All healed

Kelly missed spring practice due to a knee injury he suffered in the Fiesta Bowl. He said he’s 100 percent and ready for preseason drills to begin.

He hasn’t missed anything during offseason workouts with teammates.

“I’m doing everything in 7-on-7. I’m catching the ball in traffic. When the ball’s in the air, I go up and go after it,” he said. “I haven’t been hesitant at all. I don’t really worry about it.”

OU coach Bob Stoops also said linebacker Ryan Reynolds is expected to fully recover from the knee surgery he suffered in the spring and should be ready in August.

Turn back the clock

The NCAA has reversed the timing rules it employed last season to help speed up college football games. After a one-year absence, the clock will stop on changes of possession and after kickoffs and punts.

Stoops was one of many coaches who didn’t like last season’s alterations and is glad things are returning to normal. He believes fans will like it, too.

“You think of the people who travel to our games. Not just us, but across the country, coming to the game,” he said. “They don’t want to see a quick game. They’re not looking to be out of there in two and a half, three hours.”

But he did offer a suggestion for speeding things up.

“Still waiting for them to shorten halftime a little bit,” he said. “That’s the worst part of the game for me, sitting there for 20 minutes.”

Splitting time