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OU, Bedlam to play host to big names with a number of prospects descending on Norman

Oklahoma takes on in-state rival Oklahoma State for Bedlam and will be doing so with a massive group of recruits in attendance. From @thatmanbryant

There’s a fairly significant amount of importance surrounding Bedlam this year. The amount of games left between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State has been reduced significantly with Oklahoma’s impending move to the SEC on the horizon.

We may have 2023 and 2024, but the rivalry will cease as we know it in the next few years. Every game has always mattered but these last few, like the one on Saturday night, will mean a lot more.

Additionally, Oklahoma is fighting for bowl eligibility. They need one more win to participate in 2022’s bowl season.

Lastly and arguably most importantly, Oklahoma has its biggest recruiting weekend of the football season with Oklahoma State coming to town. We’ll revisit 2022 Bedlam several years from now and look back and remember it as a pivotal moment in Oklahoma’s last five to ten years.

There are some big-time names across multiple recruiting classes that will be in attendance for Oklahoma including five-star DT and Texas A&M commit David Hicks and recently dubbed 2024 five-star DT David Stone. More than 20 recruits have already committed to being in Norman, some via social media and others per OUInsider.com.

Sooners continue building recruiting board for 2024, offer RB Caden Durham

Oklahoma continues to cast a wide net at running back with an offer to 2024 prospect Caden Durham out of Duncanville.

[autotag]DeMarco Murray[/autotag] has had no issues acclimating himself as a college football coach. He has been a calm and steady coach and is blossoming into a highly capable recruiter.

His 2022 haul included [autotag]Gavin Sawchuk[/autotag] and [autotag]Jovantae Barnes[/autotag], two backs we will see this fall. His 2023 class has two backs committed: four-star [autotag]Daylan Smothers[/autotag] and [autotag]Kalib Hicks[/autotag].

With presumably the 2023 class locked up, Murray is back on the hunt for his 2024 guys. While [autotag]Stacy Gage[/autotag] and [autotag]Tovani Mizell[/autotag] stand out early, the Sooners cannot get caught with their hands in only two jars. They continued casting a wide net and sent an offer to talented running back Caden Durham of Duncanville, one of Texas’ premier high school football programs.

Durham also has massive connections to Oklahoma, Durham’s mother is an Oklahoma alumnus, and he played his freshman season at South Moore High School before moving to Texas.

Durham is a smaller back, standing at 5-foot-9 and clocking at a reported 180 pounds. He has a knack for breaking the initial tackle attempt and continuing to plant and go, which, in Jeff Lebby’s power zone scheme, would serve him well. He runs track, and his top end shows when he’s able to get to the second and third levels of the defense.

Durham looks like a quality option to fit in the new Sooners run scheme, and he has the shake necessary to be a productive college running back. He’s not rated by 247Sports, Rivals or On3, but ESPN has him in its top 300, so he’s certainly a player to keep an eye on.

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Running wild: Oklahoma keeps up their recruiting momentum landing 4-star running back Daylan Smothers

After releasing his top four featuring Oklahoma, Alabama, NC State, and Florida State, four-star RB Daylan Smothers picks OU.

The Sooners have broken into a full-out sprint on the recruiting trail in the month of July after getting their legs under them in June. Their recruiting exploits have taken them to the Pacific Northwest through the midwest and to the northeast.

These aren’t places a team like Oklahoma typically ventures into to find talent.

Another part of the country that is relatively untapped for Oklahoma is the state of North Carolina. The Oklahoma Sooners have had a bit more of a presence here in the last few years, with former Sooners like [autotag]Austin Kendall[/autotag], [autotag]Ryan Jones[/autotag], and most recently, [autotag]Jeremiah Hall[/autotag] all hailing from the N.C. Adding to that list is another Sooner, as the North Carolina High School Player of the Year by the Charlotte Observer and News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) [autotag]Daylan Smothers[/autotag] committed to Oklahoma on Thursday afternoon.

