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Lincoln Riley Tweets the Eyes as Local WR/DB Target Sets New Commit Date

Minutes before Broken Arrow prospect Robert Spears-Jennings tweets he'll announce on July 4, Lincoln Riley tweets his infamous eyeballs emoji.
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Lincoln Riley Tweets the Eyes as Local WR/DB Target Sets New Commit Date
Lincoln Riley Tweets the Eyes as Local WR/DB Target Sets New Commit Date

A high-profile Oklahoma target announced his new commitment date on Friday night, and apparently there will be fireworks.

Robert Spears-Jennings, a wide receiver/defensive back in the 2022 class from Broken Arrow, OK, tweeted that he has changed his plans and will commit on Independence Day.

Moments earlier, Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley posted a tweet showing the eyeballs emoji — long Riley’s symbolic “peek” that a verbal commitment would be coming soon.

The 6-foot-2, 195-pound Spears-Jennings is a 3-star prospect, per 247 Sports and Rivals. He's listed in his recruiting profile as a wide receiver, but he took an unofficial visit to OU on June 9 and received an offer after working out with Sooners defensive coordinator Alex Grinch. He also posed for photos with cornerbacks coach Roy Manning.

The Sooners just lost a long-time verbal commit when Edmond Santa Fe 4-star Talyn Shettron flipped to Oklahoma State. OU also recently lost another wideout commit when 4-star Jordan Hudson decommited on June 14. Hudson, who committed to OU last July, announced last week a new top three of Alabama, Texas and SMU.

Oklahoma still has a verbal commitment from 5-star wideout Luther Burden, and has offers out to a handful of other uncommitted receivers in the 2022 class.

The Sooners also have just one defensive back committed among next year's class: Tulsa Union cornerback Jayden Rowe.

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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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