NORMAN — Moving Reggie Smith back to cornerback didn't require much thought for the Oklahoma coaching staff.
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That might seem odd, considering the way OU's secondary struggled with Smith at cornerback last season. But it wasn't Smith's fault.
When Smith moved to safety in the fourth game, the OU coaches began looking for two good cornerbacks. Now, they feel like they have four.
Smith and Marcus Walker are slotted as the starters this spring, with Lendy Holmes and once-ostracized D.J. Wolfe in backup roles. Among them, only Smith has started fewer than 11 games at cornerback during his career.
"Our plan will be now, during the course of a ballgame, will be able to alternate by every two or three series,” said OU secondary coach Bobby Jack Wright. "Then you've always got fresh corners out there. And good corners.
"It's not like there's nobody over there anymore.”
Along with that, the coaches expect Smith to have a more impressive year at cornerback than he did last year at safety.
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