Sam Bradford, freshman novelty?

Not any more.

Sam Bradford, maybe the best quarterback in the nation?

Could be.

Let’s ask Bob Stoops.

“I’m not going to go into any of those types of questions,” he said.

Let’s ask it another way.

Three games in, is Bradford at least what he’s doing: 11 touchdowns, one pick, 80 percent completions, good decisions. Is he all that?

“He is what he’s doing,” Stoops said. “He is a good player and he’s playing in a great way right now.”

Good enough.

Offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson says he still has a ton to learn and more tests to pass, three games is only three games. It’s not like he’s had to dodge the kitchen sink just yet. Then again …

“He’s far from a complete player, but with his intelligence, work ethic, athletic ability, he’ll do nothing but continue to grow,” Wilson said. “Now that doesn’t mean he’s always going to have the same statistical numbers, but he’s going to get better and better every week.”

And with Tulsa, Colorado, even Texas — which had to hold on to get past Central Florida 35-32 Saturday — coming up, what on earth could better and better look like?

Leaving the how-good-he-might-become question and returning to the how-the-heck-did-he-ever-get-to-here question, the best answer yet was offered up by Malcolm Kelly, who caught two of Bradford’s touchdown passes Saturday.

It seems, perhaps, Bradford won the job from Keith Nichol and Joey Halzle and then went about getting a lot better.