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Two Former Oklahoma QBs Added to Pro Bowl

Baker Mayfield had the best year of his NFL career in Tampa Bay, while Jalen Hurts produced another spectacular season in Philadelphia.

John E. Hoover

Two Former Oklahoma QBs Added to Pro Bowl
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Two former Oklahoma quarterbacks have added to their already great NFL season.

Baker Mayfield and Jalen Hurts were added to the NFC Pro Bowl roster on Wednesday, joining several former OU teammates next week in Orlando.

Mayfield, 28, produced the best year of his NFL career so far, with career-highs in yards (4,044), touchdown passes (28) and completion percentage (.643), and was rewarded with his first Pro Bowl accolade.

Hurts, 25, landed his second Pro Bowl nod after throwing for career-highs in yards (3,858) and touchdowns (23) while also rushing for 605 yards and 15 touchdowns.

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Mayfield led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers back to the playoffs, where they defeated Hurts’ Philadelphia Eagles 32-9 in the Wild Card round. Hurts led the Eagles to the Super Bowl last year.

Mayfield is a replacement for Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott, while Hurts is a replacement for San Francisco’s Brock Purdy, who’s playing next week in the Super Bowl.

There are now seven former Sooners in the 2023-24 Pro Bowl — all on offense: Chiefs center Creed Humphrey and Broncos rookie punt returner Marvin Mims for the AFC, and Niners tackle Trent Williams, Eagles tackle Lane Johnson, Cowboys wideout CeeDee Lamb, and Mayfield and Hurts. 

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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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