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Thanks to Bama & Texas, Oklahoma lands two DBs on SIAA All-Decommitment Defense

Billy Bowman and Latrell McCutchin are just the kind of player Alex Grinch is looking for to play defensive back on the Sooners' Speed D
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Thanks to Bama & Texas, Oklahoma lands two DBs on SIAA All-Decommitment Defense
Thanks to Bama & Texas, Oklahoma lands two DBs on SIAA All-Decommitment Defense

Alex Grinch has clearly stated what he wants on Oklahoma’s Speed D: Big, long, athletic, fast, defensive backs.

And if he has to take them from other schools, then so be it.

Two Sooners landed on Sports Illustrated All-American’s 2021 All-Decommitment Defense, and both play in the secondary.

Latrell McCutchin was committed to Alabama previously, but then decommitted from the Crimson Tide and on July 4 pledged to Oklahoma. Four months later, the Sooners landed a verbal from nickel back Billy Bowman, who had been previously committed to rival Texas.

McCUTCHIN on SI99 ... McCUTCHIN PROFILE ... McCUTCHIN COMMITMENT

BOWMAN on SI99 ... BOWMAN PROFILE ... BOWMAN COMMITMENT

SIAA’s John Garcia Jr. picked both Sooners for a spot on his All-Decommitment team, which debuted Thursday with the offense, a list that included former Sooners quarterback commit Brock Vandagriff.

“Bowman was the No. 2 nickel in the rankings and he made the more dramatic, rivalry-fueled flip from Texas to Oklahoma to kick off the month of November,” Garcia Jr., wrote. “The Sooners benefited from another change of heart in McCutchin’s case, achieving the rare feat of flipping an Alabama commitment. The program pulled it off just four months after he and the Crimson Tide parted ways, a move sparked by a pre-COVID visit to Norman to heat up the conversation surrounding a final destination.”

SIAA’s ALL-DECOMMITMENT DEFENSE

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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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