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Oklahoma Lands Verbal from 2022 Kicker

Gavin Marshall, from nearby Frisco, TX, committed to OU over offers from Arizona, Air Force, Army and Florida.

John E. Hoover

Oklahoma Lands Verbal from 2022 Kicker
Oklahoma Lands Verbal from 2022 Kicker /

Oklahoma may have found Gabe Brkic’s replacement.

The Sooners on Friday received a verbal commitment from Gavin Marshall, a placekicker from Frisco, TX, and a member of the 2022 recruiting class. He announced the news on Twitter.

The 6-foot-2, 190-pound Marshall chose OU over scholarship offers from Air Force, Arizona State, Army and Florida State, according to his 247 Sports recruiting profile.

In his tweet, Marshall tagged OU special teams coach Ryan Dougherty. Dougherty, who was promoted after Shane Beamer took the head coaching job at South Carolina, also has landed long snapper Jake Mann (formerly a Florida State commitment) and punter/kickoff specialist Josh Plaster (a transfer from Arizona State).

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Marshall's Kohl's Kicking Camps profile 

All three attended Kohl's Kicking Camps, which rated Marshall as a 5-star kicking prospect. Marshall previously attended IMG Academy in Bradenton, FL. According to his Kohl's profile, Marshall broke the IMG record with a 47-yard field goal, then reset that mark in the same game with a 48-yarder.

He was named champion at three different Kohl’s kicking showcases, including one in which he nailed a 58-yard kick.

Last season, Marshall hit 8-of-9 field goals and all 60 of his PATs, and had touchbacks on 50 of his 64 kickoffs, with an average hang time of 3.63 seconds.

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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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