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Report: 4-Star WR Prospect Reaffirms Pledge to Oklahoma: 'I Can't Quit Before I Get Started'

Zion Kearney said it would be "crazy" to open up his recruiting after being committed to the Sooners since April, even with a new offensive coordinator coming in.
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Report: 4-Star WR Prospect Reaffirms Pledge to Oklahoma: 'I Can't Quit Before I Get Started'
Report: 4-Star WR Prospect Reaffirms Pledge to Oklahoma: 'I Can't Quit Before I Get Started'

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Count 4-star wide receiver Zion Kearny among the Oklahoma recruits who aren’t going anywhere.

“I can’t quit before I get started,” Kearney told Fan Nation. “That's crazy.”

Kearney was interviewed by Fan Nation’s Andrew Nemec of SB Live and reaffirmed his pledge to OU even after offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby’s departure Sunday to become head coach at Mississippi State.

“It would’ve been cool to play a season under him,” Kearney told Nemec. “I’m happy for him and I know it’s a part of the game.”

As such, Kearney will not be re-opening his recruitment. He's been committed to OU since April.

“I trust (Brent Venables) is going to get somebody in that’s going to lead us into the SEC competitive and ready to win,” Kearney said.

The 6-foot-2, 210-pound Kearney is the nation's No. 73 overall prospect and No. 15 wide receiver.

Read the full SB Live story

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

OU now has 27 verbal commits in the 2024 class, including wide receivers 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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