2015 Football commits: Finalized

[8timechamps]

2015 Football commits (24) - Finalized
Last Updated: 2/6/2015

Bobby Evans
6'5" 270 lbs
Offensive Tackle
Allen, TX
Allen High School
ENROLLED FOR SPRING
Scout: 4 star
Rivals: 4 star (Rivals top 250)
ESPN: 4 star (top 300)

Marquise Overton
6'2 302 lbs
Defensive Tackle
Jenks, OK
Jenks High School
COMMITTED 1/3/2014
Scout: 4 star
Rivals: 4 star (Rivals top 250)
ESPN: 4 star (top 300)

Austin Seibert
5'10" 200 lbs
Kicker
Belleville, IL
Belleville High School West
COMMITTED 5/9/2014
Scout: 3 star
Rivals: 3 star
ESPN: N/R

Named the Kohls Kick of the Year

P.J. Mbanasor
6'2" 182 lbs
Corner back/Defensive Back
Pflugerville, TX
Hendrickson High School
COMMITTED 6/3/2014
Scout: 4 star
Rivals: 4 star (Rivals top 250)
ESPN: 4 star (top 300)

Participated in Nike's The Opening


Rodney Anderson
6'1" 205 lbs
Running Back
Katy, TX
Katy High School
ENROLLED FOR SPRING
Scout: 4 star
Rivals: 4 star (Rivals top 100)
ESPN: 4 star (top 300)


Dominique Hearne
6'3" 290 lbs
Offensive Guard
Lancaster, TX
Lancaster High School
COMMITTED 6/12/2014
Scout: 3 star
Rivals: 3 star
ESPN: 3 star

Kenneth Mann
6'4" 240 lbs
Defensive End
Burleson, TX
Burleson High School
COMMITTED 7/23/2014
Scout: 3 star
Rivals: 2 star
ESPN: 3 star

John Humphrey
6'0" 165 lbs
Wide Receiver
League City, TX
Clear Falls High School
ENROLLED FOR SPRING
Scout: 3 star
Rivals: 4 star (top TX 100)
ESPN: 4 star (top 300)


Cody Ford
6'4" 315 lbs
Offensive Guard
Pineville, LA
Pineville High School
COMMITTED 8/11/2014
Scout: 3 star
Rivals: 4 star (Rivals top LA 50)
ESPN: 3 star

Dru Samia
6'6" 295 lbs
Offensive Tackle
Danville, CA
San Ramon Valley High School
COMMITTED 8/22/2014
Scout: 4 star (top 300)
Rivals: 3 star (Rivals top CA 100)
ESPN: 3 star

Will Sunderland
6'2" 190 lbs
Defensive Back (Safety)
Midwest City, OK
Midwest City High School
COMMITTED 9/13/2014
Scout: 4 star (top 200)
Rivals: 4 star (Rivals top 250)
ESPN: 4 star (top 300)

Participated in Nike's The Opening

Jamal Danley - JUCO
6'5" 310 lbs
Offensive Tackle
Scooba, MS
East Mississippi Community College
ENROLLED FOR SPRING
Scout: 3 star
Rivals: 4 star
ESPN: N/R

Dalton Wood
6'4" 250 lbs
Tight End
McAlester, OK
McAlester High School
COMMITTED 9/28/2014
Scout: 2 star
Rivals: NR
ESPN: NR

William Johnson - JUCO
6'1" 175 lbs
Cornerback
Rochester, NY
Monroe Community College
ENROLLED FOR SPRING
Scout: N/A
Rivals: N/A
ESPN: N/A

DeDe Westbrook - JUCO
6'1" 170 lbs
Wide Receiver
Cameron, TX
Blinn Community College
ENROLLED FOR SPRING
Scout: 4 star
Rivals: 4 star
ESPN: 3 star

Ricky DeBerry
6'2" 240 lbs
Outside Linebacker
Mechanicsville, VA
Atlee High School
COMMITTED: 12/19/2014
Scout: 5 star
Rivals: 4 star
ESPN:4 star

Kahlil Haughton
6'1" 178 lbs
Safety
Waco, TX
Midway High School
COMMITTED: 12/19/2014
Scout: 4 star
Rivals: 3 star
ESPN: 4 star

Neville Gallimore
6'3" 311 lbs
Defensive Tackle
St. Catharines, ON. Canada
Canada Prep Football Academy
COMMITTED: 1/3/2015
Scout: 4 star
Rivals: 4 star
ESPN: 4 star

Gabriel Campbell
6'6" 265 lbs
Defensive End
Yazoo City, MS
Yazoo City High School
COMMITTED: 1/6/2015
Scout: 3 star
Rivals: 3 star
ESPN: 4 star

