (Texas) Lamar Consolidated dual-threat quarterback immediately stood out amongst the camp with his impressive size and frame. Brown claims that he is now over 6-foot-3 and weighs 200 pounds - and still growing.

Oklahoma wide receiver coach Cale Gundy was quickly called over to get a good look at the imposing athlete. While there was definitely talk early and often about Brown working out at receiver and making the switch, he continually displayed a solid arm with a quick release and good rotation. His accuracy and technique will need some more work to gain consistency, but by the end of the day Gundy was singing the young quarterbacks praises in the way he was throwing the ball - calling it "effortless".

The Houston-area star only holds an offer from Alabama State, which he picked up last week, but says that he is picking up interest from Houston, SMU, Baylor, and Oklahoma State. Right now Brown plans to continue at quarterback and see what happens with his recruitment.

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The Ardmore cornerback just continues to display absurd athleticism that no one seems to be paying attention to.

There may have been no other player on the gridiron today with that level of athleticism, speed, and quickness. With hips and feet that move like his, Roberts is always a threat to jump any under-throw, step in front of flattened out routes, as well as make up for any mistakes before a quarterback can process what he's seeing.

Needless to say, guys who can pick 'em up and put 'em down like Roberts are rare.


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The one-time Baylor commit (stop me if you've heard that one before) was a consistent presence on the field from individual drills to one-on-ones. Stiner was rarely out of position and was able to use his physicality to really disrupt/frustrate receivers all day.

Oklahoma coaches were so impressed with the Bellaire (Texas) standout that they took him aside for individual workouts on the side at one point during the camp.

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Like Brown, it was hard to miss when Sean Shaw stepped on the field.

His height and incredible wingspan just made him nearly impossible to cover for most of the corners on hand at the camp. Even though there were some drops early in the day, Shaw redeemed himself in the afternoon with a myriad of acrobatic catches and touchdowns in the one-on-one drills.

What may be most impressive about the Jones (Okla.) four-star receiver is his effortless fluidity while on the move. In fact, he rarely even had to use his broad wingspan because he had the defender beat early in the route.

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The younger brother of current Oklahoma and former Lancaster (Texas) cornerback Dakota Austin is on a mission to make a name for himself and he earned another badge on his chest Saturday.

Austin was shutting down every receiver that came is way all day. That was until towards the end of camp when a ball just clipped past his outstretched fingertips and was hauled in due to a very impressive throw and catch.

Shortly afterwards, the whistle blew to end the day, but Austin wanted one more shot on the only receiver that got the best of him. He couldn't end on such a sour note, even if it meant risking another beat.

The receiver got a little cute with a spin-move off the snap, which Austin ate up and was then glued to the rest of the route. On another contested throw in almost the exact same spot on the field Austin came down with a tremendous one-handed interception to right the wrong in his mind of the previous encounter.

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