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Former Oklahoma TE Announces Transfer Destination

Jackson Sumlin, son of former Sooners assistant Kevin Sumlin, walked on at OU and played for the Sooners for three seasons.

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Jackson Sumlin is Florida-bound.

Sumlin, who played for Oklahoma for three years and entered the transfer portal last month, announced Friday on Twitter that he’s landed at Florida Atlantic.

Sumlin is the son of former Sooners assistant coach Kevin Sumlin, who was head coach at Houston, Texas A&M and Arizona State.

At FAU, Sumlin will play for Owls coach Tom Herman.

Sumlin was a walk-on in OU’s 2020 recruiting class and redshirted his first season. He then played in 11 games in 2021, mostly on special teams, where he got 65 total snaps, according to Pro Football Focus.

Also that season, Sumlin caught four passes for 25 yards as a redshirt freshman, including three receptions for 19 yards against Western Carolina and one catch for six yards against Texas Tech.

Sumlin dealt with injuries in 2022 under Brent Venables and did not play.

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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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