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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, November 12, 1968
O J appears sure Heisman winner
LOS ANGELES (UPI)—O. J.
Simpson will win the Heisman
Trophy this season and go on to
instant success as a pro.
That's the opinion of Jon Arnett, the famed "jaguar" who electrified University of Southern California football fans in the middle 1950s.
"Perhaps, O. J., may be even more productive as a pro," Arnett offered.
In his second year of retirement after an outstanding 10-year National Football League Career, Jon is amazed by Simpson's durability.
"That's his greatest asset," the 33-year-old former USC halfback said in a discussion last week about the current Trojan rushing star.
Tiger's Wehrli is Big Eight back
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UPI)
To Dan Devine, coach of sixthranked Missouri, defensive safety Roger Wehrli is plainly and simply "a good football player."
"He's very steady," Devine said. "He likes to play defense and he likes to return punts."
Not only does Wehrli like to return punts, he's one of the best in the nation at it.
Saturday, in the 42-7 victory over Iowa State, the 6-0, 184-pound senior returned six punts for 149 yards to set up four Tiger touchdowns and break two conference records.
This week, he was named Big Eight Back of the Week.
He now holds the conference records for punt return yardage in a single game 149 and career 1,033. He also needs only 51 yards in two remaining games to break the old single season record of 515 set by Oklahoma's Jack Mitchell, the former Kansas coach, in 1948. Mitchell also held the old career mark of 927 set during the 1946-47-48 seasons.
Wehri himself held the old single-game mark of 135, set earlier this year in Missouri's only loss, a 12-6 defeat at Kentucky.
After four of his long returns, Missouri went on to score touchdowns and break the game open. His longest was for 49 yards while his others went for 33, 26 and another 26 yarder which he ran without a single blocker.
"I'm real happy that he's back of the week," Devine said. The coach said he thought "our punt return game certainly was a big factor in giving us good field position."
"I felt O. J. should have won the Heisman Trophy last year," Arnett continued. "There's no doubt he will win it this year. He's the most exciting thing around right now.
Right for pros
"As far as the pros are concerned, he has the size, strength and intelligence. There's no doubt he'll be a star right away."
Jon gets a chance to see Simpson in action each week since he is the color man for a Los Angeles television station covering the USC football games. The station shows the games on Sundays.
days.
That's only a sideline, though.
He's vice president of sales on Global Van Lines, a national moving company based in nearby Anaheim.
Does he miss playing football? "No. I rather enjoy watching it and not having people hit me."
Arnett, also a track standout at USC, was the No. 1 draft choice of the Los Angeles Rams in 1957. The high point of his
career came in in 1958 when he gained 295 yards in a 41-35 victory over the Chicago Bears.
He was traded to the Bears in 1964 after being hampered by leg and knee injuries.
The 1968 USC team, in his opinion, isn't as good as last year's Trojan national championship club.
"I thought it would be stronger than last year's team but it has lacked the quality of defense. Last year's USC team was as good as any college team I've ever seen and the losses to graduation hurt."
Arnett compares Simpson with Jimmy Brown.
"He's that type of a runner. He's very strong and makes six or seven yards when he only makes two."
Does the former Trojan star think O. J. has any weakness?
"The only question is whether he can block. He doesn't have to now because he carries the ball so much. But John McKay the USC coach says he can and John is a fine coach so I have to believe he can."
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Banged up Jayhawks prepare for K-State
Injuries predominated in yesterdays practice as the Jayhawks prepared for K-State.
"This is as sore as we've been all year," said coach Pepper Rodgers. "We've got a whole bunch of people banged up."
Dave Aikins, 6-3, 222 pound offensive guard from Erie, suffered a cut on his right thumb said team physician John Barton. Split end George McGowan,
6-2, 190 pound from Glendale,
Calif., sustained a cleat injury to
his right leg. The other starting
end, 6-4, 210 pound John Mosier is nursing a sprained left
thumb. Al Jakobcic, 6-1, 214
pound middle guard suffered an
injured left knee. He has been
favoring a bad right knee for
most of the season.
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