NORMAN — As Ty Darlington left Tuesday morning’s Max Weitzenhoffer Scholar-Athlete Breakfast carrying a stack of awards, Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione stopped him.
“We have a trailer if you need it,” Castiglione quipped. “We’ll hook it up with a car.”
The awards, accolades and responsibilities have piled up over the past year for Darlington, the OU football team’s center who will be a senior in the fall.
Darlington went to Washington D.C. in January, served as one of 15 student-athlete representatives at the annual NCAA convention and stole the show with his passionate plea for greater protection against concussions.