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Oklahoma Coach Bob Stoops: Landry Jones, not Sam Bradford, will start against Miami

By Chris Dufresne
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Oklahoma Coach Bob Stoops announced today that redshirt freshman Landry Jones, not Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford, would start at quarterback against Miami in Saturday’s important non-conference game in South Florida.

Bradford has been out since injuring his throwing shoulder in the Sooners’ opening

loss to Brigham Young on Oct. 3. Bradford returned to practice this week but is not quite ready to resume game action.

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‘Sam has made daily progress, but we don’t feel like he’s quite where he needs to be yet,’ Stoops said. ‘Our team has a lot of confidence in Landry’s ability and we’re looking forward to going into the game with him at quarterback. Our approach will be the same that it has been in the last two games.’

Jones has led No. 8 Oklahoma to two victories in Bradford’s absence, throwing for nine touchdowns in lopsided victories against Idaho State and Tulsa. Jones has completed 49 of 81 passes for 673 yards.

-- Chris Dufresne

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Chris Dufresne

Chris Dufresne was the Los Angeles Times’ national college football/basketball columnist from 1995 to 2015. He also covered skiing at the Winter Olympics and wrote extensively on most sports. He is a multiple national award winner and was named 2011 California Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Assn. A Los Angeles native, he started at The Times in 1976 as a truck loader and literally worked his way up (two floors to be exact).

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