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Former Oklahoma TE Chooses New School

Blake Smith played just one season with the Sooners and made the most of his short time with a touchdown in the opener and a solid overall offensive grade.

John E. Hoover

Former Oklahoma TE Chooses New School
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Blake Smith has a new home.

The former Oklahoma tight end, who entered the NCAA Transfer Portal on Jan. 2 after just one season at OU, announced Sunday that he’ll play this coming season at Texas State.

The 6-foot-4, 256-pound Smith, who played in high school at Southlake (TX) Carroll, began his career at Texas A&M, where he played from 2020-22. He saw limited action with the Aggies, redshirting with zero snaps in 2020, playing in two games in 2021 and finding his way into five games in 2022.

After playing 76 snaps his first two seasons, Smith played 92 offensive snaps for the Sooners in 2023, according to Pro Football Focus. He graded out at 55.5 or better in every game, with three games over 60.0.

At OU last season, Smith played in nine games as a backup tight end as well as multiple special teams. In his career, he had two receptions at A&M and two at OU.

His highlight for the Sooners was a 28-yard touchdown in the season-opening win over Arkansas State. He also caught a touchdown pass last year in the spring game.

 

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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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