josh hayes

Adrian Peterson says he chose Oklahoma over Texas after Mack Brown told him he would redshirt behind Cedric Benson despite being the No. 1 recruit in the country “Me being from Texas, I was a Longhorn all the way. My uncle went there, so I used to go to the games. He played with Ricky Williams, [Major] Applewhite, and Priest Holmes. I was seeing guys run the rock. So that that really had me locked in even more” “But ultimately what it came down to it was Cedric Benson had decided to come back for his senior year. He was projected to be a top five pick his junior year. Stayed there, decided to come back to Texas. So, Mack Brown was like, ‘Hey, man, we gonna be loyal to Cedric because he’s coming back, and pretty much we’re going to redshirt’” “I’m the number one player in the country. I got USC, they got Reggie Bush, LenDale White and Hershel Dennis. They telling me if I come in, I can compete for the spot. Every school was telling me the same thing but Texas. That really shifted my focus. So it really came down between USC and Oklahoma”