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Oklahoma Lands Transfer Tight End

Josh Fanuiel has begun workouts at OU after transferring from Division II Cameron University in Lawton, where he played basketball for the Aggies.
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Oklahoma Lands Transfer Tight End
Oklahoma Lands Transfer Tight End

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Oklahoma has added a transfer tight end to the roster — one with an interesting path to Norman.

Joshua Fanuiel, originally from Missouri City, TX, last competed in college basketball at Division II Cameron University in nearby Lawton, OK.

Fanuiel on Saturday posted photos of himself in an OU uniform as well as going through workouts in Norman wearing an OU T-shirt. He later confirmed to AllSooners that he had transferred to OU.

He lists himself as "Tight End at the University of Oklahoma' on his Twitter bio. 

Listed as a 6-foot-5 and 215-pound freshman on the 2021-22 Cameron roster (he appears bigger than that now, according to photos on his Twitter timeline), it was reported on Feb. 2 that he had entered the transfer portal.

Fanuiel averaged 13.8 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.0 steals per game while shooting over 50 percent from the field at in high school. Last year at Cameron, he scored in double figures four times.

Fanuiel’s Hudl page from high school includes only basketball highlights, but he told AllSooners he played football up until his sophomore year before focusing on basketball.

It’s expected that Fanuiel will be a preferred walk-on at OU.

He told AllSooners he will be eligible to play for the Sooners in 2023. 

According to his bio at Cameron, Fanuiel was a McDonald's All-America nominee, 2019-2020 first-team All-District, 2019-20 offensive MVP, and ranked in the RCS Sports top-60 players in Houston. He was also named to the Class 6A All-Region 3 team as he helped lead Elkins on a deep playoff run.

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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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