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Oklahoma Loses First WR Commitment in Wake of Jeff Lebby Departure

Less than 24 hours after Oklahoma offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby was hired by Mississippi State, the Sooners lose a wide receiver commitment.
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Oklahoma Loses First WR Commitment in Wake of Jeff Lebby Departure
Oklahoma Loses First WR Commitment in Wake of Jeff Lebby Departure

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The fallout from Jeff Lebby’s departure has begun to settle.

Oklahoma lost a member of the 2024 recruiting class on Monday — a day after the Sooners’ offensive coordinator took the head coaching job at Mississippi State.

Dozie Ezukanma, a 3-star wide receiver from Fort Worth, has decommitted from OU.

Ezukanma is the 114th-rated wide receiver in the 2024 class, according to 247 Sports, and ranks as the No. 124 player in the state of Texas.

The 6-2, 180-pound Ezukanma holds offers from Arizona, Arkansas, Houston, Kansas, Kansas State, Miami, Missouri, Oregon, Purdue, TCU, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and Wisconsin, among others.

"After careful consideration and reflection, I have made the decision to decommit from the University of Oklahoma," Ezukanma posted on Twitter. "This choice is not made lightly. I'd like to thank OU and the coaching staff for the incredible opportunity given to me."

OU wide receivers coach Emmett Jones offered him a scholarship on June 8, and he committed to the Sooners on June 20.

OU now has 27 verbal commits in the 2024 class, including wide receivers Zion Kearny, Ivan Carreon, Zion Ragins, K.J. Daniels and tight end Davon Mitchell.

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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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