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Oklahoma lands commitment from four-star 2021 DT Kelvin Gilliam

For the second time in the month of Aug., the Sooners have added to their 2021 recruiting class. A four-star defensive tackle has committed.

For the second time in the month of Aug., the Sooners have added to their 2021 recruiting class.

Oklahoma is hitting the Washington D.C. metro are and surrounding states hard in the upcoming recruiting class. The Sooners landed coveted quarterback, Washington D.C. native and No. 1 overall quarterback Caleb Williams on July 4. Then, Virginia native Damond Harmon on Aug. 1.

Four-star defensive tackle Kelvin Gilliam was choosing between Oklahoma, Penn State and South Carolina on Saturday night. His decision came on CBS Sports HQ moments ago.

Defensive coordinator Alex Grinch has landed his second four-star defensive tackles in as many days as Gilliam just announced his commitment to Oklahoma.

The Highland Springs, Virginia, native is listed as the 104th best recruit in the 2021 recruiting class according to Rivals. He’s rated as the ninth-best defensive tackle in the country and the fourth-best player in the state of Virginia.

Gilliam holds offers from LSU, Michigan, Tennessee, Texas, as well as Penn State and South Carolina.

Oklahoma now has four commitments along the defensive line in Isaiah Coe, Ethan Downs, Nathan Rawlings-Kibonge and Gilliam. The Sooners have 14 commitments in the 2021 recruiting class and the class was ranked 16th in the country prior to his commitment.

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When, how to watch Oklahoma four-star DT target Kelvin Gilliam’s commitment

Another big day is awaiting Oklahoma on the recruiting trail. The Sooners are in the thick of it for one of the best defensive tackles.

Another big day is awaiting Oklahoma on the recruiting trail.

The Sooners are in the hunt for one of the best defensive tackles in the country and he is set to make his commitment later Saturday.

Kelvin Gilliam is a four-star recruit according to Rivals. He’s the ninth-best defensive tackle in the country and the fourth-best player in the state of Virginia.

Oklahoma has made his final three and Gilliam will be choosing between the Sooners, Penn State and South Carolina. All the crystal balls on 247Sports and futurecasts on Rivals.com predict Alex Grinch and defensive line coach Calvin Thibodeaux to come away with a huge recruiting win.

The Sooners currently have three defensive linemen committed and have the 16th best recruiting class in the country. Both of those things can certainly change on Saturday.

Here is how you can watch Gilliam’s commitment announcement.

WHERE: Washington D.C.

WHEN: 8 p.m. CT

HOW TO WATCH: CBS Sports HQ

HOW TO STREAM: CBS Sports HQ

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Five-star 2021 RB visiting Oklahoma’s campus this weekend

Five-star 2021 RB Camar Wheaton is visiting OU’s campus this weekend

Oklahoma will be getting another chance to sway Camar Wheaton in their direction. 

Wheaton, a 2021 five-star running back out of Garland, Texas, will be joining several other Oklahoma targets for the Sooner Summit.

The Sooner Summit is a player-organized event created by top-ranked 2021 QB Caleb Williams. The idea is to get targets to Norman while the Oklahoma coaches are in an NCAA dead period. Williams, a five-star Oklahoma commit, has had his eye on getting several players to Norman, and apparently Wheaton made his list.

Williams has also been adamantly pursuing recruits Kelvin Gilliam, Emeka Egbuka, Tristan Leigh and Bryce Foster.

Wheaton is the top-ranked running back in 2021, per Rivals.

Oklahoma is currently ranked No. 16 in the 2021 football team rankings on Rivals. With just 13 commitments, they could see a huge boost with targets like Wheaton.

The Sooners are scheduled to kickoff their season against Missouri State on September 12. They will play only one nonconference game before taking on their Big 12 slate.

WATCH: Former Oklahoma WR CeeDee Lamb scores in Cowboys practice

Former Oklahoma WR CeeDee Lamb scored in the Cowboys practice on Friday

CeeDee Lamb is already making plays in the Pros.

The rookie WR drafted out of Oklahoma scored in the Cowboys practice on Friday.

The 6-foot-2 receiver jumped in the air and maneuvered his body to make the catch and run in for the touchdown.

