Oklahoma Football Star Wide Receiver Earns FWAA Freshman All-American Honors; Sooners Wideout Gains Accolade After 10 Touchdown Campaign – Report

Anderson came to Norman as a three-star receiver in 2022, according to 247Sports. West Orange High School’s Jayden Gibson ranked ahead of Anderson among the receivers signed to Oklahoma within that class.  

Oklahoma Football WR Nic Anderson: Shines with Sooners This Season

The Sooners scored 41.7 points per game this season, the fourth-best mark in the FBS. Quarterback Dillon Gabriel starred under offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby, throwing for 3,660 yards and 30 scores against six picks. Redshirt freshman Nic Anderson finished tied with fellow wideout Drake Stoops for the team lead in receiving touchdowns with ten. Anderson also only trailed Stoops for the team lead in receiving yards with 798.

Anderson’s coming out party came in mid-September on the road against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane. Anderson pulled a prime Randy Moss, taking three passes for 120 yards and three touchdowns. The Katy, Texas native again broke the receiving century mark in late October, catching five passes for 105 yards and two scores against the Central Florida Knights. Anderson snagged seven receptions for 73 yards and one touchdown in his team’s bowl game loss to the Arizona Wildcats. Former five-star recruit and future starting quarterback Jackson Arnold started the season finale for the Sooners, with Gabriel leaving the program via the transfer portal for the Oregon Ducks.

Oklahoma Football: Wide Receiver Room for Next Fall

Longtime wide receiver and team leader Drake Stoops has exhausted all his college eligibility and, thus, won’t return to the Oklahoma sidelines in 2024. Nic Anderson and Jalil Farooq expect to lead the charge for quarterback Jackson Arnold next season. Farooq had 45 receptions for 694 yards and two scores in 2022. Andrel Anthony and Jayden Gibson should also see an uptick in production and snaps next fall. Anderson transferred from Michigan for the 2023 season, posting 27 receptions for 429 yards and a touchdown. Meanwhile, Gibson, a former four-star signee, had 375 yards and five scores in 14 games last year.

Incoming freshman Zion Kearney and former top recruit Jaquaize Pettaway could also carve out a role under new offensive coordinator Seth Litrell next year.