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“(Jacobs) grew up with nothing and did something on his own,†Cunningham wrote.
The more than 100 soccer players were also asked to name their favorite athlete, music artist, TV show and movie.
In the athlete category, a total of 51 were named with Baker Mayfield, Cleveland Browns quarterback and 2017 OU Heisman Trophy winner, and Los Angeles Rams cornerback Jalen Ramsey receiving six votes. each.
But OU Heisman 2018 winner Kyler Murray didn’t appear on a single ballot. Perhaps that’s because no member of the investigation group could have known in August that Murray would have the Arizona Cardinals at 6-0 as the only undefeated team in the NFL and be an early one. contenders for the league MVP.
Other athletes (past and present) who have been nominated twice or more included Steph Curry, Lebron James, Michael Jordan and Russell Westbrook of basketball and Saquon Barkley, Julio Jones, Justin Jones, Ray Lewis, Patrick Mahomes and Adrian Peterson soccer.
Jayce Ward of Cascia Hall said Peterson, the former OU backer and 14-year NFL veteran, “has been my favorite player my whole life.”
Broken Arrow’s Griffin Stieber leaned toward Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce as he played both tight end and quarterback (in high school and University of Cincinnati) . The 6-foot-5 Stieber was the Tigers’ tight end before moving on to quarterback.
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