Ex-Oklahoma football star defends Cale Gundy after resignation: No 'racist bone in his body'

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Joe Mixon, current Cincinnati Bengals star running back and former Oklahoma standout, defended Sooners assistant Cale Gundy after the football coach resigned.

Gundy, who had been on the Oklahoma coaching staff since 1999, resigned because of his use of a "shameful and hurtful" word during a film session. His abrupt decision came Sunday night with the season less than a month away. The word Gundy used was not made clear, but the former coach assured he should have never said it.

Mixon, who played for Oklahoma in 2015 and 2016, said in a letter to the school that Gundy was not a racist and owed "who I am as a person to him."

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Running back Joe Mixon, #25 of the Oklahoma Sooners, walks the field after the game against the Oklahoma State Cowboys December 3, 2016 at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. (Brett Deering/Getty Images)

"Most important Coach Gundy is not, and I repeat is not a racist in any way nor has a racist bone in his body, mind or soul," Mixon said. "I grew up in the Bay Area and went to school obviously in Oklahoma. I know racists, I have witnesses both obvious and discreet forms of racism and have known and detested even more actual racist. Coach Gundy is the furthest thing from this type of person. I spent every day for the 1,000 days I was in Norman with him, and I never saw anything that would lead anyone to believe this or think this.

"During my years at OU, there was one constant and that was Coach Gundy. He was always there for me and all of my teammates, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, summer, winter, spring, and fall. No favor was too big, no