Oklahoma football player Sam Bradford holds the Heisman Trophy after he was presented the award at a ceremony Saturday.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Sam Bradford's high school coach stared at the TV, chewing his nails and waiting for the announcement.

When he and about a dozen others heard the name "Sam," they roared so loudly no one could hear the last name. It didn't matter.

It was a night to celebrate for Bob Wilson, Bradford's high school coach at Putnam City North, where he worked with the Oklahoma quarterback who is now a Heisman Trophy winner.

"It felt like right before a state championship game," Wilson said.

Within seconds of Bradford's big win, Wilson received a text from a coaching friend: "He's a stud," the coach wrote about Bradford, who played for Wilson's Panthers from 2003-05.

Yep, they're proud of Bradford at his alma mater.

"You just fight back the emotions and the tears," Wilson said. "You think that maybe you had a small part somewhere" in his success.

"It makes you feel good that sometimes good guys win. To see that everything you talk about as a coach — be disciplined, do things right on and off the field, stay away from people who aren't going to help you to be successful, care about people and have lifelong friends, do all those things, and a kid does that and he wins the Heisman? It doesn't get any better."

Bradford, a sophomore, has posted gaudy statistics for No. 2 Oklahoma (12-1), passing for 4,464 yards and 48 touchdowns this season. Oklahoma has scored 702 points, breaking the major college record of 656 set by Hawaii in 2006. The Sooners are the first major college team in 89 years to score at least 60 points in five straight games.

Bradford was a rare three-year starter for North, which plays in Class 6A, the highest prep level in Oklahoma.