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Creed Humphrey declares for NFL

Sooner captain and multiple All-American started 36 career games at center
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Creed Humphrey declares for NFL
Creed Humphrey declares for NFL

Creed Humphrey’s decorated career at the University of Oklahoma is over.

Just hours after anchoring OU’s historic 55-20 beatdown of Florida in the 85th Cotton Bowl Classic on Wednesday, Humphrey made his declaration Thursday on Twitter.

“After talking with my coaches and my family, I have decided that it is time to begin the next chapter of my life,” Humphrey wrote. “I will be declaring for the 2021 NFL Draft.”

The 6-foot-5, 330-pound Humphrey, a fourth-year junior from nearby Shawnee, OK, was a two-time Big 12 offensive lineman of the year and made numerous All-America teams during his career after redshirting the 2017 season.

Earlier Thursday, Humphrey was named second-team All-America by the American Football Coaches Association. He started 36 consecutive games in his career (37 overall) at center and was a two-time captain.

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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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