SI Sooners National Signing Day Primer: The Commits

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John E. Hoover | Dec 15, 2020

SI Sooners National Signing Day Primer: The Commits /

At long last, Caleb Williams commits to Oklahoma

Sooners got ‘a creature’ in 2021 DB Jordan Mukes

Sooners add commitment from 2021 Florida LB Danny Stutsman

Big name, bigger frame: Meet 2021 DE Nathan Rawlins-Kibonge

Top 2021 WR Mario Williams commits to OU

2021 juco DT Isaiah Coe commits to Sooners

Sooners score commitment from 4-star DB Latrell McCutchin

Doubt, devastation and the dividends of diligence: Damond Harmon’s journey to OU

Kelvin Gilliam follows Damond Harmon’s lead, commits to OU

Riley, Oklahoma land 2021 4-star LB Clayton Smith

Sooners pick up pledge from former Texas commit Billy Bowman

Sooners add pledge from Jalil Farooq, who says ‘We’re trying to make a movement’

Published Dec 15, 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.