[Goose]

Is Baklenko 100% "gone"?

It appears so, to Oklahoma based upon his social-media page.

Not surprised that a blueblood program is taking a chance on Baklenko, who has pretty much ideal size and a bit more athleticism than average.

If you can stomach it, a former OU lineman had done a film analysis of his play at Stanford (as an aside, this vid has more than 11k views, which just shows the level of rabid fandom for Oklahoma football):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkJ_vRhiDqc

Interesting point in the video that Baklenko came out every time Lamson came in for the short yardage plays.  Oh well, not our concern any more.

I think the commentator actually said why on a previous running play example where he stated he wanted to see a lower pad level. Baklenko plays standing up. He doesn't get a low enough pad level for the short yardage plays. His long arms and stance work fine on pass blocking but not so well on run blocking. Of course, Foster Sarell played from a similar stance and he is in the NFL. He hasn't set the world on fire, but he is there.

[Goose]

Is Baklenko 100% "gone"?

It appears so, to Oklahoma based upon his social-media page.

Not surprised that a blueblood program is taking a chance on Baklenko, who has pretty much ideal size and a bit more athleticism than average.

If you can stomach it, a former OU lineman had done a film analysis of his play at Stanford (as an aside, this vid has more than 11k views, which just shows the level of rabid fandom for Oklahoma football):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkJ_vRhiDqc

Interesting point in the video that Baklenko came out every time Lamson came in for the short yardage plays.  Oh well, not our concern any more.

I think the commentator actually said why on a previous running play example where he stated he wanted to see a lower pad level. Baklenko plays standing up. He doesn't get a low enough pad level for the short yardage plays. His long arms and stance work fine on pass blocking but not so well on run blocking. Of course, Foster Sarell played from a similar stance and he is in the NFL. He hasn't set the world on fire, but he is there.