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Oklahoma Lands Another Bixby Prospect

Cale Fugate was a safety on the Spartans' last two state championship teams and even won District Player of the Year.

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Oklahoma has landed another preferred walk-on from the state’s most prestigious high school powerhouse.

Cale Fugate, a safety from Bixby and the District 6AI-1 Defensive Player of the Year as voted on by coaches, committed to OU on Monday via Twitter.

It is believed the 5-foot-11, 185-pound Fugate will be a preferred walk-on in the 2023 recruiting class after visiting OU over the weekend. He has a scholarship offer from Air Force, per On3.

Fugate had 66 tackles and five interceptions for the state champion Spartans. He also caught 36 passes for 680 yards and 12 TDs as a receiver, including a TD catch against Owasso in the championship game.

In his two seasons as a defensive starter, Fugate compiled 127 total tackles (5.1 per game) and had six interceptions and finished his high school career with 17 total touchdowns, including two pick six returns, per MaxPreps.

Fugue's commitment comes one day after Bixby teammate Jakeb Snyder, who committed to OU as a PWO in December, reaffirmed his pledge on Twitter. Snyder and Fugate visited OU together.

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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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