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5-Star Oklahoma QB Commit Jackson Arnold Shines on National TV

The future Sooner accounted for 418 yards and five touchdowns against the No. 5-ranked Allen Eagles in Denton Guyer's easy Thursday night victory.

John E. Hoover

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Jackson Arnold wasn’t playing around.

Oklahoma’s 5-star quarterback commit in the 2023 recruiting class threw for 334 yards and accounted for five touchdowns to lead Denton Guyer to a 49-7 victory over Allen on Thursday night in Denton.

Arnold completed 25-of-28 passes and also rushed for 84 yards, including a 58-yard touchdown run, and didn’t commit a turnover.

Guyer, ranked No. 1 by the Dallas Morning News, improved to 8-0 while No. 5 Allen — led by 2024 OU quarterback target Michael Hawkins — fell to 6-2 in a game that was nationally televised on ESPN2.

Arnold threw touchdown passes to Josiah Martin, Si Stovall (12 yards) and Landon Sides (7 and 73 yards).

Another OU target, safety Peyton Bowen, scored two touchdowns on an interception and a multi-tackle-breaking punt return.

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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