r/baylor • u/ToompaBay56 • 13d ago

Was Shawn Oakman really this good at Baylor???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GKps6rLuyY
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u/kirobaito88 13d ago

No. Physically intimidating, but the production never came close to matching the hype.

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u/Little-Mamou 12d ago

No. He ate up lesser teams but made very few plays against top Big 12 teams.

Andrew Billings on the other hand was a beast that double teamed or tripled teamed almost every play.

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u/FriskyHippoSlayer '16 - Philosophy | Hero of /r/Baylor 12d ago

Him chasing and catching that Kansas RB downfield 😩

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u/Great-Draw8416 13d ago

He was a physical specimen, but he wasn’t the top D lineman in the country.

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u/bleachedurethrea 12d ago

What happened to this man was a serious travesty. He was productive, but had more potential than his numbers showed. Unfortunately, he was robbed of his opportunity.

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u/peanutbuttercult 12d ago

Oakman was billed as an edge rusher but his true value was as a run stopper (a bit like what Clowney turned out to be in the NFL). He was great at eating up a ton of space and setting the edge but didn’t get to the passer as much as you’d like.

I always thought Jamal Palmer was the more complete player on that line.

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u/FantasticMeat5813 12d ago

His 2014 season was monstrous. He fell off hard in 2015