Sooners Impress in NFL Minicamps

NORMAN, Okla. -- With more players selected in the 2005 NFL Draft than any other school, OU has been well represented in pro minicamps the past few weeks.

View photos of Oklahoma players in action at the various camps plus links to articles from papers in their new cities as NFL fans get acquainted with the Sooners.

In addition to the 10 drafted players, four Sooners signed free agent contracts including quarterback Jason White with Tennessee, defensive end Jonathan Jackson with Chicago, defensive tackle Lynn McGruder with Tampa Bay and receiver Will Peoples with Buffalo.

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Jammal Brown - New Orleans Saints
Jammal Brown spent his first few days of work in the NFL preparing himself to be the team's starting right offensive tackle when the season opens Sept. 11. Brown, the Outland Trophy winner from Oklahoma...
Baton Rouge Advocate

Jammal Brown said he has heard all about how he is supposed to come into Saints camp and be handed the starting job at right offensive tackle. He's not buying into that. "I learned a long time ago -- nothing is given...
New Orleans Times-Picayune

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Mark Clayton - Baltimore Ravens | Bio
The golf cart was parked inside the Baltimore Ravens' practice facility, positioned at the 50-yard line with an unobstructed view. Owner Steve Bisciotti lounged in the driver's seat, his eyes focused on wide receiver...
York Daily Record

As is his custom, Mark Clayton decided to lay low. Instead of offering up pep talks to his fellow rookies - which as the highest-drafted player on the Ravens he easily could have - Clayton took the practice field...
Baltimore Sun

Right now, it's Oklahoma, which won the title in 2000 and was runner-up in the championship game in each of the past two seasons. “They do a good job of recruiting players, so they have good athletes,” said DeCosta...
York Daily Record

Brodney Pool - Cleveland Browns | Bio
The Cleveland Browns made an investment in the future with their second-round selection of Oklahoma free safety Brodney Pool in yesterday's NFL Draft. Pool, who declared for the draft after his junior year...
Toledo Blade

If the young Oklahomans pan out, the Browns might get rebuilt sooner rather than later. Former Oklahoma defensive secondary partners Brodney Pool and Antonio Perkins handled a recent weekend minicamp...
Canton Repository

Mark Bradley - Chicago Bears | Bio
Two decades ago, Danny Bradley was a college football star with an eye on a long career in the National Football League. This week his son embarks on the same journey, one he hopes has a straighter and longer path...
Chicago Tribune

If Mark Bradley could build the perfect receiver, he'd blend Randy Moss' big-play ability, Terrell Owens' strength and Hines Ward's toughness as a blocker. The Bears' second-round draft pick from Oklahoma...
ChicagoBears.com

"We just liked the way he was growing and developing in the program," Chicago General Manager Jerry Angelo said. "And we felt that if he had another year left, as did his coaches, that the sky was the limit for him...
Associated Press

Dan Cody - Baltimore Ravens | Bio
Fewer than 20,000 people live in Ada, Okla., a speck of real estate an hour and a half southeast of Oklahoma City. In the coming months, that population will shrink by at least one. Hometown hero Dan Cody...
BaltimoreRavens.com

Dan Cody's undeniable will jumps off the videotape with each sack and every defiant swat of the ball. The definition of determination, as one Ravens coach summed him up, Cody should be known as a pass rusher...
Baltimore Sun

Jason White - Tennessee Titans | Bio
Jason White's been down and out before, only to climb back into the game and succeed. The Tennessee Titans are willing to see if he can do it again. "It's a great opportunity for me," White said Friday after Tennessee...
TitansOnline.com

'I definitely thought about giving it up,'' White told The Tennessean last night. ''It is not a fact of whether I could play or not, more than anything it is I have a family. I have a 2-year old daughter and they need food on the table...
The Tennessean

As the full-time starter his final two years at Oklahoma, White threw an eye-popping 75 touchdowns, posted an impressive 24-3 record and advanced his team to the national title game both years. For his career...
TitansOnline.com

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