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Oklahoma Lands Commit from In-State Linebacker Taylor Heim

Heim showed versatility as he put up numbers on both side of the ball Bethany this past season while also standing out on the track.

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Oklahoma has landed one of the top athletes in the Sooner State.

Taylor Heim, a linebacker from Bethany in the 2023 recruiting class, announced Friday night via Twitter that he has committed to play for OU.

The 6-foot-3, 190-pound Heim has offers from Tulsa, North Texas, Louisiana Tech, Ohio, Air Force, Army and Navy among his FBS suitors.

Heim is a 3-star prospect, according to 247 Sports. He is expected to sign with the Sooners on Feb. 1, National Signing Day.

Heim plays basketball and also runs track and won the Class 4A state title in the long jump with a leap of 21 feet, 8.5 inches. He also helped his team to gold medals in the 4 x 100 and the 4 x 200 relays, while also running 11.24 in the 100 and 22.95 in the 200.

Heim was District 4A-2 Player of the Year and became an All-State football player as he collected 65 tackles and six interceptions on defense while passing for 838 yards and 11 touchdowns and amassing 608 yards rushing and 243 yards receiving with 10 total touchdowns.

Heim is taking his official visit to OU this weekend, but didn’t take long to pull the trigger receiving an offer last weekend. He made the announcement in a public ceremony during a home basketball game.

Heim told OU Insider's Parker Thune "they offered me as an (athlete) and will find me a spot."

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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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