Oklahoma extended an offer to four-star wide receiver Jeremiah Smith. The 6-foot-2, 185 pound prospect is ranked by 247Sports as the nation’s No. 39 player nationally, the No. 9 wide receiver and the eighth-best player from the state of Florida in the 2024 class.
In the On3 consensus rankings, Smith checks in as the No. 11 player overall, the No. 3 wide receiver and the No. 2 player from the state of Florida in the 2024 class.
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— Jeremiah Smith (@Jermiah_Smith1) February 15, 2022
Smith is from Chaminade-Madonna Prep in Hollywood, Fla. He’s the cousin of former West Virginia quarterback and Seattle Seahawks backup quarterback Geno Smith.
Smith is also teammates with Zaquan Patterson, one of Oklahoma’s other recent targets in the 2024 class. According to 247Sports, Patterson is the No. 12 player nationally in the 2024 class, the No. 2 athlete and second-best player from Florida. OU offered Patterson on Feb. 11.
The Oklahoma offer for Smith continues a recent surge in high-profile offers. Over the past month, Smith has received offers from Texas A&M on Jan. 20, Utah on Jan. 22, LSU on Jan. 24, USC on Jan. 27 and Alabama on Feb. 4.
Smith also holds offers from Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Miami, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, South Carolina, Syracuse, Temple, UCF, West Virginia, Indiana and Toledo.
It continues a recent trend on wide receiver offers for the Sooners.
Upon his arrival as the Sooners’ new OC, Lebby offered wide receiver, Jayden Gibson. Gibson was at the time a Florida commit, and, eventually, he flipped from Florida to Oklahoma. Gibson stands at 6-foot-4. He’s enrolled and working out as an early enrollee.
That started a significant and noticeable trend of offers being shipped to other wide receivers of the 2023 and 2024 classes. Lebby primarily likes his receivers big with long frames.
Here’s where we can draw this conclusion: Jaden Greathouse (6-foot-2), Jalen Hale (6-foot-2) and Aidan Mizell (6-foot-3) have taken precedent over guys like DeAndre Moore Jr, who recently decommitted from the Sooners. – Bryant Crews, Sooners Wire.
It’s very early in the 2024 cycle, but it’s nice to see Oklahoma in on talented playmakers like Smith and Patterson this quickly. Offering both early gives the Sooners a chance to sell the idea of the pair continuing their playing careers in the Crimson and Cream.
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