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Oklahoma Adds Quarterback to 2023 Class

After a steady stream of exits via the transfer portal, Carson Horton bolsters Jeff Lebby's QB room after a strong senior season at Dayton, TX.
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Oklahoma Adds Quarterback to 2023 Class
Oklahoma Adds Quarterback to 2023 Class

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Oklahoma has a returning starter coming back in 2023 and one of the top high school prospects in the nation already in the fold.

But that didn’t stop offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby from adding to the Sooners’ quarterback room on National Signing Day.

Lebby on Wednesday added Carson Horton, a QB from Dayton High School in Dayton, TX. Horton announced his commitment to OU via Twitter.

Horton is a member of the 2023 recruiting class. It is believed he will be a preferred walk-on at OU.

The Sooners have starter Dillon Gabriel back for his senior year and freshman Jackson Arnold, a 5-star recruit, in for 2023, as well as backups Davis Beville and General Booty.

But they’re also down numbers-wise after Nick Evers (December), walk-ons Ben Harris (last May) and Ralph Rucker (December), and former Penn State transfer Micah Bowens (last week) all left via the transfer portal.

According to MaxPreps, Horton threw for 2,072 yards and 22 touchdowns with six interceptions during his senior season at Dayton. He completed 126 of 241 passes (52.3 percent). He also rushed 80 times for 505 yards and four touchdowns.

In leading Dayton to a 7-4 record and a trip to the playoffs, his highlight was a 49-0 win over Galena Park, in which he threw for 364 yards on 18-of-23 passing and four touchdowns.

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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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