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Trio of Oklahoma freshmen named All-American

Spencer Rattler, Marvin Mims and Anton Harrison all earned accolades in 2020
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Trio of Oklahoma freshmen named All-American
Trio of Oklahoma freshmen named All-American

Three Oklahoma Sooners were named this week to the Rivals freshman All-American team.

Quarterback Spencer Rattler, wide receiver Marvin Mims and offensive tackle Anton Harrison were all included on the list compiled by Rivals national recruiting director Mike Farrell.

While Mims and Harrison were true freshmen in 2020, Rattler was a redshirt freshman.

Rattler, from Scottsdale, AZ, led the Big 12 Conference with a 172.6 passer efficiency rating and also led the league in passing yards (3,301) at 275.5 per game and touchdown passes at 28. He completed 67.5 percent of his passes (214-of-317) and threw only seven interceptions.

Pro Football Focus named Rattler it’s Big 12 player of the year and ranked him as the top-graded college quarterback coming back in 2021.

Mims, from Frisco, TX, ranked fourth among Big 12 receivers with 55.5 receiving yards per game on just 37 catches — 16.5 yards per reception. He also led all Big 12 wideouts with nine touchdown catches, including TD grabs of 45, 50, 58 and 61 yards.

Mims also was named by PFF as the nation’s top-graded wideout returning next season.

Harrison, from Washington, DC, played in nine games at left tackle as the backup to senior Erik Swenson.

According to PFF, the former Under Armour All-American allowed only one quarterback sack on 173 pass-blocking plays. 

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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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