Evaluating the present roster, Sooners Wire profiles the present gamers, with cornerback Joshua Eaton up subsequent.
Heading into the 2022 season, cornerback depth stays a little bit of a query mark for the Oklahoma Sooners. Oklahoma seems stable on the skin, headlined by Woodi Washington and D.J. Graham. Hoping to assist reply the positional depth query is junior cornerback Joshua Eaton.
Eaton has appeared in 15 video games over his first two seasons with the Oklahoma Sooners in a reserve position. In 2021, he performed 10 or extra defensive snaps in a recreation thrice, towards Tulane, Western Carolina, and TCU. Over his first two seasons, he’s solely been focused 10 occasions, permitting six receptions for 93 yards and one landing. The landing got here in 2021 when the Sooners performed TCU and 2022 preseason All-Large 12 choice Quentin Johnston.
With 122 snaps over his first two seasons, Eaton has some expertise to construct off of and he has the dimensions to be disruptive as an out of doors cornerback for the Oklahoma Sooners protection.
Preseason Participant Profile
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Ht: 6-1
Wt: 182
Class in 2021: Sophomore
247Sports Composite Rating
4-star Cornerback | No. 27 Cornerback | No. 52 in Texas
Profession Stats
Offered by CFB at Sports activities Reference: View Unique Desk
Generated 7/17/2022.
PFF Rankings (Staff Rankings) for 2021
| Grades | Def Grade | Run Def | Tackling | Protection |
| Eaton | 51.6 (forty sixth) | 61 (thirty first) | 47.3 (twenty fourth) | 50.3 (thirty sixth) |
Depth Chart Overview
Woodi Washington and D.J. Graham look to be your beginning cornerbacks on the skin, and the Sooners made strikes within the switch portal so as to add Kani Walker and C.J. Coldon. Nevertheless, in a brand new yr with a brand new teaching workers, depth chart positions and Eaton’s expertise might turn out to be useful in serving to him carver out a job on the Sooners’ protection.