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Oklahoma LB transfers to Tulsa

Jon-Michael Terry announced Wednesday he'll finish his career in his hometown
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Oklahoma LB transfers to Tulsa
Oklahoma LB transfers to Tulsa

Oklahoma linebacker Jon-Michael Terry will finish his college career in his hometown.

Terry, a fifth-year senior at OU, announced Wednesday on Twitter that he’s committed to play next season at the University of Tulsa. Multiple sources within the TU program confirmed Terry's coming addition to the roster, which should become official when TU starts class on Jan. 19.

Terry was the starter in 2019 when he sustained a bad leg injury at midseason.

He rehabbed and came back in 2020, but by then, third-year sophomore Nik Bonitto had seized Alex Grinch’s rush linebacker position, and Terry was his backup.

While Bonitto became an All-American, Terry made 22 tackles with one quarterback sack in 2020.

After Terry's injury last season, Grinch called him "a real poster child for everything we're trying to do here in terms of playing hard, playing fast, doing your job, playing with maximum effort. Had all of those elements, and that's how he found himself as a starter."

The 6-foot-4, 225-pound Terry played high school football at Tulsa’s Victory Christian was a 3-star prospect, according to 247 Sports, in the 2016 class. He committed to OU in February 2015, the same day he received a scholarship offer from Mike Stoops and Tim Kish — his first and only official college offer, according to Rivals and 247 Sports.

After redshirting in 2016, Terry played in 13 games as a reserve in 2017, and in 14 games as a reserve in 2018. He played in six games before his injury in 2019, and this season Terry played in nine games (two starts) and had his best season.

In his OU career, Terry played in 42 games (eight starts) and made 51 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 quarterback sacks. He was twice named Academic All-Big 12 Conference.

Terry is the fifth scholarship Sooner to transfer this offseason, joining Tanner Mordecai (SMU), Chandler Morris (TCU), Charleston Rambo (Miami) and T.J. Pledger (Utah).

Six Sooners declined an opportunity to return in 2021 and instead declared for the NFL Draft: Tre Brown, Creed Humphrey, Tre Norwood, Adrian Ealy, Rhamondre Stevenson and Ronnie Perkins.

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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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