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2001 Hula Bowl Maui Player Rosters
North Roster - South Roster
2001 Player Profiles
J.T. Thatcher DB/KR/PR - Oklahoma
2000: Mosio Tatupu Special Teams Player of the Year...First-team All-America (Football News, The Sporting News)...Second-team All-America - returns (The Sporting News)...First-team all-Big 12 - defensive back (Associated Press, Football News)...ranks second in the Big 12 and ninth nationally with a punt return average of 15.8...one of just seven players in Division I-A who has returned two or more punts for touchdowns this season...returned punt for 66 yards and a td vs. Arkansas State (five returns for a school record 160 yards) and also a 60- yarder vs. Baylor (137 yards on seven returns)...has eight interceptions, 16 pass deflections and 60 tackles...had three interceptions and broke up six passes vs. Kansas...in 1999, had a return of 81 yards for a touchdown vs. Oklahoma State. Career: Has played wide receiver, quarterback, running back and defensive back during his career at OU...Holds the OU single-season interception record (8)...stands first on the Sooners' all-time single-season punt return yards list with 599...just the second OU player to top the 500-yard mark in this category...Career average of 17.7 is the second best ever at OU...in 1999 he had a return of 81 yards for a touchdown vs. Oklahoma State. Personal: African & African-American Studies major...born 7/12/78.
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