Lincoln Riley: Austin Stogner is 'sore' but 'making improvements'

Riley is hoping to get Stogner back to practice soon for Saturday's game with No. 14 Oklahoma State

John E. Hoover | Nov 16, 2020

Lincoln Riley: Austin Stogner is 'sore' but 'making improvements' /

Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley said Monday morning that tight end Austin Stogner was “sore” but is “making improvements.”

Stogner was injured in the second quarter of the Sooners’ last game against Kansas on Nov. 7. He caught a pass and took a hard shot to the knees, then limped off the field and did not return. He watched most of the second half in street clothes.

“Doing better,” Riley said when SI Sooners asked on the weekly Big 12 coaches teleconference. “Sore. I imagine the off week, there was some benefit to him there having some time.”

Riley said the Sooners haven’t practiced yet this week for Saturday night's game with Bedlam rival Oklahoma State, and he expected to know more when they do hit the field later Monday.

“We’ll get him back out there, see how he’s doing,” Riley said. “Sore last week, but making improvements.”

The 18th-ranked Sooners and 14th-ranked Cowboys meet at 6:30 p.m. on Owen Field. OU is a 10-point favorite and the game will be broadcast on ABC.

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Published Nov 16, 2020

JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.