NORMAN — Michael Hawkins Jr. has always known what he wanted to do. As a toddler, he often ran around the Minnesota Vikings practice facility with a football in hand while his father ...

A former four-star recruit out of Frisco Emerson High School, Hawkins Jr. is the son of former OU cornerback Michael Hawkins Sr. and his younger brother Maliek Hawkins is a high school senior who ...

FRISCO, Texas — As soon as Maliek Hawkins snagged an interception Friday night, his mom’s phone rang. It was Maliek’s older brother, OU quarterback Michael Hawkins Jr., just calling to ...

Monumental resets seem to happen every three years within the OU program with Monday night’s announcement that Michael Hawkins Jr. will be the starting quarterback at Auburn. This is a reminder ...

Oklahoma football quarterback Michael Hawkins Jr. is set for the biggest game of his young career on Saturday when he leads the Sooners into Dallas against No. 1 Texas. Hawkins Jr., who's set to ...

NORMAN — Michael Hawkins’ sudden ascension to the starting quarterback job at Oklahoma should be no surprise to OU fans who have been following his story. Sooners On SI has chronicled Hawkins ...

No. 21 Oklahoma will start Michael Hawkins Jr. at quarterback on Saturday against Auburn, coach Brent Venables announced on Monday. Hawkins will replace former five-star signal caller Jackson ...

This story originally published on Oct. 9, 2024. Michael Hawkins Jr. chose the hard path. Or, at least in this era of college football, the path that often ends with a trip to the transfer portal ...

The Sooners turned to true freshman quarterback Michael Hawkins, who will start this week for the Sooners. Hawkins rewarded the Sooners with a pair of touchdown drives in the fourth quarter to ...

DALLAS — The upset script for OU against Texas looked something like this: forced turnovers, maybe some special teams chicanery and Michael Hawkins Jr. hero ball. That last part was crucial.