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Report: Oklahoma lands another OL from transfer portal

Robert Congel, a two-year starter at Arizona and former walk-on at Texas A&M, will transfer to OU to help offset the Sooners' personnel losses up front
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Report: Oklahoma lands another OL from transfer portal
Report: Oklahoma lands another OL from transfer portal

Oklahoma reportedly landed another offensive lineman via the NCAA transfer portal on Saturday — the Sooners’ second of the week.

Robert Congel, a 6-foot-4, 321-pound fourth-year junior and two-year starter at guard for the Arizona Wildcats, announced he would be transferring to OU. Congel entered the transfer portal in mid-December.

It's been rumored for weeks that Congel wanted to come to Oklahoma. The report was first confirmed by OUInsider's Brandon Drumm on Saturday afternoon that Congel is enrolled at OU for the spring semester. Classes begin Monday.

On Monday, Tennessee left tackle Wanya Morris committed to OU after entering the transfer portal last week.

OU also added a quarterback via the transfer portal in Penn State freshman Micah Bowens.

The additions offset two personnel losses across the Sooners’ offensive line from 2020. Fourth-year juniors Creed Humphrey and Adrian Ealy both declared for the NFL Draft, costing Oklahoma its starting center and right tackle from the past two seasons (Humphrey also started in 2018).

Congel hails from Greenwood Village, CO, and played high school football at IMG Academy in Bradenton, FL. He spent his freshman season at Texas A&M as a walk-on at guard and center for the Aggies and played in five games.

Congel followed A&M coach Kevin Sumlin to Arizona and sat out the 2018 season as a transfer.

In his first season in Tucson, Congel played in 10 games and made eight starts — seven at left guard and one at center — and led the offensive unit in total snaps.

This past season, with the Pac-12 playing a severely reduced schedule due to the Coronavirus pandemic, he started all five games at right guard.

Shortly after Sumlin was fired in December, Congel entered his name in the transfer  portal.

Congel’s recruiting profile is minimal. He wasn’t rated by either 247 Sports or Rivals and later called himself “a zero-star guy.”

According to his Arizona bio, his father (Syracuse) and grandfather (Fordham) both played college football. 

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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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