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Texas has seen two players enter the transfer portal thus far.
The college football transfer portal window officially opened on Dec. 4 and will last through Jan. 2. Continue reading “Two Texas DB’s enter the transfer portal on Monday”
Where did the players go that decommitted from the Oklahoma Sooners 2022 recruiting class?
While the 2022 recruiting class ended up as a top 10 group, it’s hard not to look back and consider what could have been. Though it’s no fault of the current coaching staff, assistant holdovers included, the Oklahoma Sooners had quite a few decommits, even from Lincoln Riley’s tenure as the head coach, that negatively impacted the 2022 class.
Over the last year and a half, the Oklahoma Sooners lost commitments from three five-star players, four four-star players, and one three-star player. They’ve seen them go to current and future conference foes. Notably Texas, TCU, and Oklahoma State nabbed once-Oklahoma Sooners commits. If the Sooners move to the SEC sooner rather than later, they’ll face players that ended up at Missouri and Texas A&M.
While the Oklahoma Sooners are moving forward after rebuilding their 2022 class creating momentum toward National Signing Day, let’s take a look at where former Oklahoma commits ended up after the early signing period.
Texas was able to flip a recruit from their conference rival on Wednesday.
It’s been an exciting morning for the Texas football program. Continue reading “Texas flips three-star ATH Xavion Brice from Oklahoma”
Not missing a beat, Bob Stoops and the Oklahoma Sooners assistant coaches have been making a big impact on the recruiting trail.
The Oklahoma Sooners have a long way to go in securing the football program’s future, but in the wake of all the chaos that’s surrounded the last several days, they’re still in a promising position. And that’s thanks to the efforts of the Oklahoma assistant coaches and interim head coach Bob Stoops on the recruiting trail.
Still, just a few days removed from the sudden departure of Lincoln Riley and other assistants, those who’ve remained loyal to the program haven’t wasted any time. With the opening of in-home visits across the country, they’ve made quick work getting to their top recruits in the 2022 recruiting class to continue to build relationships with the players and their families.
Guys like DeMarco Murray, Cale Gundy, and Joe Jon Finley have been active with Bob Stoops to continue to put Oklahoma’s best foot forward. Although nothing is certain, the efforts being made by the Oklahoma contingent have meant a lot to the OU prospects.
When Stoops took over as the interim head coach, he made it known that his priority was stabilizing the program for the current players and then getting out on the trail to remind recruits that “this is still Oklahoma.”
Stoops was doing just that on a visit yesterday with 2022 running back Gavin Sawchuk in Nevada. He was in Arlington, Texas, recently as well visiting with Xavion Brice. The other night, he was with Robert Spears-Jennings in Tulsa. At the same time, Joe Jon Finley was in Kansas to further his relationship with Kaden Helms.
With the early signing period approaching, the Sooners current staff of coaches are making a significant impact furthering the interests of the University of Oklahoma. It remains to be seen just how much the coaching change will hurt the Sooners over the next couple of recruiting cycles, but whatever happens, it won’t be because the assistants who stuck with the Sooners didn’t give their best efforts.
Despite the uncertainty of their future, the assistant coach team at Oklahoma continues to grind away for the betterment of the program. Bob Stoops’ passion and commitment to the program helps to add to the relationships the assistants already have with the kids their visiting or attempting to retain.
Their relationships with current and (hopefully) future Sooners is what will make the difference in December of 2021 and beyond.
Texas to host Oklahoma ATH commit on an official visit.
While Lincoln Riley is getting started at his new job at USC, the Oklahoma program is scrambling. The Sooners have seen a number of decommits and transfers in recent days as they look for a new coach.
Texas special teams coach Jeff Banks met with Oklahoma commit Xavion Brice for an in-home visit on Tuesday afternoon and he is now set to visit Texas on Dec. 10.
Texas will host Oklahoma commit Arlington (Texas) Seguin ATH Xavion Brice for an official visit on Dec. 10, Brice tells @Horns247.
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— Nick Harris (@NickHarris247) November 30, 2021
Brice is a three-star athlete according to 247Sports. The Arlington Seguin product has offers from Oklahoma, Texas, Texas Tech, Baylor and multiple others.
After accounting for 12 touchdowns and three interceptions his senior year at Seguin, it is unclear which side of the ball Brice will play at the next level.
Texas currently has the top-ranked recruiting class in the Big 12 conference and the No. 7 class in the country.
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The Oklahoma Sooners land another big play threat to the 2022 recruiting class with the commitment of Sequin’s Xavion Brice.
Lincoln Riley and the Oklahoma Sooner added another commitment to the 2022 on this holiday weekend with the decision of three-star athlete Xavion Brice.
After adding four-star offensive tackle Jacob Sexton on Saturday, the Sooners added another wide receiver to an already stellar 2022 recruiting class.
My new home!!!! @LincolnRiley pic.twitter.com/hj2NfhqaJ1
— Xavion Brice (@BriceXavion) July 4, 2021
Brice played multiple positions for Seguin High School, but played wide receiver full time and caught 19 passes for 469 yards and three touchdowns. That’s a whopping 24 yards per reception. As a sophomore, Brice was used as a multidimensional player, throwing the football 147 times, completing 36% of his passes for 539 yards and two touchdowns. He also ran the ball 88 times for 531 yards (6 yards per carry) and four touchdowns.
It’s a big get for the Sooners who had a big play threat  after losing four-star wide receiver Talyn Shettron to Oklahoma StateTalyn Shettron to Oklahoma State earlier this week.
Brice is a big play threat that will have an opportunity to make big plays for the Oklahoma Sooners as soon as he gets on campus on 2022.
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