Oklahoma State University Athletics
Experience Turning To Leadership for Sills
October 07, 2020 | Cowboy Football
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STILLWATER – Josh Sills has made an immediate impact on the Oklahoma State football team since arriving in Stillwater as a graduate transfer. Sills started 24 games for West Virginia and has used his experience to become a vocal leader among a young Cowboy offensive line.
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"I go back to when I played my first game as a redshirt freshman," Sills said. "West Virginia was playing Virginia Tech at the (Washington Football Team's) stadium and it was sold out and super loud. I was nervous and I had to lean on those guys around me. I kind of relate to those guys by putting myself in their situation and know that I've been there and they have to have someone to look to."
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OSU fans saw the leadership his coaches and teammates praise him for firsthand in the "Our Time: Oklahoma State football" documentary on ESPN+.
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Sills appreciates the high remarks he has received, but sees himself as just another Cowboy.
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"I look at myself as another guy that just goes out and tries to do my job to the best of my ability and get my one-eleventh done," Sills said. "At the end of the day I don't look at myself that way, I just look at myself as one of the guys who play football."
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Sills is an anchor on the offensive line that has opened holes for Cowboy running backs to rush for 100 yards three times on the season, including the game against his former team when Chuba Hubbard and LD Brown both topped the century mark.
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After completing his undergraduate degree in Agribusiness Management at West Virginia, Sills was attracted to Oklahoma State because of the university's agriculture program. As for football, he bought into the Cowboy culture after phone calls with the coaches and his only other experience in Stillwater when he faced OSU as a Mountaineer in 2018.
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"Playing a team like that you can definitely go back to the type of kids that the coaches recruit and get to come here," Sills said. "They are gritty, they never give up and are hard working. Those are the people I want to be around because that's how you get the best out of each and every person."
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In his short time at Oklahoma State so far Sills has made his mark in the program, but the program has also made an everlasting mark in him.
"It has been everything that I hoped for," Sills said on his decision to come to OSU. "The relationships and the people that I have met and built here have been better than most and will truly last a lifetime."
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STILLWATER – Josh Sills has made an immediate impact on the Oklahoma State football team since arriving in Stillwater as a graduate transfer. Sills started 24 games for West Virginia and has used his experience to become a vocal leader among a young Cowboy offensive line.
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"I go back to when I played my first game as a redshirt freshman," Sills said. "West Virginia was playing Virginia Tech at the (Washington Football Team's) stadium and it was sold out and super loud. I was nervous and I had to lean on those guys around me. I kind of relate to those guys by putting myself in their situation and know that I've been there and they have to have someone to look to."
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OSU fans saw the leadership his coaches and teammates praise him for firsthand in the "Our Time: Oklahoma State football" documentary on ESPN+.
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Sills appreciates the high remarks he has received, but sees himself as just another Cowboy.
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"I look at myself as another guy that just goes out and tries to do my job to the best of my ability and get my one-eleventh done," Sills said. "At the end of the day I don't look at myself that way, I just look at myself as one of the guys who play football."
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Sills is an anchor on the offensive line that has opened holes for Cowboy running backs to rush for 100 yards three times on the season, including the game against his former team when Chuba Hubbard and LD Brown both topped the century mark.
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After completing his undergraduate degree in Agribusiness Management at West Virginia, Sills was attracted to Oklahoma State because of the university's agriculture program. As for football, he bought into the Cowboy culture after phone calls with the coaches and his only other experience in Stillwater when he faced OSU as a Mountaineer in 2018.
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"Playing a team like that you can definitely go back to the type of kids that the coaches recruit and get to come here," Sills said. "They are gritty, they never give up and are hard working. Those are the people I want to be around because that's how you get the best out of each and every person."
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In his short time at Oklahoma State so far Sills has made his mark in the program, but the program has also made an everlasting mark in him.
"It has been everything that I hoped for," Sills said on his decision to come to OSU. "The relationships and the people that I have met and built here have been better than most and will truly last a lifetime."
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