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Oklahoma LB Named to Lott Award Watch List

The Sooners' big-play linebacker developed into one of the top tacklers in college football last season, and now he's up for one of the defensive player of the year awards.
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Oklahoma LB Named to Lott Award Watch List
Oklahoma LB Named to Lott Award Watch List

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Oklahoma linebacker Danny Stutsman is already gaining acclaim for the 2023 college football season.

Stutsman was named to the Lott IMPACT Award watch list for the upcoming season.

Stutsman, a junior from Windermere, FL, led the Big 12 with 125 tackles last season, including 10.5 tackles for loss and three quarterback sacks.

The Lott IMPACT Trophy is named for College Football Hall of Famer and Pro Football Hall of Famer Ronnie Lott, a safety at USC.

It’s presented to the college football defensive player of the year and utilizes the acronym for Integrity, Maturity, Performance, Academics, Community, and Tenacity.

The award began in 2004 and has been presented to such players as J.J. Watt, Luke Kuechly, Manti Te’o and Aiden Hutchinson. Last year’s trophy went to Alabama linebacker Will Anderson.

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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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