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Oklahoma WR Earns Big 12 Honor

After a stellar performance against UCF on Saturday, one of the Sooners' redshirt freshman wideouts has earned one of the Big 12's weekly awards.

Randall Sweet

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Oklahoma redshirt freshman wide receiver Nic Anderson was named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week on Monday.

Anderson's award comes on the heels of an impressive performance against UCF that helped lead the Sooners to a two point victory over the Golden Knights. On Saturday, Anderson had a career-high five catches for 105 yards and two touchdowns. 

This is Anderson's second Big 12 Newcomer of the Week honor of the season, as the redshirt freshman won the award following an impressive performance against Tulsa that saw the Katy, TX, native haul in three passes for 120 yards and three touchdowns.

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Anderson has had an incredible season thus far, recording 16 catches for 387 yards and eight touchdowns in seven games. The 6-foot-4 pass catcher is the Big 12 leader in touchdown catches this season and is averaging a whopping 24.2 yards per catch, which ranks second nationally. 

All eight of Anderson's touchdown catches have come since Sept. 16, which is the most in college football during that stretch.

Additionally, Anderson's 50% touchdown catch rate is the highest in the country and would be the highest since for a single season since 1996.

After a disappointing true freshman season that was plagued by injuries, Anderson has been on a tear this season. 

Against Texas in the Red River Rivalry, the former 4-star recruit snagged the game-winning touchdown with less than 20 seconds left in the contest.

With the Sooners' leading receiver, Andrel Anthony, out for the season, Anderson should become a regular in the starting lineup. As the redshirt freshman continues to earn more snaps in Jeff Lebby's offense, he will have the chance to take over as one of Oklahoma's primary offensive weapons.

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Randall Sweet
RANDALL SWEET

Randall is a recruiting analyst and staff writer at AllSooners focusing primarily on OU Football and the recruiting trail. Working as a journalist, Randall has covered the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma City Thunder, and high school sports across the state. A 2022 University of Oklahoma graduate, Randall hails from Lubbock, TX. While in college, Sweet wrote for the OU Daily in addition to working with Sooner Sports Pad and OU Nightly. Following his time at OU, Sweet served as the Communications Coordinator at Visit Oklahoma City before leaving to join the team at AllSooners. The West Texas native has bylines in the Norman Transcript and is a Staff Writer for Inside the Thunder. Randall holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK. 

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