Antoine Stephens
6'2" 187 lbs
Cornerback
Dallas, TX
Kimball High School
COMMITTED: 1/18/2015
Scout: 3 star
Rivals: 3 star
ESPN: 3 star

A.D. Miller
6'3" 170 lbs
Wide Receiver
Dallas, TX
Bishop Dunne High School
COMMITTED: 2/1/2015
Scout: 3 star
Rivals: 3 star
ESPN: 3 star

Dahu Green
6'4" 188 lbs
Wide Receiver
Moore, OK
Westmoore High School
COMMITTED: 2/2/2015
Scout: 3 star
Rivals: 3 star
ESPN: 3 star

Arthur McGinnis
6'2" 224 lbs
Middle Linebacker
New Orleans, LA
Warren Easton Senior High School
COMMITTED: 2/2/2015
Scout: 3 star
Rivals: 4 star
ESPN: 3 star

Prentice McKinney
6'2" 180 lbs
Safety
Dallas, TX
South Oak Cliff High School
COMMITTED: 2/3/2015
Scout: 3 star
Rivals: 4 star
ESPN: 4 star

[Soonerjeepman]

good to be loading up on both sides of the line.

[Salt City Sooner]

Wariboko has de-committed:

https://oklahoma.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1632411

[todd_shelton87]

Sounds like he will still have OU in his top 3-5, but at least he is honest. Nothing wrong with going and visiting other schools, and seeing what they have to offer.

Sounds like his brother could be a package deal, OU could end up offering him as well.

Utilimately, in Jan-Feb when he makes his decesion I still think he puts on the OU hat.

OU should land him and Banrnett for in state OL Signees.

[8timechamps]

Took Wariboko off, and I still need to add Johnson (DB)...just haven't gotten around to doing it...


I'm not very concerned about the de-commitment. He's going to be a good player (and I think he will still end up at OU)...Barnett is the kid I really want.

[SoonerorLater]

These verbal commitments aren't worth the paper they're written on.

[8timechamps]

Removed Du'Vante Lampkin

[KantoSooner]

PJ Mbanasor just committed to us.
Nice pick up.

High school teammate of Perine's although seemingly not too close.

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

PJ Mbanasor just committed to us.
Nice pick up.

High school teammate of Perine's although seemingly not too close.Nice to get top guys from the Austin area.

[KantoSooner]

For all the hand wringing, we recruit Texas pretty damn well.

[HateTheWhorns]

For all the hand wringing, we recruit Texas pretty damn well.

Sorry to call your statement out on this, but we have not recruited Texas well for nearly 10 years. Since 2004 when Adrian Peterson was named a 1st team all-American, we have had (2) two Texas players make a 1st team all-American team -- Trent Williams and Duke Robinson. During this 10 year stretch there have been 50-60 Texas high school players make 1st team all-American. In 2013 alone, there were (8) eight. We may still recruit productive players out of Texas, but it is nothing like OU experienced from the 1950s through 2004. Not sure what has happened over the past 10 years, but something has.

A&M already has commitments from 2 of the top 4 Texas players for 2015 and look to end up with 3 of the top 4. In years past OU would have 3 or 4 of the top 20 Texas players annually. This just doesn't happen anymore. Fortunately, we have made up for some of this drop by recruiting California well and picking off individual talent in various states to the east.

[KantoSooner]

I'm not going to pick a fight with you on this. You clearly have mustered facts and figures that are arrayed to support your opinion. I am not going to micro-analyze our recruiting of Texas or the subsequent performance of our Texas-origin recruits and turn this into some sort of accountant's bun fight. The proof is in the pudding: we've played for how many NC's in the last decade? More than most. And were damned close the last time we played in one (one DeMarco short, in my opinion). And have had our share of victories, too. (yes, we've dropped games we shouldn't have, but some of that is going to happen). And we've done all this with a team that consistently has more Texans on it than players from any other state, if I'm not mistaken.

So, you can stand on your opinion; I'll keep mine: when a team has that many Texas players and produces as much success as ours has....it kind of follows that we're not recruiting Texas that badly. (not that I wouldn't want better results, mind you. I am at heart a Chinaman.)

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

IMO Both of the 2 posts above have good points.
We have done fairly well overall in recruiting. Part of that is that we have benefitted from high quality coaching, and of course, good recruits from states other than tx. aTm and the baylorbears have both improved their recruiting, and it has hurt us in tx.

Duke Robinson was from Atlanta, I remember reading. Am I wrong? (FWIW)

[Curly Bill]

We used to recruit Texas pretty damn well. Now, we do sort of okay to good in Texas.

