With the July the Oklahoma Sooners had and the addition of Colton Vasek to the recruiting class, there’s a great chance OU will end up with a top three recruiting class for the 2023 cycle.
Pretty good for a program with a first-time head coach. [autotag]Brent Venables[/autotag] and his staff are doing fantastic work on the recruiting trail, proving they have the recruiting chops to go head-to-head with some of the best recruiting schools and come out on top.
The latest commitment from [autotag]Colton Vasek[/autotag] shows that they can go deep into a rival’s territory and land a highly regarded prospect. The Sooners went into Austin and won over a Longhorns’ legacy, adding the four-star defensive end to Sooners 2023 class.
Another first-time head coach is crushing it on the recruiting trail as well. Marcus Freeman and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish are No. 1 in 247Sports composite team rankings.
Like Oklahoma, it doesn’t appear that the coaching change or having a first-time head coach has done anything to hinder the recruiting potential of the two blue blood programs. Oregon, the other Power Five school that lost its head coach to another Power Five program, is the only one of the three that is behind the school that took their head coach, Mario Cristobal. Oregon, however, only has 12 commitments in the class compared to Miami’s 17. There’s still a chance the Ducks can catch the Hurricanes.
For Oklahoma in particular, the move from Lincoln Riley to Brent Venables has helped the Sooners recruit better on the defensive side of the ball, specifically the defensive line.
The additions of Vasek, [autotag]Adepoju Adebawore[/autotag], and [autotag]Derrick LeBlanc[/autotag], combined with the predictions favoring the Sooners for [autotag]Jordan Renaud[/autotag] (4-star) and [autotag]David Hicks[/autotag] (5-star) has Oklahoma on track to make significant additions to the defensive front they’ll take into the SEC in the next year or two.
The Sooners are in a fantastic position to get commitments from Hicks, Renaud, four-star wide receiver Anthony Evans, four-star ATH Jacobe Johnson, and four-star cornerback Makari Vickers, which will push them into historic territory.
Several of those commitments could come at any moment, while Evans and Vickers will make their pledge at the end of the month.
After another big-time commitment for the Oklahoma Sooners, where do they stand in 247Sports composite team recruiting rankings as of August 2?