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Recruiting Profile: 2024 Four-star wide receiver Aeryn Hampton

Recruiting profile for 2024 four-star wide receiver Aeryn Hampton who recently included the Sooners in his top seven.

The Oklahoma Sooners are early in their recruitment of four-star wide receiver Aaryn Hampton. After offering back on February 2, the Sooners found their way into his top seven released on February 8.

Emmett Jones had been recruiting Hampton from his time at Texas Tech, and that’s likely the reason the Sooners have quickly joined the race.

The Sooners will have some ground to make up, but as we’ve seen in some recent recruitments, don’t count Brent Venables and his staff out until a prospect’s name is signed on that national letter of intent.

As a prospect, Hampton displays incredible athleticism and breakaway speed. He’s a big-play threat every time he’s on the field because of his incredible agility and vision once the ball is in his hands. He’s a two-way player, starring in multiple defensive back roles, at wide receiver, and even returns kick with great effectiveness.

He’s a player that can play both in the slot and on the outside because of his quickness, agility, and speed.

The Sooners will have to catch up to the Crimson Tide to become a serious contender in the recruitment. They’ve already made significant headway in such a short time that they’ll be in it till the end.

Aeryn Hampton’s Recruiting Profile

Projections

  • On3’s Recruiting Prediction Machine favors the Alabama Crimson Tide.
  • Rivals FutureCasts currently favor Alabama.
  • Crystal ball predictions are split between Alabama (2), Texas (1), and Nebraska (1). The most recent predictions came from Steve Wiltfong and Horns247 writer Mike Roach in January.

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Oklahoma inks 4-star speedster Jaquaize Pettaway

Oklahoma inks four-star wide receiver Jaquaize Pettaway, who chose Oklahoma over Texas over the summer.

The early signing period is underway, and the Oklahoma Sooners are beginning to put pen to paper with their [autotag]2023 recruiting class[/autotag].

One of their fastest prospects is set to join the program. Four-star wide receiver [autotag]Jaquaize Pettaway[/autotag] is officially a Sooner as he signed his national letter of intent.

Pettaway is a consensus four-star across the board and is widely known for his speed and breakaway ability. He’s dynamic with the ball in his hands and could blossom into a major playmaker for the Sooners over the next few years.

Since committing to Oklahoma this summer, Pettaway has been rock solid in his commitment. His high school season ended a little sooner than his peers, but Pettaway is a bonafide star.

Pettaway committed over the summer as part of Oklahoma’s legendary summer recruiting run that had the entire college football world talking. He chose Oklahoma over Texas and has remained steadfast in that commitment. He ranks 53rd nationally in the 247Sports rankings and is No. 66 overall in the 247 composite rankings. Pettaway comes to Norman as the No. 11 wide receiver in the country.

Pettaway stands 5-foot-11 and has obvious room to grow a little more and add weight to the sub-200-pound frame he carries. His speed, 10.5 in the 100 meters, and his stop-and-start ability make him an early candidate for playing time next year. He wins most often by getting vertical, which is a significant component of Oklahoma’s passing identity. He also can be an asset in the return game or in the screen game.

With vacancies in the wide receiver room due to graduation, transfers, and the possibility of Marvin Mims entering the draft, Pettaway has multiple avenues to playing time in 2023.

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Sooners lose WR commit Anthony Evans III, flips to Georgia

Oklahoma took a loss this week as the Sooners lose 2023 WR commit Anthony Evans. Evans flipped to Georgia on Friday. From @thatmanbryant

In one week, the Oklahoma Sooners experienced the full emotions of the recruiting spectrum. They racked up four defensive commits giving them extra reasons to be thankful on Thanksgiving.

Today they’re experiencing the opposite end of the recruiting spectrum. Black Friday was just that for Oklahoma who lost four-star wide receiver Anthony Evans flipped his commitment from the Oklahoma Sooners to the Georgia Bulldogs.

The flip comes as no surprise to those who follow Oklahoma recruiting closely as Evans has taken multiple visits to UGA despite his commitment to Oklahoma on August 26th.

The connection with Georgia was very real,  considering he was down to either Oklahoma or Georgia for his initial commitment in the first place. His mother is a big Georgia fan and even in the graphic where he commits to UGA it included, “My mama’s dream come true.”

The 5-foot-11, 167-pound Evans has explosive athleticism, and he’s a 10.27 guy in the 100m dash and 24-foot plus long jumper. That would have been a treat to have as a slot receiver for Oklahoma to pair with the rest of the offensive pieces they are assembling.

With Evans now exiting the class, the Sooners only have two receivers committed: Jaquaize Pettaway and Keyon Brown.

Evans is the fourth prospect to commit to Brent Venables and then later decommit in the ’23 class, joining names like Ashton Cozart (Oregon), edge rusher Colton Vasek (Texas) and linebacker Kaleb Spencer (Miami).

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Oklahoma adds one of nation’s most electric playmakers as four-star WR Jaquaize Pettaway commits

Oklahoma Sooners pick up big-time commitment from Top 50 player in the 2023 class, wide receiver Jaquaize Pettaway.

Oklahoma’s quest to make fools out of people who questioned their recruiting prowess is officially full steam ahead. As the month of July continues on the Sooners have landed their 11th commitment in the 2023 class and their third prospect in less than 10 days.