And yes, Duke was from Atlanta, and I don't mean Atlanta Texas.

[KantoSooner]

Would you concede that some of the decline from 'damn well' to 'pretty good' has had to do with folks like Jermie Calhoun and Trey Metoyer not working out once they got to college? Both were won in recruiting dog fights and then ... 'pfft', fizzle. Might not explain all of it, but it seems to me that is explains at least some of the perceived 'lack' in our recruiting.

[HateTheWhorns]

We used to recruit Texas pretty damn well. Now, we do sort of okay to good in Texas.

And yes, Duke was from Atlanta, and I don't mean Atlanta Texas.

Guess I had a brain fart when I mentioned Duke Robinson as I knew he was from Georgia. Well, make that 1 first team all-American since 2004 from Texas. KS, not trying to be argumentative or pick on you. I totally agree with your comments about Texas recruiting over the long-haul as I made the same point. But I think the facts bear out that our recruiting in Texas (since 2004) has fallen off substantially. Yes we still get our numbers, but the quality has diminished over the years. Never said recruiting (overall) has fallen off. We have made up for it by recruiting other areas of the country well.

I have followed Texas recruiting closely since I was a young boy as my father recruited for Wilkinson, Jones, McKenzie, Fairbanks, and Switzer (back when alumni could do that sort of thing). My point is OU used to be on nearly half of the tier I recruit lists back in the day and would get its fair share of commits. Some would work out and others, not so much. Sometimes it's tier II recruits that rise to stardom. Just haven't seen much of either in recent years. Look at the top 10-20 Texas recruits for 2015 and you will scarcely see OU mentioned.

As for playing for NCs, we have played for 1 since 2004. As I recall, the all-american talent on the 2008 team was largely from Oklahoma and elsewhere (Bradford, Gresham, Murray, Broyles, Loadholdt, Brown, etc. Williams was from Longview and falls into this category. The other Texas starters at that time were solid role players, but not in the category of the collective Texas talent that preceeded them.

Jut my opinion

Texas is in our backyard and it needs to remain our lifeblood for recruiting (along with in-state recruits). Would just like to see better results there......that's all.

[KantoSooner]

HTW, Entirely fair. Obviously, various of our staff members had gotten a little old/stale/lazy/burned out whatever. And Bob's addressed that, at least in large part. We're probably still behind the curve in the sophistication of our overall recruiting machine. I hear rumblings that that's changing, too, however. (things like satellite camps, legal but coordinated transport to events in Norman, a better presence on social media). And we know that facilities are getting attention.
So, the overall effort is not being ignored.
I think we also need to concede that the world changes. TT, ATM, Baylor and TCU are all much more attractive than they once were. Hell, even Houston is going after players and for God's sake NTSU is providing room and board for some guys. it's a far more competitive environment than 30 years or more ago.
Stoops is doing the right thing, I believe, by moving OU to being more of a national brand. It's likely never again going to be us and UT alone in Texas. If UT chooses to stick to in-state as their concentration, good luck. I'd rather be pulling kids from Cali, NJ, Florida and, hell, even Hawaii and Samoa if we can.

Not ignoring Texas (and particularly east Texas where we seem to be a leetle thin on the ground.)

I guess my point was that I'd rather stay positive and encourage the steps that are being taken. As the Sugar Bowl showed, we're simply not that far off the pace.

[8timechamps]

Finally updated the commitment list. I'll try to stay on top of it (hopefully I'll be busy over the next few weeks/months).

[olevetonahill]

Finally updated the commitment list. I'll try to stay on top of it (hopefully I'll be busy over the next few weeks/months).

Why do folk get all excited over some Kid sayin hes gonna play for uys in the Future? Im happy they considering us But come on 1/2 these kids gonna change their minds before signing day Look at the Anderson? Kid, he committed to eaTme then changed to us and still almost a year away from signing anything. Ill wait and see when they Hit the field and get excited then LOL

[KantoSooner]

Why get excited? Because off season. What else is there? MLB? Good to turn on if you're going to nap on the couch for the afternoon. World Cup? Ditto unless you happen to stumble across the one exciting game of the year. Or decade. Other than that, reruns or recruiting. it's not much, but it's something.

[picasso]

Every season we field good players from Texas so I would dare say we recruit Texas fairly well.
We can't offer 100 scholarships like dem good ole days.

