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Sooners offer 2025 4-star prospect Lance Jackson

Oklahoma continues to send out offers to 2025 prospects with their latest going out to TE prospect Lance Jackson.

Jeff Lebby outlined his vision for Oklahoma’s offense when he signed on as offensive coordinator. He acknowledged that tight ends would have a prominent role in his scheme. He wasn’t wrong. Brayden Willis had his best year since becoming an Oklahoma Sooner en route to earning an invite to the Senior Bowl as he prepares for the 2023 NFL drafy.

With that level of production, it should make things easier for the Sooners on the recruiting trail. More specifically, it should make it easier to appeal to tight ends. Or at least Lebby hopes so.

He’s already testing that theory by offering four-star 2025 TE/DE Lance Jackson. Jackson, who hails from Texarkana, Texas, is already one of the best players in his class and will be a national name in short order.

Jackson was a Texas District 10-4A DII first-team selection at TE and DE as a sophomore. And the year before, he was a MaxPreps first-team Freshman All-American at tight end.

Early on, Arkanasas may be the team to beat as Jackson’s older brother, Landon, plays defensive end for the Razorbacks.

Lance Jackson’s Recruiting Profile

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Oklahoma extends offer to in-state 2025 tight end Nate Roberts

Oklahoma extends an offer to in-state tight end Nate Roberts of the 2025 class.

Oklahoma slowly but surely continues to build its recruiting board for its 2025 class. There’s no better place to do that than within your own backyard. The Sooners’ latest offer went out to rising in-state star Nate Roberts, a tight end from Washington, Oklahoma.

Roberts is a massive athlete for his age, already standing at 6-foot-3 and over 200 pounds. He has lined up all over the field already for his high school team, playing defensive end and quarterback, in addition to tight end. It runs in his family as well, considering his older brother plays tight end at the University of North Texas.

 

Outside of football, Roberts plays baseball and was part of a 3A state championship-winning team this past spring. Roberts also plays power forward for Washington as well.

So far, he owns offers from Oklahoma, Kentucky, Baylor, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Texas, and Missouri. Early in the 2025 recruiting process, Roberts hasn’t been rated yet by the recruiting services.

With no commitments from tight ends in 2024 or 2025, Oklahoma is already looking to build and cultivate relationships with tight ends for the future. Sooners tight end coach Joe Jon Finley is in the stages of building his recruiting board for the next few years after landing the commitment of Kade McIntyre for 2023.

Roberts joins Davon Mitchell as the only other tight end in the 2025 class with an offer. Mitchell is listed as a five-star with 247Sports.

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3 UTEP Miners that could cause problems for the Oklahoma Sooners

UTEP has some playmakers on both sides of the ball that could give Oklahoma fits if they aren’t careful.

Oklahoma finally straps up their pads on Saturday to take on a UTEP Miners team coming in off a 31-13 week zero loss to North Texas.

UTEP struggled to compete in the second half, allowing UNT to score 17 unanswered points and unable to do anything offensively in the second half.

That won’t work if they plan to remain competitive against Brent Venables’ Sooners. A team who comes in with the added juice of playing for a first-year coach. Add that to the fact that the Palace on the Prairie will be rocking, and things could snowball fast for UTEP.

Oklahoma can’t take UTEP for granted, or they will find themselves in a second-half dog fight like OU did this time last year with Tulane. The talent level may not be up to Big 12 standards, but UTEP has some pieces that could make life difficult for the Sooners.

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5 observations from the Oklahoma Sooners first official depth chart

Observations from the first official depth chart released by Oklahoma as the Sooners prepare for their week one matchup with UTEP.

Folks, we have arrived at the first game week of the season for the Oklahoma Sooners. The wait is nearly over and we are merely days away from meaningful football being played in Norman, Oklahoma.

The Oklahoma Sooners have been at it since the winter months getting in shape, lifting in the weight room before transitioning to spring ball, which culminated in one of the best spring game atmospheres the sport has ever seen.

All of that has led us to this week, which is the first game week for Brent Venables as head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners.

Venables will don the headset and will see his first team as the head coach take the field against a UTEP team that lost its first game against North Texas 31-13 during week zero.

While UTEP has game tape already out there for the Sooners to watch, the Miners will only be able to piece together information from watching last year and game plan based on the Sooners’ depth chart, which was released Monday morning.

We took a look at the depth chart and offered five observations below.

Oklahoma Sooners extend offer to 2024 EDGE Danny Okoye out of Tulsa

The Oklahoma Sooners issued an offer to in-state 2024 EDGE out of Tulsa Danny Okoye.

The latest offer from the Oklahoma Sooners went out to 2024 EDGE rusher Danny Okoye out of Tulsa, Okla. Okoye plays for the Northeast Oklahoma Association of Homeschools.

Currently unrated, Okoye is only getting started in his recruitment. He received his first offer back in May and currently has only seven offers, according to 247Sports, though many more will come in the future.

The first thing that stands out with Danny Okoye is his size. At 6-foot-5, he’s an imposing figure on the field. His length allows him to get in on would-be blockers to keep them from getting any leverage in one-on-one situations. He’s an athletic player with a good first step off the ball and good speed on the rush. Okoye closes on the quarterback quickly, and when he gets a hand on them, they go down. He’s a tenacious player looking to impose his will, whether on the pass rush or as a tight end blocking for the offense.

Entering his junior year, Okoye has all the tools to develop into an elite EDGE for the 2024 class and as he’s now on the radar of the top schools in Oklahoma as well as USC and Texas Tech, it’s likely that development will happen as he attends camps over the remainder of his high school career.

When Okoye announced the offer on Twitter, SoonerScoop’s Josh McCuistion shared his thoughts on social media as well, saying, “Big time pass rusher with elite athletic skills, he’s just scratching the surface of who he can be.”

 

Danny Okoye’s Recruiting Profile

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