Sam Bradford
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Born Samuel Jacob Bradford on November 8, 1987 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Sam plays quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners in the NCAA college football tournament. In just his first collegiate start, Bradford has already made head turns with a career game against North Texas where he set his career best in passing yards and in the process broke a record for passing yards in a half. Bradford has also been consistently in the lead among the nation's quarterbacks in terms of passing as he leads the likes of Tim Tebow, Graham Harrell, Dennis Dixon, and Colt Brennan in the QB rating category. He ended his freshman year as the most efficient passer with a rating of 176.5.
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Personal Life
Sam, a member of the Cherokee Nation, is the only son of Kent and Martha Bradford. Sam's father is one-eighth Native American, his mother is white but is one-sixteenth Native American, while his great grandmother, Susie Walkingstick, was a full-blooded Cherokee Indian. Aside from football, Sam has also played golf and basketball. He has a vertical leap of 34.5 inches. Sam is a second-generation Sooner as his father, currently an Oklahoma City insurance agent, also suited up for Oklahoma from 1975-78 under Barry Switzer.
High School
Bradford played for Putnam City North High School in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma under coach Bob Wilson. As member of Putnam City North's basketball team during his senior year, he normed 18.4 points and 10.5 rebounds for the Panthers. On the football field, Bradford threw for 2,422 yards and 19 touchdowns as a senior and was named All-State second team by The Oklahoman and was also listed as an Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State. Bradford ranked among the nation's top 20 prospects at quarterback, listed behind the likes of Matthew Stafford and Mitch Mustain among the high school class of 2006. The SuperPrep All-American and PrepStar All-American was ranked no.17 QB in the nation by CollegeFootballNews.com, Scout.com, PrepStar.com, and SuperPrep. He was also listed as the no.12 pro-style quarterback in the nation and the no.6 player in Oklahoma by Rivals.com, and was ranked as the no.15 player in the Midlands by SuperPrep.
College
Among the teams that recruited Bradford were Texas Tech, Texas A&M, Michigan, and a few others.
2006
Redshirted.
2007
After Oklahoma's Rhett Bomar was kicked off the team for violating NCAA rules in 2006, and senior quarterback-wide receiver Paul Thompson, who led the 2006 Oklahoma team to the Big 12 championship, graduated from the team, the playcalling position left a three-way race for the 2007 season. Bradford contested for the spot (and won at camp in fall) with true freshman Keith Nichol and junior Joey Halzle (who among the three was the only one who had thrown a college pass).
Bradford made his debut against North Texas and played for just a little over two quarters before sitting out the rest of the lopsided 79-10 win over the Mean Green. During that game, Bradford completed 21 of 23 attempts for 363 yards and three touchdowns, while breaking the school record for passing yards in a half with 350. The following game, Bradford broke another passing record, this time it was Heisman Trophy winner Jason White's school-record for most consecutive pass completion which Bradford eclipsed at 22 (completions). Bradford went on to finish the game completing 19-of-25 passes for 205 yards and a school-record-tying 5 touchdown passes to lead Oklahoma to a 51-13 win over Miami (Fla.) and earn for himself his first recognition as a Sooner, the national offensive player of the week, given by the Walter Camp Foundation.
Career Stats
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| Year | Cmp | Att | Yds | Cmp% | Ypa | Lng | TD | Int | Sack | Rat |
| 2007 | 237 | 341 | 3121 | 69.5 | 9.15 | 65 | 36 | 8 | 12 | 176.52 |
Highlights
| Post game interview with starting quarterback Sam Bradford after the Sooners blew out North Texas, 79-10. |
Achievements
2007
- Academic All-Big 12
- All-Big 12 honorable mention (coaches and AP)
- Big 12 Co-Offensive Player of the Week (9/10)
- CFN Big 12 Player of the Year
- CFN freshman All-American
- Manning Award finalist
- Rivals freshman All-American
- Sports Illustrated All-America honorable mention
- The Sporting News All-Big 12 Freshman
- The Sporting News freshman All-American
- The Sporting News Freshman of the Year
- Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week (Week 2)
