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ESPN re-ranked the 2020 recruiting class: Where’d Oklahoma land?

Taking a look back at the 2020 recruiting cycle, where did ESPN rank the Oklahoma Sooners 2020 recruiting class?

The 2022 class has had a few splashes here and there, but we probably won’t have a good grasp on the impact of this group until 2024. A few years since the arrival of the 2020 recruiting class, what kind of impact is this group having for the Oklahoma Sooners?

In their third season in Norman, the 2020 recruiting class is playing a huge role for the Sooners this year. Marvin Mims is one of the best receivers in the country and Anton Harrison is playing like a player that could be taken in the top 50 of the 2023 NFL draft. Andrew Raym has developed into a solid starter at center helping anchor a fast-paced Oklahoma offensive attack.

In ESPN’s look at the 2020 recruiting class, the Sooners improved from the No. 10 class at the time to No. 7 in their re-rank.

How this class finishes under new head coach Brent Venables remains to be seen as the Sooners navigate a rough patch. Several signees are no longer with the program. Under previous head coach Lincoln Riley, with whom they signed, this group has offered some really good production. Pieces of this class helped generate more than 20 wins, a conference title their freshmen season and a pair of bowl wins. WR Marvin Mims was a key target on that Big 12 title team and remains a top receiver for the Sooners. DL Perrion Winfrey was the top junior college DL and was a disruptive starter while with the program. Top signee Reggie Grimes has developed into a good defender, leading the team in sacks. The Sooners signed several four-star OLs with in-state ESPN 300 Andrew Raym and Anton Harrison developing into solid starters. – Craig Haubert and Tom Luginbill, ESPN

The addition of Perrion Winfrey from the junior college ranks was the highlight on the defensive side. Though a bit up and down for the Sooners, Winfrey provided an interior pass rush and was taken in the

Reggie Grimes has been a good player, but hasn’t been the best player in the recruiting class. There’s still another level that he can go to.

Aaryn Parks and Nate Anderson have provided depth along the offensive line and Justin Harrington has become a rotational Cheetah player for the OU defense. D.J. Graham had some good moments at cornerback, but recently made the switch to wide receiver.

Chandler Morris won the starting quarterback job at TCU before suffering an injury in the season opener. Max Duggan’s played so well that Morris hasn’t been able to reclaim the starting quarterback job.

The biggest disappointments in this class were Seth McGowan and Mikey Henderson. Both players had promising starts to their Sooners careers in 2020 before being dismissed during the 2021 offseason amid assault allegations.

If we were re-ranking the players in the 2020 class, Marvin Mims or Anton Harrison would vie for the top player. Both have been among the best at their position in the Big 12 and have received some first round buzz in early mock drafts for the 2023 NFL draft.

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Oklahoma Sooners 2021 offensive depth chart projection 3.0

With the departures of three skill position players and an offensive lineman, the Oklahoma Sooners depth chart has seen some turnover in recent months.

Over the last couple of months, the Oklahoma Sooners offensive depth chart has been hit by players getting dismissed from the program. Back in May, it was Trejan Bridges and Seth McGowan on the way out. Yesterday, the University of Oklahoma dismissed Mikey Henderson from the program after an alleged incident involving all three.

Stacey Wilkins entered the transfer portal, and while it doesn’t appear that he’s found a new home yet, it’s likely he’s playing elsewhere in 2021.

While it’s a loss for the program on the depth chart, it creates new opportunities. In particular, a guy like Marcus Major benefits greatly from sliding up the depth chart. Overlooked a bit because of Seth McGowan in 2020 and still a bit because of LSU transfer Tre Bradford, Major has an opportunity to find a role as the team’s third running back.

Much of the depth chart remains unchanged, though the Spring Game gave us more insight into how the center competition is unfolding. Andrew Raym looks to be leading the pack at this point, but with Summer workouts ongoing and camp around the corner, the competition is still up for grabs. Don’t count Robert Congel or Chris Murray out just yet.

Even with the departure of Trejan Bridges, the Oklahoma Sooners wide receiver group looks incredibly deep. They return their leading receivers from 2020 in Marvin Mims and Theo Wease on the outside. Jadon Haselwood, who figures to get time at all three wide receiver spots, could be a big slot for Lincoln Riley and the Sooners’ offense. His size and athleticism would be a huge mismatch for slot corners or safeties.

The Sooners will likely rotate each of their starters through the slot to keep defenses off-balance and exploit mismatches.

