Former Oklahoma All-American DE Jimbo Elrod killed in crash
CHANDLER, Okla. — James “Jimbo” Elrod, an All-American defensive end who played on Oklahoma’s 1974 and 1975 national championship teams, died in a car wreck Monday, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said. He was 62.
The single-vehicle crash happened at about 3:45 a.m. on Interstate 44 near Chandler, about 60 miles southwest of Tulsa. The patrol said Elrod was killed after his 2015 Lexus struck a guardrail, ejecting him through the vehicle’s sun roof.