Smothers, a do-it-all four-star running back hoping to play his final year of high school ball at West Charlotte High School, received an offer from Oklahoma in March when he shined the brightest at the Rivals camp held in Charlotte, NC. Standing front and center was the trio of DeMarco Murray, Brent Venables, and offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby. They extended the offer and then proceeded to put the full court press on Smothers, who was considering Alabama, Florida State, and in-state school N.C. State. Smothers is the 15th commitment for the Sooners.

 

Projections came in fast and furious in favor of Oklahoma for the running back when he dropped his top four a few weeks ago, and that was the precursor to letting the recruiting world know who was the overwhelming favorite with a commitment imminent.

His combination of speed, power, and vision made him a coveted prospect by many teams on the east coast, and he’s now a Sooner. He pairs with Kalib Hicks, another four-star running back, to round out the Sooners’ recruiting efforts in the backfield. With Hicks and Smothers, the Sooners get dynamic playmakers with track backgrounds. Both have some legitimate acceleration and top-end speed and will only add to the running back room when they team with guys like Jovantae Barnes and Gavin Sawchuk upon arriving on campus next year.

With recruiting all but done for 2023, DeMarco Murray can now look forward to 2024 as he seeks to build on this year’s work. Names to watch early on include four-stars Stacy Gage and Tovani Mizell.

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This 2024 5-star running back’s visit to Florida was ‘exciting’

Billy Napier and crew already getting a head start on the 2024 recruiting class with this blue-chip RB.

Florida football’s recruiting team is hosting a handful of 2023 prospects this weekend in Gainesville as head coach [autotag]Billy Napier[/autotag] and his staff continue to push the program back into national title contention. However, the work does not stop with the current class — the prep prospect wars require a longitudinal outlook that plans ahead as far as possible.

The Gators got a great head start on the 2024 crop this past week when 5-star running back [autotag]Stacy Gage[/autotag] out of Bradenton (Fla.) IMG Academy dropped in on the Swamp for an unofficial visit. Napier has made a point of focusing on the prolific athletic academy down I-75 and the 5-foot-11-inch, 200-pound sophomore represents a continuation of that policy.

“It was exciting because it was something new to me,” Gage told Swamp247. “It caught my eye. It was different and I felt good about it. I got to see the players work out, they took me for a tour, I talked with the running backs coach and met the new staff.

“They have a lot of history in their program, they develop guys and get guys into the league, the development is something I really like. I feel like they are one of my top schools now. I like them, Ohio State, Oklahoma, and a couple others right now.”

Gage is the No. 30 prospect overall and the No. 2 running back nationally in the 2024 class per the 247Sports Composite, which gives him a five-star rating, while the On3 Consensus has him at No. 24 and No. 1, respectively, and a four-star rating. On3’s Recruiting Prediction Machine has the Florida State Seminoles out front in the race for his talents with a 21.1% chance of landing him.

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Oklahoma Sooners receive 5 new Crystal Ball predictions from OUInsider Parker Thune

The Oklahoma Sooners are coming off a massive recruiting weekend and that work is already paying dividends.

While the most recent recruiting weekend looks like it was a resounding success, prospects from previous recruiting weekends with the Oklahoma Sooners have taken time to digest their time in Norman. For some, the time spent analyzing where the Sooners fall in their recruitment has led some of college football’s biggest recruiting insiders to believe there’s significant momentum for Oklahoma in regards to some of these prospects.

The momentum is so real that recruiting analyst Parker Thune of OUInsider at 247Sports was confident enough to issue Crystal Ball predictions for several Oklahoma Sooners’ targets. We’ve taken the liberty of chronicling those below for your viewing pleasure:

Nation’s top three running backs visit Georgia Bulldogs last week

Georgia hosted the nation’s top three ranked running backs last week.

Georgia recently played host to the top three ranked running backs in the nation for the class of 2024.

