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Oklahoma OL Enters Transfer Portal

Bill Bedenbaugh's offensive line group lost some depth when Aaryn Parks decided to leave the program.
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Oklahoma’s offensive line room got a little thinner Wednesday.

Aaron Parks, a fourth-year junior who played extensively in the Cheez-It Bowl against Florida State — and held his own against All-American Jared Verse — has reportedly entered the NCAA Transfer Portal.

The 6-foot-4, 300-pound Parks didn’t play during his first two seasons as a Sooner but got on the field for five games last fall, including an emergency replacement of left tackle Jacob Sexton. Sexton, a true freshman, drew his first career start after Anton Harrison declared for the NFL Draft, but then suffered a knee injury on the Sooners’ opening drive against FSU. Parks came in and played the rest of the way as OU produced two 100-yard rushers, but quarterback Dillon Gabriel was sacked six times.

Parks joined OU out of National Christian Academy in Seat Pleasant, MD, in the 2020 recruiting class. He was a 4-star prospect, according to 247 Sports, and the No. 7 offensive guard in the nation.

He’s now the fifth OU player to enter the portal since spring practice.

The spring transfer window closed on April 30, but graduate transfers can opt to leave at any time and still be eligible for the coming semester.

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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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