Oklahoma TE Austin Stogner Lands on Preseason Watch List
Back at Oklahoma for senior year, Sooners tight end Austin Stogner is hoping to produce a big season.
He’s off to a good start, as Stogner was among 48 players included Friday on the preseason watch list for the John Mackey Award. The Mackey is presented annually to the best tight end in college football.
Stogner, from Plano, TX (Prestonwood Christian Academy), began his college career with the Sooners in 2019 but spent the 2022 season as a transfer at South Carolina. He caught just 20 passes for the Gamecocks last season.
Stogner, who has 67 career receptions for 864 yards and eight touchdowns, would no doubt prefer the type of offensive impact he had in 2020, when he caught 26 passes for 422 yards despite playing in just eight games. That 3.25 catches per game easily represents his career high.
The 6-foot-6, 255-pound Stogner was a 4-star recruit by 247 Sports, Rivals and ESPN and was the No. 11 overall prospect in the state of Texas as rated by ESPN (No. 16 by 247 Sports) and was chosen to play in All-America Bowl.
Stogner already owns his bachelor’s degree in marketing from OU and is now finishing his master’s in supply chain management.
He’s among six Big 12 Conference tight ends on the watch list, joined by Texas’ Ja’Tavion Sanders, Kansas State’s Ben Sinnott, Kansas’ Mason Fairchild, TCU’s Jared Wiley, BYU’s Isaac Rex.
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