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Oklahoma QB Commit Wins Elite 11 (Again)

Jackson Arnold, OU's future 5-star from Denton, TX, won the title at this year's event, following the likes of recent Sooners Spencer Rattler and Caleb Williams.
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Oklahoma QB Commit Wins Elite 11 (Again)
Oklahoma QB Commit Wins Elite 11 (Again)

Whether it’s Lincoln Riley as the head coach or Brent Venables, Oklahoma’s magic at the Elite 11 Finals continues.

Sooners’ 2023 quarterback commit Jackson Arnold won MVP of this year’s QB competition in Los Angeles this week, wrapping up a magnificent three-day stretch with what some observers saw as a jaw-dropping performance on Thursday.

Oklahoma’s 5-star prospect from Denton, TX, was ranked second after the first day of competition and had taken over the top spot after Day 2.

Arnold’s climb has been just what Sooner Nation needed after 2023 5-star Malachi Nelson decided to flip his commitment from OU to USC, where he’ll join Riley’s Trojan team next year. Nelson, from nearby Los Alamitos, competed at this year's event as well.

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Arnold’s victory at this year’s Elite 11 event gives Oklahoma the Elite 11 champ in three of the last six years. In 2018, Spencer Rattler took home the MVP title, while in 2020, Caleb Williams won the top prize.

The Elite 11 coaches and staff compile their rankings based off both the athletes' performances at the event and their junior video. 

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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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