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Grant Calcaterra lands at Auburn

Former Sooners TE will now play for Auburn Tigers
John E. Hoover|
Grant Calcaterra lands at Auburn
Grant Calcaterra lands at Auburn

Former Oklahoma tight end Grant Calcaterra has found a new place to play.

Calcaterra, who retired last year due to concussions and announced his intention to become a firefighter in California, revealed via social media Wednesday that his next chapter will unfold in Auburn, AL.

“A year ago,” Calcaterra wrote on his Twitter account, “I would’ve never pictured my life the way it is now. I don’t believe in bad situations, just opportunities for growth. I’m more than grateful for this past year, but even more excited for my future challenges. Thanks again Sooner Nation. #WarEagle”

Calcaterra, from Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, caught 41 passes for 637 yards and nine touchdowns in his three-year OU career, but he hasn’t played since Week 3 of his junior season in 2019. 

He announced his “retirement” from football last December, but on Aug. 15, Calcaterra posted that he was returning to the game and entering the transfer portal.

ARCHIVE: CALCATERRA RETURNS TO FOOTBALL, WILL TRANSFER

Calcaterra’s best season was 2018, when he caught 26 passes for 396 yards and six touchdowns, including a game-clinching one-handed TD against Texas in the Big 12 Championship Game.

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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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