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Four Oklahoma Players Land in Sports Illustrated's Final SI99 Rankings

Peyton Bowen, Jackson Arnold, P.J. Adebawore and Cayden Green continue to shine as the jewels of the Sooners' 2023 recruiting class.
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Four Oklahoma Players Land in Sports Illustrated's Final SI99 Rankings
Four Oklahoma Players Land in Sports Illustrated's Final SI99 Rankings

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Four Oklahoma 2023 signees landed on the SI99 Wednesday.

Safety Peyton Bowen, quarterback Jackson Arnold, defensive end P.J. Adebawore and offensive tackle Cayden Green all earned a spot in Sports Illustrated’s annual recruiting rankings.

Bowen, Arnold and Adebawore are all 5-star prospects, as rated by 247 Sports, while Green is a high 4-star.

Bowen, a defensive back and return specialist from Denton Guyer, led the group as the No. 14 overall recruit in the 2023 class and the No. 2 safety.

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Arnold, his Guyer teammate and best friend, came in at No. 28 overall and is the No. 5 quarterback, behind Dante Moore, Arch Manning, Jaden Rashada and Malachi Nelson.

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Adebawore, from Kansas City North, sits at No. 48 overall and is the No. 8 defensive end.

Green, from Lee’s Summit North, comes in at No. 89 overall and is the No. 9 offensive tackle.

Adebawore is one of 12 players in the the final SI99 who were not ranked in the previous rankings.

SI99’s rankings for the 2023 class are final and won’t be updated for the February signing day.

SI ranks recruits based on their collegiate potential exclusively. Focal points include premium position prospects (quarterback, offensive tackle, pass rusher, defensive back), high-floor evaluations and overall body of work with an emphasis most critically on varsity game video.

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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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