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Oklahoma Football: 5 takeaways from Sooners’ 2018 season

By Connor Muldowney

NORMAN, OK - NOVEMBER 10: Running back Trey Sermon #4 congratulates running back Kennedy Brooks #26 of the Oklahoma Sooners on a score against the Oklahoma State Cowboys at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on November 10, 2018 in Norman, Oklahoma. Oklahoma defeated Oklahoma State 48-47. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images)
NORMAN, OK - NOVEMBER 10: Running back Trey Sermon #4 congratulates running back Kennedy Brooks #26 of the Oklahoma Sooners on a score against the Oklahoma State Cowboys at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on November 10, 2018 in Norman, Oklahoma. Oklahoma defeated Oklahoma State 48-47. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images) /
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MIAMI, FL – DECEMBER 29: Kennedy Brooks #26 of the Oklahoma Sooners runs with the ball against the Alabama Crimson Tide during the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium on December 29, 2018 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
MIAMI, FL – DECEMBER 29: Kennedy Brooks #26 of the Oklahoma Sooners runs with the ball against the Alabama Crimson Tide during the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium on December 29, 2018 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) /

3. Trey Sermon, Kennedy Brooks form scary duo

Like the Sooners had in the receiving corps, they also had a terrifying duo in the backfield in Trey Sermon and Kennedy Brooks. Unlike the receiving corps’ duo, this one should be back in 2019 at full strength.

Sermon had a heck of a sophomore season, helping fill the void left behind by Rodney Anderson, rushing for 947 yards and 13 touchdowns as he was more of a bruising back at 6-foot-0, 224 pounds. He had a stellar freshman season in which he rushed for nearly 750 yards on 6.1 per carry, but had a much bigger role in 2018.

Brooks, too, was a star in the backfield due to the Anderson injury. The true freshman was more of the shifty back, standing 5-11 and weighing in at about 200 pounds. He finished with 1,056 yards and 11 touchdowns on an incredible 8.9 yards per carry.

If these two backs can repeat this performance in 2019, there’s no way the Oklahoma offense will be stopped. Brooks probably won’t be able to average almost nine yards per carry again, but he showed he has some serious star potential for the Sooners.

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