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Jason Kersey

  • National College Football Reporter, The All-American, The Athletic
Norman, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City
As seen in: The Athletic, Washington Times, The Oklahoman, SEC Country, Southwest Times Record, The Norman Transcript, Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, Land of 10, opoint.com
@UofOklahomaLaw '25 ⚖️ I used to write about football 🏈 ✍🏻 Bald is beautiful 👨🏻‍🦲 It's pronounced "Ker-ZEE," like "jersey" 🎽

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Jason Kersey’s Journalist Portfolio

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Arkansas star Frank Ragnow, family, still grieving loss of father

Arkansas star Frank Ragnow, family, still grieving loss of father

Arkansas offensive lineman Frank Ragnow's father, Jon, died in the middle of the 2016 season and that it deep…

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Arkansas defensive coordinator Paul Rhoads dedicated to Alzheimer's research

Arkansas defensive coordinator Paul Rhoads dedicated to Alzheimer's research

Former Iowa State head coach Paul Rhoads was named Arkansas' defensive coordinator in January 2017. The Razor…

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Introducing the surgeon whose quick thinking saved Rawleigh Williams III's playing career

Introducing the surgeon whose quick thinking saved Rawleigh Williams III's playing career

Everyone around Arkansas knew the story of running back Rawleigh Williams III's broken neck he suffered in Oc…

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Oklahoma football: Who is Baylor assistant Jeff Lebby?

Oklahoma football: Who is Baylor assistant Jeff Lebby?

NORMAN - Sporting a Tulsa ballcap and a light blue T-shirt, Jeff Lebby stood on Owen Field's East sideline an…

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Oklahoma football: Former Sooner great Rickey Dixon battling ALS

Oklahoma football: Former Sooner great Rickey Dixon battling ALS

Today, Rickey Dixon -- a former first-team All-American safety and Jim Thorpe Award winner -- weighs around 1…

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How OU offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley's brilliance carried him from Muleshoe and onto the co...

How OU offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley's brilliance carried him from Muleshoe and onto the co...

Lincoln Riley was hired as Oklahoma's new offensive coordinator to coach quarterbacks and reinvigorate a Soon…

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The Holloway April 2026

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By Jason Kersey
| opoint.com
SPRING 2026 VOLUME 05, ISSUE 02 4 An eye-opening trip to the courthouse BY ELI WORTMAN our side in front of the whole class. I think this experience really opened all of our eyes  to  how  the  law  functions  and  how  our  court systems  work. Working  with  real  lawyers  and learning real strategies was super cool, and getting to  argue  for  something  in  front  of  the  class  was  a thrill  I  will  not  forget.
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Sooners O-line reset, Dillon Gabriel's fit at OU and why RBs are a position to watch

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By Jason Kersey
| The Athletic
NORMAN, Okla. - Oklahoma offensive line coach Bill Bedenbaugh woke up on Nov. 28 and didn't know anything was amiss. He came to the Barry Switzer Center that Sunday and went to work. After a few hours, he found out - along with the rest of the college football world - that his boss, coach Lincoln Riley, had accepted the USC job. Riley wanted Bedenbaugh to come with him to Los Angeles and for the next few weeks, rumors swirled that Bedenbaugh would, in fact, become the Trojans' O-line coach.
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Why it's no accident that OU assistant Cale Gundy is the Big 12's longest-tenured coach

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By Jason Kersey
| The Athletic
NORMAN, Okla. - On Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021, Oklahoma football sat in an unfamiliar place. The prior evening, the Sooners had lost to Bedlam rival Oklahoma State for the first time since 2014, meaning that they would not play for the Big 12 championship the following weekend. The Bedlam loss snapped a six-year streak of OU conference titles, but assistant coach Cale Gundy, wrapping up his 23rd season on the Sooners' coaching staff, immediately focused on what was next: Recruiting.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Sports writer at the ECU Journal (East Central University in Ada, Okla., my freshman year of college).

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Nope, although I think it'd be pretty cool!

How is social media changing news?

People don't go to website home pages anymore. They're clicking on stuff straight from Facebook/Twitter

Awards

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Associated Press Sports Editors Top 10

2012 - Feature writing, 75,001 to 175,000

I finished in the top 10 of APSE contest voting for 75,001 to 175,000 circulation feature writing. The award was for this feature: http://ndepth.newsok.com/quintaz-struble

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Associated Press Sports Editors Top 10

2013 - Beat writing, 75,001 to 175,000

I finished in the top 10 of the 2013 APSE contest voting for 75,001 to 175,000 beat writing for my coverage of University of Oklahoma football.

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Associated Press Sports Editors Top 10

2014 - Breaking news

I finished in the top 10 of APSE contest voting for 75,001 to 175,000 breaking news. The award was for my coverage of Oklahoma linebacker Frank Shannon's suspension under a university Title IX investigation.

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Associated Press Sports Editors

2014 - Multimedia

I was part of a team at The Oklahoman and NewsOK.com that won first place in multimedia for our production of a package called, "The Play That Changed It All," which can be read at this link: http://newsok.com/bedlam-2013-lacoltan-bester-justin-gilbert-and-the-play-that-changed-it-all/article/5152720

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Great Plains Journalism Awards

2015 - Multimedia Project or Series

I was part of a team at The Oklahoman and NewsOK.com that won a Great Plains Journalism Award (presented by the Tulsa Press Club) for our production of a package called, "The Play That Changed It All," which can be read at this link: http://newsok.com/bedlam-2013-lacoltan-bester-justin-gilbert-and-the-play-that-changed-it-all/article/5152720

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Associated Press Sports Editors Top 10

2015 - Beat writing, 75,001 to 175,000

I finished in the top 10 of the 2015 APSE contest voting for 75,001 to 175,000 beat writing for my coverage of University of Oklahoma football.

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Associated Press Sports Editors Top 10

2015 - Feature writing, 75,001 to 175,000

I finished in the top 10 of APSE contest voting for 75,001 to 175,000 circulation feature writing. The award was for this feature: http://newsok.com/article/5422071

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Great Plains Journalism Awards

2016 - Sports Reporting

I was part of a team that won a Great Plains Journalism Award (presented by the Tulsa Press Club) for sports reporting.

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Great Plains Journalism Awards

2016 - Sports Video

Along with photographer/videographer Bryan Terry, I was recognized with a Great Plains Journalism Award (presented by the Tulsa Press Club) for sports video. The award was for this video: http://newsok.com/multimedia/video/4348172925001 The video accompanied my feature story about OU offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley's roots in Muleshoe, Texas. That article can be read here: http://newsok.com/article/5433216

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Society of Professional Journalists, Oklahoma Awards

2016 - Sports Feature

I finished in first and third place in the SPJ Oklahoma contest for sports features.

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AP/ONE Contest

2015 - Spot Sports Reporting

I won first place in the Associated Press/Oklahoma News Executives contest for spot sports reporting for my story on OU linebacker Eric Striker's reaction to the SAE incident on campus in March 2015. You can read the story here: http://newsok.com/article/5399890

AP/ONE Contest

2015 - Sports Feature

I won first place in the Associated Press/Oklahoma News Executives annual contest for sports feature for my story about a gay University of Oklahoma pole vaulter. You can read that story here: http://newsok.com/article/5422071

Steve Ellis/FWAA Beat Writer of the Year

2016 - Beat writing

I was named the national college football Beat Writer of the Year by the Football Writers Association of America.

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