WATCH: Oklahoma DB Robert Spears-Jennings at SEC Media Days

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ATLANTA — Oklahoma defensive back Robert Spears-Jennings was one of the team's top defenders in 2024, and he was selected as one of the Sooners' three attendees for SEC Media Days.

As a junior, Spears-Jennings registered 66 tackles, 43 of which were solo tackles. He also notched four forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, an interception and a pass deflection.

Spears-Jennings spoke with local and national media outlets about the defense's improvement, his personal growth, how the offense has changed with John Mateer and Ben Arbuckle and what the Sooners took from their disappointing 2024 season.

Head coach Brent Venables, defensive end R Mason Thomas and Mateer, OU's transfer quarterback from Washington State, were the Sooners' three other media day attendees.

Oklahoma opens the season on Saturday, Aug. 30, against Illinois State.

Published Jul 16, 2025 | Modified Jul 16, 2025

JOHN 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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CARSON FIELD

Carson Field has worked full-time in the sports media industry since 2020 in Colorado, Texas and Wyoming as well as nationally, and he has earned degrees from Arizona State University and Texas A&M University. When he isn’t covering the Sooners, he’s likely golfing, fishing or doing something else outdoors. Twitter: https://x.com/carsondfield

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