Oklahoma was bullish on extending offers to high school freshmen for many reasons. Now, with those freshmen months away from being sophomores, the Sooners have begun to send out offers more regularly.
Recently, 2025 wide receiver prospect Isaiah Mozee received an offer from the Sooners. Another offer was extended to 2025 defensive lineman Jourdin Crawford from Birmingham, Alabama.
Crawford is just a high school sophomore, but his athletic profile is absolutely that of someone who will likely a top 125 recruit as the years pass by.
#AGTG 🙏🏾 Blessed to have earned an ⭕️ffer from @OU_Football. Thank you @CoachToddBates and @CoachVenables. #BOOMERSOONER @JacksonOlinFB @JamaalBess @DexPreps @AKing_Evals @Rivals @247recruiting @BamaInside @AL6AFootball @RivalsCamp @Trent_Simpson pic.twitter.com/Rf6Xmq56O4
— Jourdin Crawford (@Jourdin07) May 23, 2022
Alabama is becoming a hotspot for the Sooners to recruit out of after years of shying away from it under Lincoln Riley. Defensive line coach Todd Bates is from Alabama, and he recruited it extensively as a coach while at Clemson. Now at Oklahoma, he’s bringing that same tenacity in recruiting the state of Alabama that he displayed for the Tigers.
As a sophomore, Crawford doesn’t have many offers but that’ll change over the next few months as the class of 2025 starts to round into shape and take over the camp circuit in abundance. The only four offers he holds are Oklahoma, Michigan, Georgia Tech and Coastal Carolina.
Crawford’s recruitment will be one to follow over the next few years given Bates’ emphasis on recruiting the state of Alabama. The 2023 and 2024 classes have multiple high-level targets with OU offers that hail from Alabama and Todd Bates has been a key figure as the Sooners open up new recruiting grounds.
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