Jerrick Gibson and Stacy Gage, who are teammates at Bradenton’s IMG Academy, rank as the nation’s No. 1 and No. 2 ball carriers in their class, per 247Sports.

Both were in Athens last week, along with a big list of other elite recruits as the Bulldogs continued spring practice.

Gibson ranks as the nation’s No. 12 overall player in the nation and as the No. 1 ranked running back. Gage is considered the No. 16 overall player and No. 2 ranked back.

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Additionally, Georgia hosted what Rivals considers to be the nation’s No. 3 ranked running back as well last week. Another Florida product, Anthony Carrie ranks as the nation’s No. 33 overall player in the class of 2024 per Rivals.

 

 

Michigan State football offers elite 2024 RB Stacy Gage

MSU is in the running for 2024 RB Stacy Gage

It has been no secret that the Michigan State coaching staff is using the huge weekend as a bolster in the recruiting world. The staff is showing that by shooting for the stars here.

Stacy Gage is a running back in the 2024 recruiting class, and is currently ranked the No. 41 overall player and No. 2 running back in the class according to 247Sports.

Gage is currently playing at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, and he is originally from Tampa, Florida.

Gage holds offers from the likes of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Michigan, Ohio State, Texas and USC among others.

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LSU recently offered 2024 four-star RB Stacy Gage of Florida

LSU recently offered an explosive running back in the 2024 class, Stacy Gage of the IMG Academy.

Head coach Ed Orgeron and the LSU Tigers recently offered 2024 running back Stacy Gage of the IMG Academy in Florida. His offer list is already impressive as a sophomore in high school. Schools such as Auburn, Ohio State, Texas, USC, among others join the Bayou Bengals in offering him a scholarship.

The 5’11” running back can be explosive on the football field. Gage rushed for 1,242 yards and 22 touchdowns as a freshman. He averaged 155 yards rushing per game at a clip of 10.5 yards per rush. In his first game of the season on Friday, Gage scored three touchdowns against American Heritage.

He can be a handful for opposing defenses to bring down. Arm tackles and going high on the back don’t seem to faze him. Gage shows good contact balance and the ability to avoid defenders with ease. He can stop and go at the drop of a hat, showing off his acceleration.

Don’t blink when Gage has the ball because you might miss him.

Stacy Gage’s Recruiting Profile

Rating

Stars Overall State Position
247 4 41 9 2
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ESPN – – – –
247 Composite – – – –

Vitals

Hometown Bradenton, Florida
Projected Position Running Back
Height 5-11
Weight 200
Class 2024

Recruitment

  • Offered on Aug. 21, 2021
  • No visit scheduled

Offers

  • LSU
  • Auburn
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Kentucky
  • Ohio State
  • Texas
  • USC

Crystal Ball

No crystal ball predictions at this time

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Texas offers No. 2 running back in 2024 class, Stacy Gage

On Monday, Stan Drayton began working on the 2024 class by offering four-star Stacy Gage. The soon-to-be sophomore is already up to 25 offers.

Nobody has been a better recruiter on Texas’ staff over the past few seasons than Stan Drayton. The running backs coach has brought in top prospects nearly every cycle, with Bijan Robinson being the crown jewel in the 2020 class.

On Monday, Drayton began working on the 2024 class by offering four-star Stacy Gage. Coming out of IMG Academy, the soon-to-be sophomore is already up to 25 offers. After seeing he is listed at 5-11, 200 pounds, it’s easy to see why Gage will be recruited by every program in the country.

Within the past three days, offers from LSU, Michigan, and Ohio State have poured in alongside the Longhorns. Originally from Tampa, Gage can be considered a true prospect from the state of Florida.

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Stars Overall Position State
247 4 41 2 9
Rivals – – – –
ESPN – – – –
247 Composite – – – –

Vitals

Hometown Bradenton, Florida
Projected Position Running back
Height 5-11
Weight 200

Recruitment

  • Offered on Aug. 23, 2021
  • No visit yet

Offers

Crystal Ball

No crystal ball at the time of posting

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