OU WR Target Jalil Farooq Commits ... to All-American Bowl

Farooq will announce his college choice on Sept. 27 and is considered a strong lean to Oklahoma

John E. Hoover | Sep 11, 2020

Jalil Farooq is a priority target for Oklahoma in the 2021 recruiting class.

That priority might have just gotten even bigger.

Farooq announced on Twitter Friday that he was committed to play in the All-American Bowl on Jan. 9.

The game will be televised on NBC.

Farooq will announce his college choice on Sept. 27 — his mother’s birthday.

The 6-foot-2, 190-pound Farooq, from Upper Marlboro, MD, was part of Caleb Williams’ Sooner Summit last month. He remains uncommitted, but sat down for an interview with SI Sooners suited up in an OU hat and sweatshirt.

“I definitely love the history about OU,” Farooq said. “They have a great program, quarterback situation and also the receiver situation, where I want to play. So it’s a good fit.”

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Published Sep 11, 2020

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.