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2003 Season Preview: Defensive Ends

2003 Season Preview: Defensive Ends

August 12, 2003 | Football

By: Athletics Communications

SoonerSports.com presents a position-by-position preview of the 2003 Sooners complete with analysis and photo galleries. This is the seventh installment with a focus on the 2003 Sooner defensive ends.
 
Defensive Ends
Players with starting experience at the position: Jonathan Jackson, Dan Cody.

When Jonathan Jackson had six tackles and two sacks in the Rose Bowl it was like a great finishing hole in golf. The result left Jackson and everyone else looking forward to the next round, or in this case, the next season.

Just a junior, Jackson has the maturity and talent to become a dominant player.

The other end position is vacant. Dan Cody has starting experience at OU and was the team's top player at the position more than once last season.

Others with promise are sophomores Calvin Thibodeaux and Zach Latimer and redshirt-freshman Larry Birdine.
 
[ View 2003 Defensive Ends Photo Gallery ]
 
Next: Defensive Backs

2003 Football Preview -
Monday, Aug. 4 Season Outlook
Tuesday, Aug. 5 Quarterbacks
Wednesday, Aug. 6 Running Backs
Thursday, Aug. 7 Receivers
Friday, Aug. 8 Offensive Line
Monday, Aug. 11 Defensive Line
Tuesday, Aug. 12 Defensive Ends
Wednesday, Aug. 13 Defensive Backs
Thursday, Aug. 14 Linebackers
Friday, Aug. 15 Special Teams
 
 

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