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Oklahoma DT Target Picks Texas A&M

Lebbeus Overton, the No. 1 recruit in the nation in the 2023 class before reclassifying to 2022, was set to visit the Sooners for their Spring Game on April 23.

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Oklahoma DT Target Picks Texas A&M
Oklahoma DT Target Picks Texas A&M /
Lebbeus Overton
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Texas A&M's No. 1-ranked 2022 recruiting class just got even better.

As expected, Lebbeus Overton on Friday picked Texas A&M over Oklahoma, Ohio State, Georgia and Oregon. According to Texas, Overton has signed his National Letter of Intent.

Overton was the No. 1 overall recruit in the 2023 class, but chose to reclassify to 2022 and start his college football career this fall. He chose Texas A&M during a nationally televised ceremony on Friday afternoon.

Overton, whose father Milton played at OU in the 1990s, is the eighth 5-star prospect as rated by 247 Sports to join Jimbo Fisher's Class of 2022, which includes 29 newcomers in all.

Overton, from Alpharetta, GA, had previously announced he would take his official visit to OU on April 23 for the Sooners' annual Red/White Game. That raised hopes that Brent Venables and new defensive tackles coach Todd Bates could land OU's first 5-star defensive tackle since Jamarkus McFarland in 2009.

Instead, the Sooners' '22 class holds steady at No. 8 overall in the 247 Sports team rankings. OU's class, a group of 21 that consists 10 early enrollees already on campus, includes three defensive tackles: 4-star Gracen Halton from San Diego, 3-star Cedric Roberts of Pflugerville, TX, and 3-star Alton Tarber of Deerfield Beach, FL.

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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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