Caleb Gastelum Appreciation Thread

[cherokeebrewer]

This young man has really stepped up..."When your number is called, you must perform"

I thought I heard the radio guys say he got a scholarship after the game..not sure, but if so he certainly deserves it.

[CatfishSooner]

Nice to see him get that oskie this time...

[BoulderSooner79]

Righteous thread. I thought Gastelum look as good as any of our defenders when he was playing with the first team. He was clearly the best player on the field once we started substituting. Really nice surprise given our depth issues at ILB.

[aurorasooner]

This this young man has really stepped up..."When your number is called, you must perform"

I thought I heard the radio guys say he got a scholarship after the game..not sure, but if so he certainly deserves it.If that's true, I'm not sure this is the best time to announce it, after Taco Tech announcing they were ok with us giving B. Mayfield a scholly and then us saying, that's nice but we don't have one now to give him.
The way he's been playing, I'm certainly not against giving him a scholly, though.

[BoulderSooner79]

8time mentioned last week we had a scholly to give.

[okiewaker]

Not to mention he hits the books being a First Team Academic All-big 12. Good for him. Congrats

[SoonerForLife92]

I remember seeing him on the roster a year or two ago hoping he would eventually start, he was home-schooled and a walk on so he has an interesting story, plus he wears my high school number. Great to see his plays today, good for him.

[freshchris05]

I think we can all agree the senior deserves the scholarship more. This kid put in a lot of work and deserves this. Good job young man, you did the damn thing.

[hawaii 5-0]

Love to see walk-ons perform well.


5-0

[SouthFortySooner]

I watched the kickoff fumble recovery in the Sugar over and over. Gastelum got it due to exceptional hustle. I'm a fan!

[Piware]

He is all Sooner heart - that's for sure.

[aurorasooner]

I think we can all agree the senior deserves the scholarship more. This kid put in a lot of work and deserves this. Good job young man, you did the damn thing. Is this kid a ""Senior as far as FB eligibility or just a Sr. in school? ie, does he have any eligibility left after this year? I figured he was a Soph or at most a RS JR.

BTW Ball St is leading Iowa 13-3 with about 5 min left in the 4th.

[rock on sooner]

Well, the Fightin Ferentzes pulled it out...two TD's late...

[8timechamps]

Stoops had one scholarship to give after the incoming class was enrolled. As much as we all like having Mayfield, he's still a walk-on, and will have to prove himself a little more before he's put on scholarship. Gastelum has been in the program for going on 4 years, and earned the scholarship (ahead of Mayfield).

This is Gastelum's final year of eligibility, and he's certainly making the most of it!

I always love seeing guys work themselves into a scholarship. Especially an Oklahoma kid.

As many of you have already said, he played a great game. And I agree, when we had all of the second team in the game, he was the best player out there.

Well deserved!

[BB37]

Glad to see a hardworking kid get recognized like this.

[cherokeebrewer]

It's official. Game ball for Caleb and scholarship for the Fall semester...

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/oklahoma-awards-walk-on-lb-caleb-gastelum-a-scholarship-after-career-best-game-201428537.html

[VA Sooner]

Well deserved, young man. Way to step up for the team.

[Flagstaffsooner]

I Salute Mr Caleb!

[8timechamps]

There's a video from the locker room presentation up at SoonerSports. The player's reaction is awesome!

[BoulderSooner79]

There's a video from the locker room presentation up at SoonerSports. The player's reaction is awesome!

Thanks for pointing that out - great to see how close knit this team is.

[cherokeebrewer]

There was a clip of that on the replay show last night...Awesome indeed!

[Pride1Mom]

Yes, there a rewards for never quitting. Sometimes it takes awhile, but it will happen. Staying with it is hard! Congrats to Caleb!!

[cccasooner2]

How did FOX know he was a former walk-on?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtcSEztAM2I&list=PLVie3oW3_z_n9KzUxmT5-EyKTHZYYHoO_&feature=player_detailpage#t=5132

[CatfishSooner]

http://www.soonersports.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?id=3387499&db_oem_id=31000

Here ya go.. great video!

[CatfishSooner]

It's worth a watch!!!!!