[8timechamps]

Why do folk get all excited over some Kid sayin hes gonna play for uys in the Future? Im happy they considering us But come on 1/2 these kids gonna change their minds before signing day Look at the Anderson? Kid, he committed to eaTme then changed to us and still almost a year away from signing anything. Ill wait and see when they Hit the field and get excited then LOL

I don't know why some fans get so excited over this. I am always interested to know what's going on, and happy when a kid gives a verbal commit to OU, but like you said, I don't hook the horses up to the cart until NSD is over.

In Anderson's case, I feel as strong as I ever have that he will in fact be a Sooner on National Signing Day. He realized he made a knee jerk reaction when he committed to the horn frogs, and de-committed. He took time to see some other schools, and he kept coming back to OU as the place he felt the best. Once his parents visited (last weekend), they were very comfortable with OU, and the rest is history (for now at least). In general though, most of the kids that commit verbablly end up signing, so there is enough of a correlation to get some excitement out of it. As long as it's cautious optimism.

[LakeRat]

Am I the only one concerned we only have 6 commits?

[8timechamps]

Am I the only one concerned we only have 6 commits?

We have 11, I just haven't updated this post. I'll get to it over the weekend sometime.

[Soonerjeepman]

We have 11, I just haven't updated this post. I'll get to it over the weekend sometime.

Hey 8 time...know we picked a DB and Line (juco) this past weekend...guess some others are high on OU..any thoughts would be appreciated.

[8timechamps]

FINALLY got the thread updated - sorry it took so long, I'll try to be a little more punctual.


Hey 8 time...know we picked a DB and Line (juco) this past weekend...guess some others are high on OU..any thoughts would be appreciated.

Solid commitment. This kid is sort of a product of LaColton Bester, not that Bester recruited him, but he's from the same community college, and OU has done a good job getting in there. A big tackle, that can come in an contribute right away (in an area of need next year). He committed to Louisiana-Monroe out of high school, but didn't qualify. He's spent the last two years developing his game, and is quite a bit better than he was out of high school. He had offers from:

Cincinnati
Florida
Kansas
Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisville
LSU
Memphis
Mississippi State
Missouri
South Florida
Virginia Tech

...and about half a dozen mid majors. Being able to get him out of Mississippi was kind of amazing (MSU was hard after the kid), and keeping him out of the hands of LSU was also a win for OU. He's got really good feet for a guy with his frame, and can be a road grader if needed. He'll fit the system well.

[SoonerorLater]

Another new recruit who don't need no stinkin stars by his name. Actually this kid could be an interesting prospect.


https://oklahoma.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1686536

[LakeRat]

Another new recruit who don't need no stinkin stars by his name. Actually this kid could be an interesting prospect.


https://oklahoma.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1686536

Good read

[birddog]

Dede Westbrook, wr out of blinn committed to us. Looks like a speedy guy.

[8timechamps]

3 JUCO players signed letters of intent today:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5Ej5EzCcAE2-vy.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5Ej5EmCcAAZVFs.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5Ej5EjCQAI_ddW.jpg

[stoopified]

got DeBerry

[8timechamps]

HUGE day today.

Picked up DeBerry and Kahlil Haughton.

Two very good players. DeBerry could challenge for a spot as a true freshman.

[8timechamps]

3 star DE Tyrell Jacobs decommitted from OU today.

[Breadburner]

I like JUCO"s....

[cvsooner]

John Humphrey signed today.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B6x57VMCQAAty2T.jpg

[cvsooner]

Humphrey was recruited by Norvell and Tim Kish. Take that for what it's worth.

[cherokeebrewer]

Humphrey already said he's still solid to OU.

[cvsooner]

Humphrey is clearly a man of his word.

Also Bobby Evans OT signed today, apparently.

[8timechamps]

Humphrey is clearly a man of his word.

Also Bobby Evans OT signed today, apparently.

I made a list (somewhere on the football board) of the mid-year enrollees. Evans was on the list.

With the "new" early financial agreement signing the NCAA allows, a recruit can sign the financial aid agreement with the school before he's arrived. It's a non-binding agreement, and it doesn't lock a kid into a school (like what they sign on national signing day), but it allows the school to start the financial aid process and help the kid before he gets to campus. The real added benefit is that once the form is signed, there are no restrictions on when and how often a coach can communicate with the recruit.

[Jacie]

I see Oklahoma is listed in the top 5 of LB John Houston (5-star and #30 on Rivals) out of Gardena, CA. His other top 5 schools being Arizona St, Miami, Oregon and USC. It would be nice to get one fiver in the class, no matter what happens down the road.

[FaninAma]

A 310Lb DT from Canada named Neville. This has got to be a great class.

[Salt City Sooner]

Looks like this isn't quite finalized just yet; Lampkin de-committed from UT & word is it's down to us or Bama.