Oklahoma, Big 12 Announces Media Days Attendees

The Sooners are headed to Arlington next week with Brent Venables as the man in charge.

Ross Lovelace | Jul 6, 2022

Player attendees for the 2022 Big 12 Media Days were announced on Wednesday morning, as the Sooners will send four players to Arlington.

Brent Venables split up the group evenly, opting to take two offensive players and two defensive players.

Leading the group of Sooners is new quarterback Dillon Gabriel and veteran wide receiver Marvin Mims. Gabriel is a highly-touted transfer QB from UCF, while Mims has been a staple of the OU offense for multiple seasons.

On the defensive end, redshirt junior Woodi Washington and sophomore Ethan Downs will be representing. Washington looks lead the secondary after his impressive sophomore season was injury riddled. Downs seems destined for a breakout year after emerging as a key contributor in his first season.

While the new-look Big 12 won’t take shape until next season, there are still plenty of big names to follow at Media Days. Other players scheduled to attend:

Texas: RB Bijan Robinson, RB Roschon Johnson, LB DeMarvion Overshown, DE Ovie Oghoufo
Baylor: LB Dillon Doyle, LB Bryson Jackson, TE Ben Sims
Iowa State: LB O’Rien Vance, WR Xavier Hutchinson, OL Trevor Downing
Kansas: S Kenny Logan Jr, QB Jalon Daniels, RB Devin Neal, OL Earl Bostick Jr.
Kansas State: QB Adrian Martinez, RB Deuce Vaughn, LB Daniel Green, DT Eli Huggins
Oklahoma State: QB Spencer Sanders, WR Brennan Presley, DE Brock Martin, DE Tyler Lacy
TCU: C Steve Avila, CB Tre’vious Hodges-Tomlinson, WR Quintin Johnson, LB Dee Winters
Texas Tech: OL Caleb Rogers, WR Myles Price, OLB Tyree Wilson, DB Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
West Virginia: WR Bryce Ford-Wheaton, OL Zach Frazier, DL Dante Stills, CB Charles Woods

Big 12 Media Days will take place at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX, on July 13-14.

Published Jul 6, 2022

ROSS LOVELACE

Experience Ross is a young, up-and-coming sports reporter who has covered the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Oklahoma Sooners over the past six years. He's made guest appearances on various radio stations and has helped out with the All Sooners podcast whenever he gets the chance. Ross enjoys public speaking and has done so at multiple churches and high schools across the OKC metro area. In addition to writing, Ross has been the Play-by-Play announcer for Crossings’ basketball and football programs since 2020. In high school, Ross worked for self-starter blogs and latched onto Thunder Digest, where he discovered his passion for writing. From there, he worked for the OU Daily as a women's basketball reporter and was hired by All Sooners. Ross landed an internship with Sports Illustrated's Inside the Thunder and has since become a full-time contributor. One day, Ross hopes to work in the NBA. Work History Education Ross holds a bachelor's degree in Public Relations and a minor in Communication from the University of Oklahoma. Personal Born and raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Ross played basketball and wrote for his own Thunder blog at Crossings High School in OKC, OK. He enjoys reading, New York Jets football and a week at the beach. Ross is engaged to be married at the end of the year. His Twitter handle is @Rosslovelace.