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NFL Clubs Honor Sooners Past and Future

Curtis Lofton and CeeDee Lamb were commemorated by their NFL teams
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NFL Clubs Honor Sooners Past and Future
NFL Clubs Honor Sooners Past and Future

One NFL team turned to Oklahoma to look back on its proud heritage, while another turned to the Sooners to look ahead.

Linebacker Curtis Lofton was named by the Atlanta Falcons to the franchise’s All-Decade Team, commemorating his contributions from 2008-2011, when he amassed single-season tackle totals of 94, 133, 118 and 147 before signing with New Orleans in free agency.

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Lofton, a second-round draft pick of the Falcons after forging an All-American season in 2007, played eight seasons in the NFL from 2008-2015, retiring after one year with the Oakland Raiders.

Meanwhile, the Dallas Cowboys official unveiled their newest first-round draft pick on Tuesday, former Sooner wide receiver CeeDee Lamb.

Lamb was the subject of a social media rollout showing him suiting up in his new No. 88 jersey.

“I’m excited. I’m very excited. I just wish gameday was today,” Lamb said. “This feels like home.”

After establishing himself as one of the top receivers in college football during a stellar three-year career at Oklahoma — 3,292 receiving yards and 32 touchdowns on 173 receptions, or 19.0 yards per catch — Lamb was taken by the Cowboys 17th overall.

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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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