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Former Oklahoma DL Perrion Winfrey Continues His Takedown of Alex Grinch

Winfrey has been outspoken and critical of his old defensive coordinator, and over the weekend continued to express his feelings.
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Former Oklahoma DL Perrion Winfrey Continues His Takedown of Alex Grinch
Former Oklahoma DL Perrion Winfrey Continues His Takedown of Alex Grinch

Former Oklahoma defensive lineman Perrion Winfrey is certainly making his way with the Cleveland Browns.

But clearly, Winfrey isn’t done with his old college defensive coordinator yet.

Winfrey, who has been outspoken about how he was used in his two seasons at OU under coordinator Alex Grinch – even through the pre-draft process, and even after the Browns selected him in the fourth round, No. 108 overall – took to social media again this weekend to express himself.

The 6-foot-4, 290-pound Winfrey clearly has an appreciation for third-year Browns defensive coordinator Joe Woods. His criticism of Grinch, however, was only beginning.

Winfrey’s second tweet even elicited a couple of responses from current Sooner defensive tackle Isaiah Coe.

Grinch’s fix of the OU defense in 2019 was sudden and dramatic. But after regressing in 2021, it sounds like Grinch leaving Oklahoma and joining Lincoln Riley at USC was definitely the best thing for both him and the players returning to the OU squad. 

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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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