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Sooners Add Commit from 2021 Florida LB

Defensive prospects are believing what they're seeing from Alex Grinch's defense

John E. Hoover

Kenneth Murray, Alex Grinch, Speed D — maybe it’s all paying off for Oklahoma.

The Sooners got a verbal commitment from 2021 outside linebacker Danny Stutsman on Monday just after noon.

Stutsman (6-2, 215) is a three-star prospect from Foundation Academy in Winter Garden, Fla. He announced his commitment on Twitter.

He also had offers from Oklahoma State, Baylor, West Virginia, Kansas State, Texas A&M, Virginia Tech, Minnesota, Kentucky, South Carolina, Ole Miss, Nebraska, Utah and others.

Lincoln Riley spoke recently about the “proof” that defensive recruits are seeing in Grinch’s first year as Oklahoma’s defensive coordinator.

That “proof” — a jump last year of nearly 100 spots in Division I total defense rankings — was further presented last week when Murray became OU’s first defensive first-round draft pick in a decade.

As a junior, Stutsman had 110 tackles, 19 tackles for loss, three sacks, two forced fumbles, and one fumble recovered for a touchdown. He also plays offense, where he caught 44 passes for 891 yards and 12 touchdowns. During his sophomore season, Stutsman made 86 tackles, 14 TFLs, 10 sacks, six fumbles forced and three fumbles recovered, with two scoop-and-score touchdowns.

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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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