Top 10 highest-rated Oklahoma HS football players of all time
No. 9 鈥 Austin Box聽
shows that he had a player rating of 0.9817. The 6-foot-3, 215-pounder graduated from Enid High School in the Class of 2007. He played QB, RB, WR and free safety.
As a senior in high school, Box 鈥渟et single-season school records for passing yards (1,938), touchdown passes (29), pass completions (126) and total offense (3,026) and career marks in passing yards (3,848), pass completions (266), passing attempts (512), all-purpose touchdowns (65) and total offense (6,074),鈥 according to the
In 30 games across three years at Box recorded 106 total tackles, including 64 solo tackles and 12.5 tackles for loss. He was as the Sooners鈥 starting linebacker, but he passed away before the season began.聽
in 2011. Reports indicated that Box had a history of sports-related injuries, and ultimately, ingested a dangerous mixture of his pain-relief medications.聽