UPDATE 8:24p: Well with the sweet, must come the sour.
As I think OU is surging in a few situations it seems they are going to come up short in their pursuit of Hero Kanu. I've just put in a forecast to Ohio State and am wondering if it might not be something that happens fairly soon, we'll see.
ORIGINAL: Alright guys, good start in some of my early calls and conversations but we'll start with the highest rated defensive player who was on campus...
*That's right I got some good early chatter on the first game visit for Allen, Texas five-star defensive lineman David Hicks.
First off Hicks came to the game and enjoyed himself.
"It was fun, I'm going back today," Hicks said.
That's right, he decided to hang around and spend some more time in Norman today and stayed until after lunch.
"(Oklahoma) has to have helped themselves," a source said.
Oklahoma is going to have a huge fight on their hands but the fact he came back and hung around seems like a great sign and I know that his father, David Hicks Sr., who is also the defensive line coach at Allen, has built a strong relationship with Calvin Thibodeaux.
**Another 2023 defensive lineman who I know impressed @Eddie_Rado when he saw him on the sidelines this weekend was Trussville (Ala.) Hewitt Trussville defensive lineman Hunter Osborne.
"He's a serious looking dude," another recruit told me.
But what is most impressive was just how much Osborne loved his trip himself.
"It was a 10 out of 10, as close to perfect as I can see it being," Osborne said.
We'll have a lot more with him soon but I've not heard a guy talk about a visit like this in a while he was clearly WOWED by what the Sooners put out there.
***Speaking of guys who impressed people physically? How about Independence (Kan.) Independence C.C. three-star defensive lineman, and last week's latest 2022 offer Jeffery M'Ba.
"It was great to watch the defensive line they were flying around," M'Ba said.
And M'Ba has admitted to being a big fan of Perrion Winfrey and he liked what he saw of the Sooners nose tackle.
"Man, I've seen a lot of good get offs but his get off the ball was very impressive," he said of Winfrey's first step off the snap. "With a get off like his you can't help but be disruptive."
****I can't go into it but I'm telling you...Oklahoma and Marvin Jones Jr is real, real, real, real.
That's it, end of segment.
*****Also, as a quick note I wanted to add that Nic Anderson will be an early enrollee for the Sooners.
So here are the list of players I've got confirmed - with a few more outliers I'm trying to work toward.
Nicholas Anderson - WR - Katy, Texas
Xavion Brice – DB – Arlington (Texas) Seguin
Gabe Dindy – DL – Lakeland, Fla.
Demetrius Hunter – OL – Orange (Texas) West Orange-Stark
Kip Lewis – LB – Carthage, Texas
Kobie McKinzie – LB – Lubbock (Texas) Cooper
Jason Llewellyn – TE – Aledo, Texas
Guys, I'll have some more but wanted to get this out and give you a bit of a taste.
As I think OU is surging in a few situations it seems they are going to come up short in their pursuit of Hero Kanu. I've just put in a forecast to Ohio State and am wondering if it might not be something that happens fairly soon, we'll see.
ORIGINAL: Alright guys, good start in some of my early calls and conversations but we'll start with the highest rated defensive player who was on campus...
*That's right I got some good early chatter on the first game visit for Allen, Texas five-star defensive lineman David Hicks.
First off Hicks came to the game and enjoyed himself.
"It was fun, I'm going back today," Hicks said.
That's right, he decided to hang around and spend some more time in Norman today and stayed until after lunch.
"(Oklahoma) has to have helped themselves," a source said.
Oklahoma is going to have a huge fight on their hands but the fact he came back and hung around seems like a great sign and I know that his father, David Hicks Sr., who is also the defensive line coach at Allen, has built a strong relationship with Calvin Thibodeaux.
**Another 2023 defensive lineman who I know impressed @Eddie_Rado when he saw him on the sidelines this weekend was Trussville (Ala.) Hewitt Trussville defensive lineman Hunter Osborne.
"He's a serious looking dude," another recruit told me.
But what is most impressive was just how much Osborne loved his trip himself.
"It was a 10 out of 10, as close to perfect as I can see it being," Osborne said.
We'll have a lot more with him soon but I've not heard a guy talk about a visit like this in a while he was clearly WOWED by what the Sooners put out there.
***Speaking of guys who impressed people physically? How about Independence (Kan.) Independence C.C. three-star defensive lineman, and last week's latest 2022 offer Jeffery M'Ba.
"It was great to watch the defensive line they were flying around," M'Ba said.
And M'Ba has admitted to being a big fan of Perrion Winfrey and he liked what he saw of the Sooners nose tackle.
"Man, I've seen a lot of good get offs but his get off the ball was very impressive," he said of Winfrey's first step off the snap. "With a get off like his you can't help but be disruptive."
****I can't go into it but I'm telling you...Oklahoma and Marvin Jones Jr is real, real, real, real.
That's it, end of segment.
*****Also, as a quick note I wanted to add that Nic Anderson will be an early enrollee for the Sooners.
So here are the list of players I've got confirmed - with a few more outliers I'm trying to work toward.
Nicholas Anderson - WR - Katy, Texas
Xavion Brice – DB – Arlington (Texas) Seguin
Gabe Dindy – DL – Lakeland, Fla.
Demetrius Hunter – OL – Orange (Texas) West Orange-Stark
Kip Lewis – LB – Carthage, Texas
Kobie McKinzie – LB – Lubbock (Texas) Cooper
Jason Llewellyn – TE – Aledo, Texas
Guys, I'll have some more but wanted to get this out and give you a bit of a taste.
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