Report: Oklahoma OL Noah Nelson No Longer on the Roster

247 Sports website OU Insider reports Nelson's absence as a medical issue.

John E. Hoover | Jul 14, 2021

Report: Oklahoma OL Noah Nelson No Longer on the Roster /

Oklahoma offensive tackle Noah Nelson is no longer on the Sooners’ roster.

The news was reported Wednesday morning by OU Insider’s Parker Thune, and was reported as a medical issue.

NELSON'S 2020 OU BIO

Nelson, who redshirted and played one game as a true freshman in 2020, was a Rivals 4-star prospect, and was rated a 3-star recruit by ESPN and 247 Sports.

The 6-foot-7, 317-pound Nelson, from Gilbert, AZ, chose OU over Michigan, UCLA, Arizona, Arizona State and others, and enrolled early in Norman last winter.

He was the No. 19 offensive tackle in the nation as rated by 247 Sports.

Published Jul 14, 2021

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.