... Sam Bradford, the Oklahoma Sooners' Heisman-winning quarterback, rolled the dice when he announced that he'd come back for another year in school .

It was the football equivalent of splitting tens in blackjack.

At stake: Millions of dollars in NFL riches if Bradford suffered a catastrophic injury or somehow managed to hurt his stock with draftniks, which was sky-high.

In fact, you could argue that the scrutiny and inevitable second-guessing had put more pressure on Bradford to go pro than stay at OU.

Friday night, Bradford, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft, Bleacher Report - NFL