New Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer is making sure he's fully focused on his first season with the Sooners.
Mateer last week was at the Manning Passing Academy, where he admitted to On3 that he recently took some extra measures to limit his daily distractions. According to On3, Mateer deleted the X app off his phone and even set screen time limits for himself as the season nears and hype around him builds.
John Mateer deletes X and sets limit on screen time
“I deleted Twitter – or I, like, removed it,” Mateer told On3 at the Manning Passing Academy. “I check it like once every four days. I was really, really bad with that stuff and looking at what people said about me. I do the best I can to discipline myself and not look at any of it. Because the good is cool, but the good is good until I suck, and then the good is horrible and those same people, they hate me. Not actually, but on the field."
There are high expectations for Mateer in 2025 after transferring to OU from Washington State as the top prospect in the portal this past winter. He followed his offensive coordinator, Ben Arbuckle, to Norman, so despite playing at a new program, he's already familiar with the system and is now surrounded by more talent.
Last year, in his first season as a starter as a sophomore, Mateer led all of FBS with 44 total touchdowns. He threw for 3,139 yards and 29 TDS, while rushing for 826 yards and another 15 scores.
That success paired with following his offensive coordinator to a blue blood program has catapulted Mateer's hype. He had Heisman Trophy odds just moments after transferring to OU. He's also emerged as an NFL Draft prospect, with NFL Draft expert Todd McShay even recently releasing a podcast dedicated to scouting Mateer.
“So, actually, I added a screen time limit to my social media just to get ready and get off my phone more because there’s a lot of signs behind it and I was like being a zombie here and there, looking at my phone," Mateer said. "So I tried to get off of it. Even more recently, when that came out is right when I started screen time (limits). So I didn’t look at it, people sent it to me, and I tried to not look at it because it don’t matter."
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