Barry Sanders Jr. will be following in his father’s footsteps and will transfer to Oklahoma State.
Before Barry Sanders was tearing up the gridiron in the pros, he was dominating the field in college with the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Sanders can now look on as his son, Barry Jr., takes the field in Stillwater for the Cowboys.
Sanders Jr. confirmed to The Oklahoman, that he would be transferring from Stanford to Oklahoma State. Stanford will attend the university as a graduate transfer. That will allow him to become eligible to play this season and he will finally get his opportunity to shine.
At Stanford, Sanders Jr. never really got his chance with the emergence of Christian McCaffrey. McCaffrey put together one of the most ridiculous seasons in college football history and jumped toward the top of the Heisman race as a result of his season.
With McCaffrey only being a sophomore last season, it means that Sanders Jr. just wasn’t going to get the opportunity of full playing time behind the superstar running back that can do it all.
The good news is that Sanders Jr. can now go to where his dad played and have an opportunity to create his own legacy and become the next popular member of the Sanders family in Stillwater.
Sanders Jr. says that his dad supports his decision to transfer to Oklahoma State. “His message to me was to keep an open mind,” Sanders told The Oklahoman. “I think that he would have wanted me to look at more schools. He definitely didn’t want me to make a decision without considering other options. What I told him was that this was something I’ve been thinking about for some time. I just knew this was the right decision and the right fit for a variety of different reasons. So when I kind of explained my reasons behind it, he was pretty comfortable with it and he’s just as excited as I am.”
With the emergence of McCaffrey and the chance to create a legacy at Oklahoma State, the choice makes all the sense in the world. Now on Saturdays, the whole world will get to see a Sanders playing for Oklahoma State once again.