Jaquaize Pettaway, a four-star wide receiver from Houston, Texas bypassed a chance to go play on the Forty Acres in Austin on Wednesday.

It was a Red River battle to the end but ultimately the Sooners won out as Pettaway joins the Sooners 2023 recruiting class. He stands at 5-foot-11 and clocks in under 180 pounds but he’s as dynamic and explosive a player in the nation. With legit short area quickness, a lightning bolt first step, and top-end sprinter speed, Pettaway is a certified speed merchant.

Cale Gundy continues to be as steady as they come at recruiting top flight offensive playmakers from the state of Texas. He can add Pettaway to a list of players that includes Adrian Peterson, Marvin Mims, Theo Wease, CeeDee Lamb, Rodney Anderson, and Austin Stogner.

Pettaway looks to be an easy candidate for day one snaps considering he offers something currently no one else in the remainder of the Sooners’ 2023 class does and that’s elite speed.

He can return punts and kicks and has scored on multiple returns in his high school career and he can take jailbreak, bubble screens, and jet handoffs for big plays. Those are simple and easy ways to get an explosive player like him the ball that may not know the full nuances of a college offense just yet.

With Pettaway’s commitment, Oklahoma now has two top 50 recruits with five-star QB and Elite 11 MVP Jackson Arnold being the other. Pettaway now joins Floridian Keyon Brown as the Sooners’ lone wide receiver commits.

There’s still room for one maybe two more wide receivers in this class for Oklahoma and having someone like Pettaway who offers game-changing speed is very noteworthy. There’s no reason to belive that Pettaway with an excellent senior year and a good postseason showing in All-Star settings couldn’t challenge for a fifth star either.

Nonetheless, the talented wide receiver is a Sooner and will get an opportunity to make plays in the open field under Jeff Lebby’s lightning fast offense.

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Oklahoma Sooners gain commitment from 2023 4-star WR Keyon Brown

The Oklahoma Sooners added another commitment to their 2023 recruiting class in 4-star wide receiver Keyon Brown.

The Oklahoma Sooners kicked June off with a bang, hosting [autotag]Brent Venables[/autotag]’ first camp for high school athletes as the Sooners’ head coach. They’re hosting players from across the country for the ChampU Family BBQ this weekend and their efforts are already paying dividends.

The Sooners received a commitment from four-star wide receiver Keyon Brown out of Tallahassee, Fla.

According to Bob Przybylo of SoonerScoop.com, Brown was one of the players in attendance for Venables’ camp and stood out as one of the top performers.

Safe to say Brown impressed the coaching staff with his work in Norman this week. An offer and a commitment just days later and the Sooners have a wide receiver to add to their 2023 recruiting class.

The four-star wide receiver is the fifth commitment for the Oklahoma Sooners in the 2023 recruiting cycle. He joins [autotag]Jackson Arnold[/autotag], [autotag]Joshua Bates[/autotag], [autotag]Erik McCarty[/autotag], and [autotag]Kaleb Spencer[/autotag].

Brown’s commitment comes just a couple of weeks after [autotag]Ashton Cozart[/autotag] flipped his pledge to the Oregon Ducks. The Sooners replaced one towering wide receiver in Cozart with another one in Brown.

The Florida product stands 6-3 and weighs in at 188 pounds according to 247Sports. Brown’s size and ability help give him the opportunity to be a standout on the outside for the Sooners.

Keyon Brown’s Recruiting Profile

Oklahoma Sooners lose 2023 4-star WR commit Ashton Cozart to Oregon

2023 four-star WR Ashton Cozart flips commitment from the Oklahoma Sooners to the Oregon Ducks.

It wouldn’t be summer recruiting without any surprises. Recently, it was a bit of a surprise to hear that 2023 WR commit Ashton Cozart was visiting the Oregon Ducks. So, it doesn’t come as much of a shock that Cozart has decided to flip his commitment from the Sooners to the Ducks.

The commitment is less of a surprise than some may think because Cozart had been vocal in recent interviews about recruiting and visiting other schools. We chronicled the news that Cozart would be visiting Eugene, Oregon this weekend earlier in the week. That visit coupled with the likely communication that has been taking place over the last few weeks was enough to seal the deal for Cozart who now becomes a Duck.

Cozart told On3 Recruiting, “The biggest factors with my decision are development, culture, and the relationships I have with the University. I’ve grown up in the Pacific Northwest most of my life and have dreamed of playing there since I was a kid.”

Cozart represented the Sooners’ only skill-position commit for the 2023 class when he picked Oklahoma just over three months ago. A promising visit helped solidify his thoughts on OU in the wake of Lincoln Riley’s departure and the hiring of Brent Venables as head coach and Jeff Lebby as offensive coordinator.

Considering how it all went down, this seems like a final split between Oklahoma and Cozart with the Sooners now resetting their board at wide receiver to focus even heavier on names like Mikal Harrison-Pilot, Jaquaize Pettaway, and Anthony Evans. The Sooners recently landed two receivers in the transfer portal with multiple years of eligibility, Javian Hester and LV Bunkley-Shelton, and it’s hard not to imagine that those commitments also likely played a factor in Cozart’s decision to look around elsewhere too.

In the end, this entire mini-saga is just another day in the college football recruiting world. The Sooners have multiple wide receiver targets in their sights and will spend the rest of the summer and fall trying to land two if not all three of them.

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