Lamb made plenty of similar plays in his time with the Sooners, and will now be looking to make an impact on an already solid WR corps in Dallas.

Amari Cooper and Michael Gallup both surpassed 1,000 yards on the season. Lamb will be another weapon at QB Dak Prescott’s disposal.

Lamb isn’t shy of 1,000 yard seasons himself, racking up 1,158 and 1,327 yards in his final two seasons with the Sooners. He also came down with 32 touchdowns in three years.

The Cowboys are currently slated to kickoff their season against the Rams on September 13.

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WATCH: Oklahoma practice footage from third week of 2020 fall camp

Oklahoma football is now well into its fall camp ahead of the 2020 season. Here is practice footage provided by Oklahoma to the media.

Oklahoma is well into its fall camp ahead of the 2020 football season.

The Sooners began practices over three weeks ago with a planned start date to the season of Aug. 29. After a week off, Oklahoma returned to the practice fields this week in preparation for the revised start date of Sept. 12.

The team provided video from practice for the media without them being able to attend practice for photo opportunities and video opportunities.

The defensive line is going through drills as well as the defensive backs. The skill players are going through routine passing and receiving warmups.

Plenty of expected contributors for the 2020 season are videoed. Watch practice footage from Thursday’s practice here:

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(courtesy of Sooner Sports TV)

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Five commits, 3 targets from 2021 recruiting class reportedly visiting Oklahoma’s campus

This weekend is taking shape for Oklahoma in a major way on the recruiting trail. More than a handful of recruits are visiting on their own.

This weekend is taking shape for Oklahoma in a major way on the recruiting trail.

The NCAA has mandated a mandatory dead period that has been extended through Sept. 30. This means no visits, officially or unofficially, can take place for any recruits. Every football program has put together virtual visits for recruits to go through, but none are seeing the campus in person.

That hasn’t stopped others from still visiting the campus themselves.

Recruits can visit campuses without seeing or being toured around by any coaches. Oklahoma is having some major talent visiting this weekend.

The ‘Sooner Summit’ has been put together by five-star and No. 1 overall quarterback Caleb Williams. Joining him are commitments Danny Stutsman, Ethan Downs, Clayton Smith and Cullen Montgomery according to director of 247Sports recruiting Steve Wiltfong.

Some major targets, including a five-star or two could be joining.

“Some of the key targets expected include five-star offensive tackle Tristan Leigh, Top247 receiver Jalil Farooq, Top247 offensive tackle Savion Byrd, potentially five-star running back Camar Wheaton and maybe another coveted offensive lineman in Bryce Foster,” Wiltfong said. “It’s not out of the question that Oklahoma ultimately lands every prospect listed there.”

Leigh and Foster are two of the best offensive linemen in the country, Wheaton is a five-star running back and Farooq is a four-star wide receiver according to Rivals.

Oklahoma currently has 13 commitments for the 2021 recruiting class and the class is ranked 16th in the country.

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Two Oklahoma commits named first-team USA TODAY Sports preseason All-Americans

Preseason All-American lists aren’t just for college football. Two Oklahoma commits were named preseason All-Americans by USA TODAY Sports.

Preseason All-American lists aren’t just for college football.

Not all of the states are playing high school football in the fall, but are planning for the spring. Despite that, USA TODAY Sports has released its preseason All-American lists ahead of the 2020 high school football season.

Oklahoma is represented on the list with two 2021 commits being named preseason All-Americans.

Five-star and No. 1 overall quarterback Caleb Williams was named a first-team quarterback alongside Auburn commit and Texas’ native Dematrius Davis. Williams, a Washington D.C., native, committed to the Sooners on July 4. He is the second No. 1 overall quarterback to commit to Oklahoma in the last three recruiting cycles (Spencer Rattler, 2019).

Four-star cornerback and top-100 recruit Latrell McCutchin also made the first-team. The Austin, Texas, native, committed to the Sooners on the same day as Williams on July 4.

Oklahoma target and five-star wide receiver Emeka Egbuka was also named a first-team All-American. The Sooners are in a recruiting battle with Ohio State, Washington and Clemson for his commitment. He would join fellow five-star wide receiver Mario Williams in Oklahoma’s recruiting class.

