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Caleb Williams: All on the Line, Part 3

The nation's top dual-threat QB is high on Oklahoma's priority list

John E. Hoover

Caleb Williams: All on the Line, Part 3
Caleb Williams: All on the Line, Part 3 /

Oklahoma 2021 quarterback target Caleb Williams worked out with Washington QB Dwayne Haskins last week and said he’s viewing the COVID-19 stoppage as a positive for his development as a passer.

Williams is writing a journal for Sports Illustrated — “All on the Line” in which he grants SI All-American exclusive access to his life as a big-time recruit as he gets ready for his senior year at Gonzaga University High School in Washington, D.C.

“I have 30 days off because of this virus,” Williams writes, “and instead of thinking of it as a negative I can think of it as a positive and I'm able to work on myself more, football wise, mentally and physically.”

He said working out with Haskins — “not coming here to sit there and have a brunch and throw a little bit. We’re there to work,” Williams writes — was a “pretty cool experience.”

Williams is the consensus No. 1 dual-threat quarterback prospect in the country, and he reportedly has narrowed his list to Oklahoma, Maryland, Clemson, Penn State, Oregon and LSU.

With campus and in-home visits now shut down nationwide, Williams' most recent trip - to Oklahoma last week - has a chance to be a lasting one.

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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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