Danny Stutsman is ready to be the next legendary Oklahoma linebacker - ESPN

THE BLEACH BLONDE Oklahoma linebacker with the ever-changing hairstyles hops in his Corvette convertible in his fur coat, driving home one more cocky statement in a crimson and cream career.

Oh, and Brian Bosworth is there, too.

This isn't a scene from 1986. Rather, it was just weeks ago, in a video featuring Bosworth tossing a set of keys to junior linebacker Danny Stutsman, wearing Barry Switzer's famous mink, in a metaphorical passing of the torch to another cocky Sooners star. Stutsman was announcing that he would be bypassing a chance to enter the NFL draft and instead would lead OU into the SEC.

I'M NOT �� LEAVING. pic.twitter.com/FfCIy23Q9W

— DannyStutsman (@FbStutsman) <a href=«https://twitter.com/FbStutsman/status/1734271807333753052?ref_src=» https:>December 11, 2023

The junior Sooners star broke out as a star on and off the field this year, with his animated tackle celebrations — and there are a lot of tackles — to go along with his fiery motivational speeches, including one that instantly became an all-time OU favorite.

So when it came time to find a model, he didn't have to look too far to find Bosworth, who maintains strong ties to the OU program.

«He's obviously a mentor for a guy like myself. [I want] to be able to soak up as much as he gives me,» Stutsman said earlier this year. «I want to take all that in. He's a high-personality dude but he backed it up on the field.»

Now, since announcing his return in the aforementioned video that signed off with «SEC, see you soon,» Stutsman is the unquestioned leader for Oklahoma heading into Thursday's Valero Alamo Bowl (9:15 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN App), when the No. 12 Sooners face No. 14 Arizona.

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