It's starting to seem like Jason Witten, despite playing his college football career at Tennessee, always wanted to be a Sooner someday.
Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables during the offseason hired Witten, a future Pro Football Hall of Famer, to replace the fired Joe Jon Finley as the Sooners' new tight ends coach in what seemed like a scenario that was too good to be true for OU fans at the time, and Witten might have felt the same way.
Jason Witten explains why he accepted coaching job with Sooners
Witten on Monday, ahead of the Sooners starting spring practices in two weeks, was available to media for the first time since joining OU's staff and explained why he jumped at the opportunity while also giving a lot of praise to Venables and offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle.