And if you go 0-for-3 for 12 months, you need a fresh start, so we helped 21 guys, give or take, find a fresh start.” Here’s three: Go to class, live right off the field and when you show up here you show up with respect and appreciation with your opportunity. “I gave guys 12 months of grace to figure it out. I was unlike Deion,” he told the station.
Venables’ Oklahoma team went 6-7 a season ago, the first losing season for the program since 1998, and after the season, told local radio station KREF that he helped 21 players find new homes.