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Linebacker Transfer T.D. Roof Commits to Oklahoma

The son of the Sooners' new defensive coordinator makes OU his fourth college football stop.
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Linebacker Transfer T.D. Roof Commits to Oklahoma
Linebacker Transfer T.D. Roof Commits to Oklahoma

As expected, Oklahoma picked up a verbal commit on Friday.

T.D. Roof — son of new linebackers coach and OU defensive coordinator Ted Roof — committed to the Sooners. He made the announcement via Twitter.

Roof, a senior, began his career at Georgia Tech in 2017, played at Indiana in 2018, then sat out the 2019 season as a redshirt as he transferred to Appalachian State, where he played the 2020 and 2021 seasons.

The 5-foot-11, 200-pound linebacker has played in 45 career games, including this season when he made 68 tackles for the Mountaineers, including 10 for loss, to go with three quarterback sacks, two interceptions (and 100 return yards), plus a fumble forced, two quarterback hurries and a pass defensed.

Ted Roof was Georgia Tech’s defensive coordinator in 2017 before moving on to North Carolina State the following year, and served Appalachian State’s defensive coordinator in 2019 before moving to Vanderbilt in 2020 and Clemson in 2021.

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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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