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OT Prospect Isaiah Autry, Marcus Dupree's Cousin, Has Oklahoma in Top Five

Autry is a big, talented prospect who comes from an athletic family and has the Sooners alongside schools like Alabama, Auburn and Ole Miss.

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Oklahoma is among the top five schools for a talented 2024 offensive tackle from Mississippi.

And Marcus Dupree couldn’t be happier for his cousin.

Isaiah Autry, a 6-foot-6, 280-pound offensive lineman from Itawamba Agricultural School in Tupelo, MS, dropped his top five Sunday night and likes the Sooners along with Ole Miss, Alabama, Auburn and Florida State.

Autry, who’s mother Pashen Thompson-Dent played college basketball at Tennessee for Pat Summitt and won two national championships with the Vols in 1996 and 1997, visited OU on March 26, and he’ll be back — with his famous uncle — for the Sooners’ annual spring game on April 22.

“My cousin really likes OU,” Dupree told AllSooners in a recent text message.

Dupree played at OU in 1982-83 for Barry Switzer and became a Sooner legend in his freshman season with 1,144 yards rushing, 14 total touchdowns and an average of 7.8 yards per carry before leaving midway through his sophomore season. Dupree has long professed his love and admiration for Switzer and all things OU since his football career ended.

Pashen Thompson-Dent and Barry Switzer
Pashen Thompson-Dent and Barry Switzer / Isaiah Autry via Twitter

247 Sports rates Autry as a 3-star prospect, the No. 49 offensive tackle in the nation and the No. 14 prospect in Mississippi. He’s also ranked as the No. 497 overall prospect nationally.

Rivals rates Autry as a 4-star, the No. 33 offensive tackle nationally and the No. 14 prospect in Mississippi.

Autry’s offer list also includes Louisville, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri and Oregon, among others.

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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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