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Oklahoma DE Noah Arinze Enters Transfer Portal

Arinze, a former 3-star recruit in the 2020 class, played in just one game in his OU career.

John E. Hoover

Oklahoma defensive end Noah Arinze, a redshirt sophomore from St. Louis, has decided to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal.

Arinze announced his decision Monday via Twitter.

The 6-foot-6, 260-pound Arinze was a 3-star prospect in the 202 recruiting class, according to 247 Sports.

He didn’t see any action in 2020 as he redshirted his true freshman season, and last year appeared in one game against Western Carolina.

Arinze chose OU over offers from Texas, Nebraska, Wisconsin and others. He was ranked by 247 as the No. 7 player in the state of Missouri and the nation’s No. 20 strongside defensive end by Rivals.

He committed to Oklahoma in September 2019.

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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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