Mason Young

Tulsa World OU Sports Reporter

NORMAN — Brent Venables prophesied on his radio show Monday night that quarterback John Mateer will push the record for coming back from an in-season thumb surgery. Oklahoma’s head coach also emphasized, though, that Mateer shouldn’t overdo it in rehab and risk reinjury.

Offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle, who came with Mateer from Washington State to OU over the offseason, believes his pupil will handle the rehab process well.

“(Mateer) understands his body,” Arbuckle said at his press conference Tuesday. “He understands the recovery process and everything, and he’s going to stick to that process, and if there’s a grey area, he may trend more toward the darker shade of the grey than the lighter shade of grey in the recovery. But that just ste

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