John Mateer growing relationships with Deion Burks, Javonnie Gibson
OU football QB John Mateer growing relationships with WRs Deion Burks, Javonnie Gibson
Somebody’s going to pay, John Mateer promises. Maybe even all of ‘em.
For the love of all things Oklahoma, pump that Crimson and Cream attitude, that Sooner Magic bravado, deep into the veins of the suddenly stale program.
They’ve hitched their immediate future to this straight-shooting, no frills, uber-talented quarterback with something to prove. To the quarterback no one wanted out of high school, whose football path unceremoniously unfolded from tiny Central Arkansas, to Washington State ― to now you’re all going to pay.
Every last one of you who passed on him.
“I’m from the south, and all of these SEC teams recruit the south,” Mateer told USA TODAY Sports. “So I guess they all passed on me.”
He pauses for a moment, understanding the enormity of the statement and how it will land in an SEC world where it’s not religion, it’s your very existence.
“Even Oklahoma passed on me,” Mateer continues. “So now it’s great. It’s all on the schedule. There’s a couple (teams) here and there that really make me mad. I’m not over it.”
This is the future of Oklahoma football, everyone. It’s equal parts Baker Mayfield and Cam Ward (more on that later), and embattled Sooners coach Brent Venables.
In one season as a starter at Washington State, Mateer threw for 3,139 yards and 29 TDs, and rushed for 826 yards and 15 TDs. No wonder Venables threw a load of NIL money at his spirit animal.
Show change, be change, as Venables likes to preach.
“His intensity, his focus is off the charts,” Venables said.
But this isn’t a story of chasing NIL dollars. Mateer was happy at Washington State, loved his coaches and teammates and the bucolic yet quirky…
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