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Oklahoma Lands Transfer O-Lineman

Troy Everett began his career in 2021 at Appalachian State and earned Freshman All-American accolades as a redshirt freshman in 2022.
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Oklahoma Lands Transfer O-Lineman
Oklahoma Lands Transfer O-Lineman

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Oklahoma’s depth on the offensive line after spring football needed to be addressed.

So Bill Bedenbaugh scoured the transfer portal and on Friday landed Troy Everett, a 6-foot-3, 285-pound center from Appalachian State. Everett made the announcement on Twitter that he was committed to OU.

Everett chose OU over Virginia Tech and will have three years eligibility at OU.

Everett hails from Roanoke, VA, and played in three games for the Mountaineers before redshirting in 2021. In 2022, Everett broke out by starting the first six games at center and playing in 10 of App State’s 12 games. He played 478 offensive plays and allowed just one quarterback sack in 262 pass blocking snaps.

That landed him a spot on The Athletic’s Freshman All-American second team.

As a prep prospect, Everett played at Lord Botetourt High School and helped guid his team to 14-1 and 9-1 records as a junior and senior.

He was a 3-star prospect as rated by 247 Sports and was the No. 1 offensive guard in Virginia as he was named first-team All-State and Blue Ridge District Offensive Lineman of the Year.

Oklahoma returns senior Andrew Raym, a three-year starter, and also brings back former Cal transfer McKade Mettauer at left guard. But the Sooners need to identify a starter opposite Mettauer, where third-year sophomore Savion Byrd got most of the snaps this past spring.

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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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