Sooners’ Dolby dislocates ankle, requires surgery
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Dave Wilson, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 21, 2024, 09:39 PM ET Close Dave Wilson is a college football reporter. He formerly worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun.NORMAN, Okla.– Oklahoma senior defensive back Kendel Dolby dislocated his ideal ankle in the second quarter of Saturday night’s 25-15 loss to Tennessee and will need surgery, coach Brent Venables said.With 8:58 left in the first half, Dolby met Tennessee tackle John Campbell Jr. His ideal leg bent beneath him awkwardly and he immediately got at it.Dolby’s leg was placed in an air cast, and he was surrounded by the entire Oklahoma defense before being
taken off the field.Editor’s Picks 1 Associated Dolby, a junior college transfer who reached Oklahoma last season, was respectable reference All-Big 12 last year with 49 tackles.This season, he had 7 deals with
going into Saturday after missing recently’s game versus Tulane with a concussion. He tape-recorded three tackles versus Tennessee before suffering the injury.The Sooners are also without wide receiver Nic Anderson, who has been week to week with a concealed injury. He started Saturday’s game in uniform, then returned to the locker room and came out in street clothes.Venables said after the game that Anderson re-strained his quad.OU was currently ailing at the receiver position with Jayden Gibson out for the season with a knee injury and Jalil Farooq out with a broken foot suffered in the season opener versus Temple.