How to Watch: Oklahoma Players in the All-American Bowl

Joshua Bates, Sammy Omosigho, Makari Vickers and Jasiah Wagoner are all playing in today's all-star game in San Antonio.

John E. Hoover | Jan 7, 2023

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Last week in Orlando, seven Oklahoma signees participated in the Under Armour All-America Bowl.

This week, attention has shifted to San Antonio, where four new Sooners are playing in the All-American Bowl at the Alamodome.

Joshua Bates, Samuel Omosigho, Makari Vickers and Jasiah Wagoner have been in San Antonio all week practicing for Saturday’s game.

Bates is a 4-star center from Durango, CO, Omosigho is a 4-star linebacker from Crandall, TX, Vickers is a 4-star defensive back from Quincy, FL, and Wagoner is a 4-star cornerback from Tacoma, WA.

The game kicks off Saturday at noon on NBC.

Bates, Omosigho and Wagoner are playing for the West squad. Bates is wearing No. 64, Omosigho is wearing No. 7 and Wagoner is wearing No. 0. Vickers is playing for the East squad and is wearing No. 5.

Including defensive lineman Ashton Sanders, who played in the U.S. Army Bowl in Frisco, TX, and defensive lineman Derrick LeBlanc, who landed a spot in Orlando but opted to practice with the Sooners instead, a total of 13 Oklahoma members of the 2023 recruiting class were accorded All-America honors.

OU’s 2023 class currently ranks No. 5 nationally, according to the 247 Sports team rankings. It’s the highest-ranked OU class since 2010 and Brent Venables expects to add more for the February signing day.

Published Jan 7, 2023

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.