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Elite OL Prospect Puts Oklahoma in Top 5

Wilkin Formby, from Tuscaloosa, AL, includes four SEC teams along with OU among his finalists.
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Elite OL Prospect Puts Oklahoma in Top 5
Elite OL Prospect Puts Oklahoma in Top 5

Oklahoma received a bit of enticing news Wednesday in the recruiting world.

Wilkin Formby, an elite offensive lineman from Tuscaloosa, AL, announced his top five schools, and included the Sooners among his finalists.

Formby made the announcement on Twitter.

Formby, an All-American Bowl invitee, also listed four SEC schools — Tennessee, Alabama, Ole Miss and Auburn — among his favorites.

The 6-foot-7, 295-pound Formby is rated a 4-star prospect by 247 Sports. He’s the No. 150 prospect overall in the 2023 class, the No. 16 offensive tackle and the No. 11 prospect in the state of Alabama.

Formby has an official visit to Ole Miss scheduled for this weekend but so far has only taken unofficial campus visits.

OU offered Formby in March, and he took an unofficial visit on March 6.

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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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