Jenni Carlson
8/6/2014, 02:30 AM
Zack Sanchez entered last season as an unknown, one of many young players on a team looking to rebuild after a 2012 season in which the Sooners' defense was routinely torched by opposing offenses. Sanchez, a redshirt freshman, emerged from preseason practice a year ago as a starting cornerback and steadily improved throughout a season that was capped by a star turn in a win over Alabama in the Sugar Bowl. Only a sophomore, Sanchez now is considered a leader of a defense that is being touted as one of the nation's best. ''We're just a lot wiser,'' said fellow sophomore Dominique Alexander, a linebacker who - like Sanchez - was called upon to play a major role early in his career.
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