Sooners on Display in Senior Bowl on ESPN2

NORMAN, Okla. -- The Senior Bowl will kick off Saturday, Jan. 29, at 3 p.m. in Mobile, Ala., and will be televised on ESPN2. Three Sooners including receivers Mark Clayton and Brandon Jones plus linebacker Lance Mitchell will play for the North squad.

The players have practiced this week in front of scores of NFL scouts and coaches in an effort to improve their stock for the 2005 NFL Draft on April 23-24 in New York.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Jon Gruden and his staff are coaching the South squad, while Oakland Raiders head coach Norv Turner and his Oakland Raiders staff are coaching the Senior Bowl's North team.

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A total of 11 players from the Big 12 Conference practiced in front of the NFL scouts in Mobile. In addition to the three OU players, running back Darren Sproles of Kansas State, defensive tackle Attiyah Ellison of Missouri, linebacker Barrett Rudd of Nebraska and defensive back Darrent Williams and punter Cole Farden of Oklahoma State will play together on the North squad.

Texas running back Will Mathews and a pair of players from Texas A&M, receiver Terrance Murphy and defensive lineman Mike Montgomery, will play for the South.

Oklahoma has supplied a total of 85 players to the Senior Bowl over the years, the fourth-most of any school behind local favorites Alabama (192), Auburn (170) and LSU (86).

Oklahoma Players in the Senior Bowl
1950 - Jim Owens, Darrell Royal, Wade Walker, Stan West
1951 - Frank Anderson, Claude Arnold, Leon Heath, Buddy Jones, Norman McNabb
1952 - Jim Weatherall
1954 - Roger Nelson, J.D. Roberts
1955 - Max Boydston, Kurt Burris
1956 - Bo Bolinger
1957 - Jim Harris
1958 - Bill Krisher, Clendon Thomas
1964 - Joe Don Looney
1965 - Lance Rentzel
1966 - Mike Ringer
1967 - Jim Riley
1969 - Eddie Hinton
1970 - Jim Files
1973 - Albert Chandler, Leon Crosswhite, Ken Jones
1974 - Durwood Keeton, Clyde Powers, Lucious Selmon, David Smith
1975 - Jerry Arnold, Kyle Davis, Randy Hughes, Tony Peters, Rod Shoate
1976 - Billy Brooks
1977 - Jerry Anderson
1978 - Zac Henderson, Elvis Peacock
1979 - Daryl Hunt, Kenny King, Greg Roberts, Uwe Von Schamann
1980 - George Cumby, Darrol Ray, Paul Tabor
1981 - Keith Gary, David Overstreet, Louis Oubre
1982 - Bill Bechtold, Terry Crouch
1983 - Weldon Ledbetter, Darryl Songy
1984 - Rick Bryan, Jackie Shipp
1985 - Steve Sewell
1986 - Jeff Tupper
1987 - Spencer Tillman
1989 - Eric Mitchel
1990 - Kevin Thompson
1991 - Adrian Cooper
1992 - Joe Bowden, Mike Gaddis
1994 - Aubrey Beavers
1996 - Darrius Johnson
1998 - Stephen Alexander, Martin Chase, Travian Smith, Sammy Williams
1999 - Kelly Gregg, Gana Joseph
2000 - William Bartee, Stockar McDougle, Matt O'Neal
2001 - Torrence Marshall
2002 - Rocky Calmus, Brandon Moore
2003 - Andre Woolfolk
2004 - Brandon Everage, Teddy Lehman, Derrick Strait
2005 - Mark Clayton, Brandon Jones, Lance Mitchell

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Sooners on Display in Senior Bowl on ESPN2

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