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OU football: Brendan Radley-Hiles 'on cusp of breaking out'

NORMAN — Brendan Radley-Hiles, better known as “Bookie,” was Oklahoma's most-talked about freshman in fall camp, and that talk has transitioned into Radley-Hiles being one of three Sooner true freshmen to have played in all four games.

Radley-Hiles is seventh on the team with 19 tackles, but his transformation from a prized prospect to a productive defender is still in progress.

“He's been eager,” coach Lincoln Riley said. “He's almost been, at times, so eager to make big plays that he's having to learn to let the game come to him a little bit right now.