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Report: Oklahoma WR Keyon Brown Headed to Junior College

The 3-star recruit was set to join the Sooners in the summer, but an academic eligibility snag reportedly derailed his plans.
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Report: Oklahoma WR Keyon Brown Headed to Junior College
Report: Oklahoma WR Keyon Brown Headed to Junior College

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Oklahoma’s incoming wide receiver class was just cut in half.

According to a Monday report from 247 Sports, citing unnamed sources, incoming freshman Keyon Brown will not be joining the Sooners this year, and will instead enroll at Garden City (KS) Community College.

OU Insider reported Monday night that Brown’s issue was related to academic eligibility.

The 6-foot-3, 188-pound Brown was a 247 Sports 3-star prospect coming out of James Rickards High School in Tallahassee, FL. ESPN rates Brown as a 4-star prospect.

His absence from the class leaves only speedster Jaquaize Pettaway, a high school All-American and 4-star prospect from Houston, as OU’s incoming wideouts this summer.

247 Sports also rates Brown as the No. 48 wide receiver in the nation after putting up more than 1,200 yards and eight touchdowns as a senior. Brown also ran track in high school.

Brown had offers from Alabama, Auburn, Florida State, Nebraska and Tennessee, among others.

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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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