All Sooners

Oklahoma Gets Legacy Commit from LB Casen Calmus

The son of All-American linebacker Rocky Calmus has committed to OU as a preferred walk-on.

John E. Hoover

In this story:

Brent Venables landed his first legacy commitment on Friday.

Casen Calmus, the son of Butkus Award winner Rocky Calmus, announced via Twitter that he’s committed to Oklahoma. Rocky Calmus played for Venables at OU from 1999-2001 and was a two-time consensus All-American and won the Butkus in '01.

Calmus, a four-sport athlete at Brentwood Academy in Nashville, TN, said it was a “dream come true.”

The 5-foot-11, 192-pound Calmus, a member of the 2023 recruiting class, will be a preferred walk-on for the Sooners.

In 11 games this season, Calmus caught nine passes for 84 yards and a touchdown on offense, returned 14 punts for 102 yards on special teams, and totaled 24 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, one quarterback sack, one interception for a 63-yard touchdown and had seven passes defensed. He finished his senior year with two touchdowns.

Calmus has visited OU numerous times during his recruitment, with the most recent visit coming on Nov. 19 when the Sooners played Oklahoma State.

Want to join the discussion? Click here to become a member of the AllSooners message board community today!

Sign up for your premium membership to AllSooners.com today, and get access to the entire Fan Nation premium network!

Follow AllSooners on Twitter to stay up to date on all the latest OU news.

Get your OU tickets from SI Tickets HERE.

Published
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.

Home/Football