NORMAN — Oklahoma redshirt freshman left tackle Orlando Brown was named to the Sporting News’ freshman All-America team Wednesday.
Brown, from Duluth, Ga., has started all 12 of the Sooners’ games this season and has shown significant improvement throughout the year.
The 6-foot-8, 342-pound son of the late former NFL tackle Orlando Brown, Sr., who died in 2011.
Brown and Texas linebacker Malik Jefferson were the only two Big 12 players to make the team.