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Bryce Foster's signing with Texas A&M drops OU in SI All-American rankings

The Sooners finished the 2021 early signing period outside the top 10, but enough top prospects remain unannounced that could push OU much higher
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Bryce Foster's signing with Texas A&M drops OU in SI All-American rankings
Bryce Foster's signing with Texas A&M drops OU in SI All-American rankings

With offensive lineman Bryce Foster’s commitment to Texas A&M on Friday, Oklahoma closes the 2021 early signing period by dropping a spot in the Sports Illustrated All-American team rankings.

OU was ranked No. 10 for most of the last two months after getting verbal commitments from SI99 members Caleb Williams, Mario Williams, Latrell McCutchin and Billy Bowman, plus verbals from Jalil Farooq, Kelvin Gilliam, Damond Harmon and others. (The Sooners’ first verbal pledge of the 2021 class was Texas wideout Cody Jackson, who’s No. 91 on the SI99.)

But after the Sooners added a commitment from Duncanville, TX, offensive tackle Savion Byrd on Wednesday, they finished the early signing period with 16 signatures and dropped a spot to No. 11.

Foster’s signing with A&M was big enough to push the Aggies into the SI All-American top 10. Alabama, Ohio State, Georgia, LSU and Clemson comprise the top five, while Notre Dame, Florida, Oregon, A&M and Miami round out the top 10.

“Adding Savion Byrd to the offensive line was a big win,” writes SI All-American’s John Garcia, “but missing on Bryce Foster was even bigger. Plenty of OU targets, including top available running back Camar Wheaton, remain a possibility in the coming weeks.”

Wheaton, from Garland, TX, is No. 9 on the SI99. OU also is considered a front-runner for Virginia offensive tackle Tristan Leigh, who comes in at No. 61 on the SI99.

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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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