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Oklahoma Lands in Missouri DE Mekhi Wingo's Top Four Transfer Destinations

The former Tiger was a 3-star prospect coming out of St. Louis but then made the SEC All-Freshman Team last season.
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Oklahoma Lands in Missouri DE Mekhi Wingo's Top Four Transfer Destinations
Oklahoma Lands in Missouri DE Mekhi Wingo's Top Four Transfer Destinations

Oklahoma is high on Mekhi Wingo’s list.

The Missouri defensive lineman, who made this year’s SEC All-Freshman Team before entering the NCAA Transfer Portal, ranks OU in his final four destinations, according to his Tuesday post on Twitter.

Wingo ranks OU alongside USC, LSU and Arkansas in his top four destinations.

Wingo, a 6-foot-1, 275-pound first-year player from St. Louis (DeSmet HS), had an immediate impact on the Mizzou defense in 2021, with 27 total tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss, one quarterback sack, one interception that he returned for a touchdown and two quarterback hurries.

Wingo had a sack in the season opener, posted a tackle for loss against North Texas, and also returned his interception 40 yards for a score against the Mean Green. He posted a season-high six tackles in the Tigers’ Armed Forces Bowl loss to Army in Fort Worth.

Wingo played in 12 games with four starts.

At DeSmet, Wingo was rated a 3-star prospect by 247 Sports, the No. 8 overall prospect in the state of Missouri and the No. 74 defensive lineman in the nation. Rivals rated him a 3-star prospect, the No. 7 player in the state and the No. 29 defensive tackle in the country.

He chose Mizzou over offers from Arkansas, Iowa State, Kansas State, Kansas, Louisville, Purdue, Texas Tech and West Virginia.

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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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