Though Henderson was making the switch from H-Back to running back this offseason, he would have still been able to give you some snaps behind Jeremiah Hall. Now that will fall to Brayden Willis or Austin Stogner, who are more traditional tight ends.

Report: Mikey Henderson dismissed from Oklahoma football program

According to a release from the Oklahoma Sooners athletics department, Mikey Henderson has been dismissed from the team.

Just over two months ago, former Oklahoma Sooners Trejan Bridges and Seth McGowan were dismissed from the University of Oklahoma and brought up on felony charges. Now there’s a third member of the Oklahoma Sooners football team that has been charged as part of the same incident.

It was reported earlier this evening that Mikey Henderson would face a felony stemming from the same alleged incident that Bridges and McGowan were a part of.

Now, per a release from the University of Oklahoma, Henderson is no longer a part of the program.

In the alleged incident that occurred in April, Norman police responded to a 911 call where the victim described being robbed and assaulted by, at the time, only Bridges and McGowan. Now that Henderson has been named to the report, he suffered the same fate as his teammates and was dismissed from the team by head coach Lincoln Riley.

Sooners Wire will provide more details as they are made available.

Report: Arrest warrant issued for Oklahoma Sooners running back Mikey Henderson

According to reports, an arrest warrant has been issued for Oklahoma Sooners running back Mikey Henderson.

According to a report from SI Sooners’ site, an arrest warrant has been issued for running back Mikey Henderson. This is part of the ongoing investigation that involved fellow teammates Trejan Bridges and Seth McGown. The two were later removed from the program entirely.

The Norman Police Department has submitted a request for an arrest warrant to the Cleveland County District Attorney’s office for University of Oklahoma football player Mikey Henderson, a Norman PD spokeswoman told SI Sooners on Tuesday.

Norman PD public information officer Sarah Jensen said NPD investigators have determined that Henderson is the third party involved in an alleged armed robbery on April 15 at the Crimson Park Apartments that resulted in the arrest of OU football players Trejan Bridges and Seth McGowan.

It would be hard to fathom that if Henderson was indeed the third party in the alleged robbery that he wouldn’t suffer the same fate as the other two involved. Head coach Lincoln Riley will likely dismiss him from the program as well.

Henderson was part of the 2020 recruiting cycle. He was the No. 12 athlete in the country according to 247Sports composite rankings and a four-star recruit. Henderson was expected to have an expanded role with the team following the dismissal of McGowan. It appears that LSU transfer Tre Bradford will likely take on any extra snaps at running back that doesn’t go to Kennedy Brooks or Seth McGowan.

Sooners Wire will pass along any other news as it becomes available.

Oklahoma Football Notebook: Lincoln Riley, Spencer Rattler, Marquis Hayes and Mikey Henderson talk Thursday

Oklahoma football head coach Lincoln Riley, QB Spencer Rattler, OL Marquis Hayes and RB Mikey Henderson met with the media on Thursday.

The penultimate week of spring practices for the Oklahoma Sooners is drawing to a close with just one more week of practices before April 24’s spring game. Continue reading “Oklahoma Football Notebook: Lincoln Riley, Spencer Rattler, Marquis Hayes and Mikey Henderson talk Thursday”

WATCH: 4-star Oklahoma TE recruit Mikey Henderson somehow caught this pass between three DBs

Mikey Henderson, a four-star tight end commit for Oklahoma, pulled down one of the touchdown catches of the year when he turned a triple-covered pass in the middle of the field into a wild catch-and-run score.

On a scale from 1 through 10 in terms of difficulty, Oklahoma tight end recruit Mikey Henderson’s latest touchdown catch is a full-on magic trick.

With Ranchview High School (Irving, Texas) in need of a big play, they threw the ball up to Henderson, a 6-foot-4, 230-pound target. That’s understandable because Henderson is A) Ranchview’s best player, and B) its biggest target. There was just one problem: He was triple covered at the time.

Yes, that makes the pass in question inadvisable. But, in Henderson’s case, it also just set up one of the plays of the season, with Henderson elevating in concert with the trio of defenders draped over him, coming down with the ball, sticking the landing and then racing to the end zone for a touchdown.

It was one of just two touchdowns in Ranchview’s season-ending playoff loss to Celina (Texas) High School. While he’ll surely be disappointed his high school career is over, Henderson can rest assured that he went out in style.