Mason Young

Tulsa World OU Sports Reporter

NORMAN — If John Mateer is unable to play against Texas on Saturday, it’ll be Michael Hawkins Jr. under center once again for No. 5 Oklahoma.

Hawkins filled in for the injured Mateer against Kent State last weekend and had an up and down performance versus the Golden Flashes.

He completed just 14-of-24 passes (58.3%) for 167 yards, but three for three touchdowns and added a fourth on the ground.

Offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle has since watched the tape and has a good idea of what adjustments he needs to make to prepare Hawkins for OU-Texas.

“I think Mike played really confident,” Arbuckle said Tuesday. “I thought he had great eyes. He knew where to go with the ball. Really on point a lot of times. There’s some things maybe we could clean

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