The Sooners currently have 13 commitments in the 2021 recruiting class and are ranked 16th in the country.

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Oklahoma is ‘committed’ to continue on towards 2020 football season despite report

That’s that. Despite a report from Sports Illustrated that said Oklahoma was leaning against playing football, the Sooners are.

That’s that.

There was a report from Sports Illustrated that said Oklahoma was “against the sentiment” of the other Big 12 schools in continuing towards a 2020 season. The Sooners have not said anything official about the push for football this fall, even with athletic director Joe Castiglione meeting with the media recently.

Prominent Oklahoma beat writer Carey Murdock of SoonerScoop.com has dismissed that notion, saying that the Sooners are “fully committed” with the rest of the Big 12 in playing football this fall.

Senior associate athletic director Kenny Mossman posted a picture on Twitter of OU Chief COVID Officer Dr. Dale Bratzler and other Oklahoma athletics staff members going over game day procedures.

The Big 12 has yet to make a final decision on the 2020 season, but have announced they are pushing towards playing and have released a schedule.

Oklahoma is set to begin the 2020 season on Sept. 12 against Missouri State at home and begin Big 12 play on Sept. 26 against Kansas State at home.

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Report: OU leaning towards discontinuing the season, Texas not with them

According to a report from Sports Illustrated, Oklahoma wants to discontinue their fall season. The Texas Longhorns want to move forward.

There has been much said about the two remaining Power Five conferences cancelling their season in hopes of spring football. Some might say it was too early to pull the plug, while others think it was the right call bases on scientific evidence. Now you can add Oklahoma to the schools wanting to punt on the season.

According to a report from Mark Blaudschun of Sports Illustrated, the Sooners want out.

While that was going on on Tuesday, the Big 12 was dealing with a different issue involving Oklahoma, which reportedly is leaning against the sentiment of its brethren who want to continue with the season.

Normally this would result in a stalemate.

Not so much this time because Texas is leading a charge to continue, with or WITHOUT Oklahoma as part of the conference for football this season.

Every sign out of Austin is that the Texas Longhorns want to move forward with the season. Even if Oklahoma pulls the plug such as is suggested, one should expect the Longhorns to push forward with a season. Much like what we have seen with Big Ten and teams discussing a fall schedule, Oklahoma seems discontent with the decision made by the Big 12 Conference.

With just over three weeks remaining before the start of the 2020 season, it seems like a bad time to be having this discussion. It likely should have been brought up during the Big 12 Conference’s Board of Directors meeting. Should Oklahoma opt out of the season while the Big 12 continues, they would lose out on approximately $42 million in TV revenue.

The conference has stated that they were moving forward with preparing for the upcoming season. There hasn’t been an announcement yet that the season would go on as planned as of yet. It will be interesting to see how Texas handles the situation moving forward.

 

Eagles reportedly ‘blown away’ with Jalen Hurts

The Eagles are reportedly ‘blown away’ with Jalen Hurts

Jalen Hurts is apparently off to a hot start in Philadelphia.

Per NFL analyst Nick Kosko, the Eagles have been extremely impressed with the young QB out the gate.

“I’m excited to see what they do with Jalen Hurts” Jeremiah said. “All reports I’ve gotten out of Eagles camp, they are blown away with not only…how athletic he is, but how smart he is and how much of a professional he is.”

Hurts was taken at No. 53 overall in the 2020 draft. In his lone season with Oklahoma, he showed off his versatility, amassing 3,851 passing yards and 1,298 rushing yards. He finished with 52 touchdowns in total.

“Everyone’s fallen in love with him.” Jeremiah continued. “How are they going to use him? I know people have used Taysom Hill as a template for him. To me I don’t think he’ll get that much volume but they’ll find some spots. Maybe it’s in short yardage, probably a good chance you see him sprinkled in the red zone and be able to do some things running the football and using that mobility.”

Hurts more than likely will not be able to snag the starting spot from Eagles’ QB Carson Wentz, but with a good preseason he could shore up the backup role, and see flex minutes.

The Eagles are expected to kick off their season on on September 13 against the Washington Football Club.