Oklahoma QB Spencer Rattler Named Preseason All-America

Linebacker Nik Bonitto also named to the USA Today Preseason All-America team.

Rattler, Bonitto USA Today Preseason All-America

Oklahoma quarterback Spencer Rattler and linebacker Nik Bonitto were name Wednesday to the USA Today Preseason All-America team.

Rattler, a third-year sophomore from Phoenix, was named MVP of the Cotton Bowl last season and garnered first-team All-Big 12 honors in leading the Sooners to the program’s sixth consecutive Big 12 Conference championship.

Bonitto, a fourth-year junior from Fort Lauderdale, FL, was tabbed first-team All-America by Pro Football Focus last season as he was second on the team in tackles for loss and quarterback sacks while helping lead OU’s defensive resurgence.

USA TODAY PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS

USA Today identified six others from the Big 12 as All-Americans: Iowa State running back Breece Hall, tight end Charlie Kolar and linebacker Mike Rose made the first team, and safety Greg Eisworth was named second team; Texas running back Bijan Robinson earned first-team accolades; and Kansas State running back Deuce Vaughn and return specialist Phillip Brooks got second team.

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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.