"In the Weeds": How OU Football's Offense Could Change with Michael Hawkins as QB1

The Oklahoma Breakdown with Ikard and Lehman

Gabe Ikard and Teddy Lehman

Sports, Football, Basketball

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Gabe Ikard and Teddy Lehman break down the X's and O's of some of the ways that think Oklahoma's offense could change with Michael Hawkins Jr. taking over as QB1 for an injured John Mateer. They look at some of the things Hawkins did well last season and discuss how Sooners OC Ben Arbuckle could set Hawkins up for success. 0:00 Intro 1:22 Michael Hawkins could threaten the edges of the defense in the read run concepts OU runs 4:19 Michael Hawkins makes QB draw a big play threat when OU's offense spreads opposing defenses out 7:37 OU could run more playaction and boot concepts to get Michael Hawkins out on the edge of the defense with the option to throw or run the ball 14:41 OU could move the pocket more to allow Hawkins to throw on the run 18:02 OU can continue to run a lot of empty and attack the middle of with Hawkins at QB 21:36 Michael Hawkins is going to launch some deep balls Official Site: https://okbreakdown.com/episodes/in-the-weeds-how-ou-footballs-offense-could-change-with-michael-hawkins-as-qb1 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahje11ZWX4 • Visit https://www.riverwind.com/ to learn more about Riverwind’s gaming promotions and entertainment options! • Use promo code SOONER on https://didierranch.com/ for 10% off on your first order! • Visit https://shanorfranklin.com/ for all of your oil and gas legal needs! • Use promo code GAMEDAYHYDRATION for 20% off your first order on https://drinktrevi.com/ Follow The Oklahoma Breakdown on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OklahomaBreakdown/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ok_breakdown/ X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/OK_Breakdown TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ok_breakdown Connect with Gabe Ikard: https://www.instagram.com/gabeikard/ https://twitter.com/GabeIkard Connect with Teddy Lehman: https://twitter.com/tedlehman11 #collegefootball #oufootball #secfootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:44.2	Okay, for this in the weeds,
0:45.3	we're going to take a look at some of the things that Michael Hawkins did well a year ago
0:51.2	and how we think the offense could look a little different with him as
0:57.1	QB1 instead of John Matier for however long it takes Matier to get back, Ted.
1:04.4	And I think it's important to acknowledge it's a different system, but you still,
1:10.1	you can still see a lot of similarities between some of the plays we're about to show and some of the things that, some of the things that Ben Arbuckle does offensively.
1:19.4	I like it.
1:21.3	So this first play, we have seen a lot this year, we've seen John Mateer in the read run game as like the gap scheme option and the other option threatening the perimeter of the defense.
1:38.0	We've seen it a lot with the speed sweep action, you know, coming back this way.
1:43.2	And then these pullers getting back and
1:45.8	running the gap scheme this way with Mateer reading it. And if he likes the read, if he,
1:51.6	if he gets a keep read, then he's running a counter concept. Now, Ted, I think it could make a lot
1:58.8	of sense to just flip that with Michael Hawkins.
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