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2021 RB Camar Wheaton Puts OU in Final 3

One of the top running back prospects in the 2021 class has Oklahoma alongside Alabama and LSU

John E. Hoover

Camar Wheaton
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Camar Wheaton, one of the top running backs in the 2021 class and the No. 9 prospect in the Preseason SI99, trimmed his college list to three late Monday night.

CAMAR WHEATON'S SI ALL-AMERICAN BIO 

Oklahoma, LSU and Alabama made Wheaton’s cut, meaning he has dropped Texas from consideration. The Longhorns had been widely considered a leading contender for the Garland, TX prospect.

Wheaton rushed for 1,142 yards and 15 touchdowns last year at Lakeview Centennial High School. He’s the Dallas Morning News’ No. 3 overall player in the Metroplex area.

Wheaton teased a top two earlier Monday, but then changed course slightly just after midnight and revealed his top three instead.

Wheaton attended last weekend’s Sooner Summit with a handful of other top uncommitted prospects, where he was photographed throwing the “horns down” sign — apparently a good indicator that he would be eliminating the Longhorns.

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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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