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Oklahoma Hosting Massive Recruiting Weekend For Spring Game

Brent Venables' coaching staff has assembled an impressive group of visitors for this weekend's spring football finale.

Ryan Chapman

Oklahoma Hosting Massive Recruiting Weekend For Spring Game
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Oklahoma’s annual spring game will be more than a celebration of Baker Mayfield.

Brent Venables and his coaching staff are playing host to an impressive list of recruits this weekend, numbering over 30 players from the next three recruiting cycles.

Class of 2022 signees Jake Taylor, Jacob Sexton and R Mason Thomas are all in Norman to take in the festivities as the trio of recruits is set to join the team this summer.

Current 2023 commits Jackson Arnold and Joshua Bates are on campus this weekend, and they’ll be fast at work helping the staff make an impression on a slew of other top players and the coaching staff turns their attention to the 2023 and 2024 recruiting classes.

Elite offensive tackle Cayden Green is back in Norman as Bill Bedenbaugh continues to work to add the talented player to the fold in the 2023 class. Green recently named the Sooners into his final five schools alongside Miami, Michigan, Nebraska and Missouri.

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Talented 2023 wide receiver Jaquaize Pettaway also confirmed with SI Sooners that he would be in town for the weekend.

Pettaway caught 50 passes for 794 yards and seven touchdowns last year for Langham Creek High School in Houston, TX, and has shown he can stretch the field to try and take the top off of defenses.

Running back Dylan Edwards made the trek down to Norman from Derby, KS, for the weekend. Edwards has rushed for 4,436 yards on 414 carries the past two seasons, scoring 63 touchdowns on the ground.

On the other side of the ball, the Sooners also are hosting in-state defensive lineman Bai Jobe, whose recruitment has blown up over the past year.

Bedenbaugh has a host of other 2023 offensive lineman in this weekend, as Payton Kirkland, Trevor Goosby and Logan Howland will all be on hand Saturday.

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A trio of secondary targets for the 2023 class will attend the spring game in safety Jalon Kilgore and cornerbacks Tyre Young and Tayden Barnes, as well as linebacker Caleb Otlweski and defensive end Parker Andrews.

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Jeff Lebby is hosting a trio of quarterbacks as well.

Michael Hawkins Jr., son of former OU corner Mike Hawkins, is rated a 4-star quarterback in the 2024 class from Allen, TX, and returns to see his father’s alma mater.

A pair of 2025 prospects are also in Norman this weekend in Orlando native Bjorn Jurgensen and Madison, MS, product Emile Picarella.

Miguel Chavis and Todd Bates will be busy recruiting 2024 defensive line prospects. Armstrong Nnodim, Collin Simmons, Xadavien Sims, Kavion Henderson, Tyler Moore and Nigel Smith are all on campus on Saturday.

Safety Tito Williams is a 2024 target Brandon Hall is hosting this weekend, and athletes Mario Craver and Jackson Ford are also on campus.

Cale Gundy will be able to continue to recruit 2024 wide receiver Kennedy Brantley as well, as Brantley is in Norman from Melissa, TX.

A pair of Oklahoma prospects from the 2024 class are on campus as well in Norman North offensive lineman Harrison Utley and Poteau standout Dax Collins.

Joe Jon Finley will look even further down the road, as he has a 2025 prospect attending the spring game in Allen, TX, tight end Davon Mitchell.

The 6-4 tight end already holds offers from North Texas and Incarnate Word, and hopes to continue to have the offers to roll in over the summer.

Offensive lineman Owen Hollenbeck is also on campus from Melissa, TX, as well as fellow 2025 recruits in safety Zaylen Cormier and athletes Reggie McNeal Jr. and Ryan Grayson.

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Beyond the spring weekend, Venables and his staff have multiple elite camps planned, as well as the return of Oklahoma’s June barbecue blowout this summer, where the Sooners will again look to bring tons of elite athletes on campus. 

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Ryan Chapman
RYAN CHAPMAN

Ryan is deputy editor at AllSooners and covers a number of sports in and around Norman and Oklahoma City. Working both as a journalist and a sports talk radio host, Ryan has covered the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma City Thunder, the United States Men’s National Soccer Team, the Oklahoma City Energy and more. Since 2019, Ryan has simultaneously pursued a career as both a writer and a sports talk radio host, working for the Flagship for Oklahoma sports, 107.7 The Franchise, as well as AllSooners.com. Ryan serves as a contributor to The Franchise’s website, TheFranchiseOK.com, which was recognized as having the “Best Website” in 2022 by the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters. Ryan holds an associate’s degree in Journalism from Oklahoma City Community College in Oklahoma City, OK. 

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