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Oklahoma OL Announces Transfer Portal Decision

Brey Walker, who only played three offensive snaps this season, announced he'll enter the portal "next week."

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Another Oklahoma football player is entering the transfer portal.

Brey Walker, a former 5-star prospect and a U.S. Army all-American, announced Sunday evening that he'll enter the portal next week.

"I just want to say that Oklahoma has always been my ideal school since I was a young child," Walker wrote on Twitter. "Additionally, I want to thank Bob Stoops for giving me a scholarship because he recognized that Oklahoma was where I was raised.

"Some of the best year of my life have been these last five years. I want to express my gratitude to all the coaches, players and supporters who have shaped me into the athlete and person I am today. That OUDNA will always  be with me."

The 6-foot-7, 355-pound Walker came to OU from Westmoore High School, where 247 Sports named him a 5-star offensive tackle, and Rivals and ESPN tabbed him as a 4-star. He was ranked by 247 Sports as the No. 2 offensive tackle in the nation coming out in the 2018 class.

Walker redshirted in 2018 and played in just one game, ,then played in 13 of the Sooners’ 14 games in 2019, including starts at right guard against Texas Tech and Kansas. The following year he played in just three games, and in 2021 he played in 12 games — mostly on special teams or as a reserve.

This season, Walker played in 11 games, but only got into three games on offense and registered three snaps at left guard.

Walker will have one year of eligibility remaining. He is the ninth Sooner to enter the transfer portal since the Nov. 26 season finale at Texas Tech.

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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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