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  Austin Stogner was begging for relief. "You've got to knock me out," Stogner told doctors at Oklahoma City's McBride Orthopedic Hospital. "I'm going through it right now." Pain was nothing new for Stogner, OU's bruising tight end that was having a breakout season before the helmet of Kansas safety Ricky Thomas collided with Stogner's thigh last Nov. 7, knocking him out of the game. But this? This was different. "It was excruciating," Stogner said Thursday at OU's Media Day, a day before the Sooners begin preseason camp.

In the days that followed the series of events that led him to McBride in early November, the focus became not about whether Stogner's football season would continue but whether he'd be able to recover from a strep infection that led him to lose about 35 pounds and struggle to do things that once seemed easy. But nearly nine months later, Stogner says he's back to being the player he was before Thomas' helmet met his legs. "I feel 100%," Stogner said. "I feel the best I've felt since being injured - since I've been here." Stogner missed the Sooners' last two regular-season games and the Big 12 title game before returning to have a 12-yard reception in the Cotton Bowl win over Florida. Even missing that time, Stogner finished as OU's third-leading receiver with 26 catches for 422 yards and three touchdowns. He was one of quarterback Spencer Rattler's top targets, especially in red-zone situations and other critical moments. - Daily Oklahoman


rSr/2024 TE Austin StognerOklahoma
News Source: Daily Oklahoman



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