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Stud TE Prospect Reaffirms Commitment to Oklahoma

Days after saying his recruiting was closed, Davon Mitchell says he's 100 percent locked into playing for the Sooners.

John E. Hoover

Stud TE Prospect Reaffirms Commitment to Oklahoma
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Davon Mitchell doesn’t seem concerned with who’s calling plays at Oklahoma.

Minutes after offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby’s hiring was announced at Mississippi State on Sunday, the Sooners’ star tight end commitment reaffirmed his pledge to OU.

“I’m locked in,” he posted on Twitter, with a “100” and a “lock” emoji. “I’m not going anywhere.”

Just three days ago, the 6-foot-3, 250-pound senior at Los Alamitos, CA, announced he was still firm to OU's 2024 class.

According to the On3 composite rankings, Mitchell is the No. 92 overall player in the country, the No. 9 tight end and the No. 8 player in the state of California, while the 247 Sports composite ranks him No. 76, No. 7 and No. 8, respectively. ESPN ranks him No. 55 overall, No. 3 at his position and No. 5 in the state.

Mitchell reclassified from the 2025 class and has formed a bond with 2024 quarterback Michael Hawkins, as well as with OU tight ends coach Joe Jon Finley. It's been widely speculated that Finley might be joining Lebby in Starkville, which would create a cloudy picture for Mitchell about his position coach at OU.

Head coach Brent Venables would prefer to replace only one coach next season and will likely try hard to keep Finley, himself a former Sooner, on the OU staff.

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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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