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Oklahoma WR Jadon Haselwood Announces Transfer Destination

The No. 1 high school receiver in the 2019 class and No. 4 overall player in the nation finishes his OU career with 62 catches for 736 yards and 7 TDs.

John E. Hoover

Former Oklahoma wide receiver Jadon Haselwood announced his transfer destination on Sunday.

Haselwood, a junior from Ellenwood, GA, is transferring to Arkansas.

Haselwood announced his decision via Twitter.

Haselwood, a former 5-star recruit, was the No. 1-ranked high school receiver in the nation and the No. 4 overall player, according to 247 Sports. But injuries, inconsistencies and changes at quarterback never let him come close to that potential during his three seasons in Norman.

As a true freshman playing with Jalen Hurts in 2019, he caught 19 passes for 272 yards and a touchdown.

Haselwood suffered a serious knee injury in April 2020 while training at home during the pandemic, and played in just three games with Spencer Rattler, catching four passes for 65 yards.

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The 6-foot-3, 202-pound wideout was hoping for a big breakout junior year as Spencer Rattler returned, but Rattler was benched for Caleb Williams at midseason and Haselwood’s numbers did rise, but never really surged. He caught 39 passes for 399 yards and six touchdowns, including a six-catch, three-TD game against TCU. 

Those scores against TCU and one against Kansas were the only touchdowns of his career against Division I competition.

Haselwood’s career-best in yards was 61 against Nebraska, and his career-high for receptions was six against Nebraska and TCU.

He finished his career with 62 catches for 736 yards and seven TDs. 

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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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