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Oklahoma Lands First 2024 Commitment

Jeremiah Newcombe is a 4-star cornerback from the Phoenix area who has more than 20 offers and comes from a decorated football bloodline.

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Oklahoma finally has its first commitment in the 2024 recruiting class.

Jeremiah Newcombe, a cornerback from Casteel High School in Queen Creek, AZ, announced his verbal pledge to the Sooners Saturday via social media.

The 5-foot-11, 175-pound Newcombe has been a silent commit for several days since taking a midweek unofficial visit to Norman.

He’s rated by 247 Sports as a 4-star prospect and is ranked as the No. 22 corner in the nation. He’s also the No. 209 overall prospect, according to the 247 Sports Composite.

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Jeremiah Newcombe (2) :: Zac BonDurant/Special to the Republic-USA TODAY NETWORK

Recruited by cornerbacks coach Jay Valai out of the Phoenix suburb, Newcombe chose the Sooners over nearly two dozen other offers, including Arizona, Arizona State, BYU, Cal, Colorado, Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Ole Miss Stanford, USC, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and others.

Newcombe’s father, Bobby Newcombe, was the starting quarterback at Nebraska in 1998 (he slotted between Scott Frost and Eric Crouch and led the Huskers to a 9-4 record while playing hurt), and became a sixth-round NFL Draft pick of the Arizona Cardinals before playing in the Canadian Football League. Bobby Newcombe is also the head coach at Casteel.

Newcombe’s big brother Isaiah Newcombe is a cornerback at UCLA.

Newcombe was named District Two-Way Player of the Year in 2022, as well as first-team 6A Premier All-Region and first-ream 6A All-Conference.

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Jeremiah Newcombe :: Joe Rondone/ The Republic-USA TODAY NETWORK

According to MaxPreps, Newcombe rushed for 376 yards (9.4 yards per carry) and six touchdowns as a sophomore, then caught 35 passes for 516 yards (14.7 yards per catch) and five touchdowns as a junior. In 33 games during his varsity career so far, Newcombe has 1,870 all-purpose yards with 12 total touchdowns.

Meanwhile, he’s also started for three years on defense, with 13 career interceptions (seven during his sophomore year) and 33 passes defensed (18 as a freshman) while making 155 total tackles — 56 as a freshman, 37 as a sophomore and 62 as a junior.

OU’s only verbal commitment from a high school prospect since National Signing Day in February was from 2025 quarterback Kevin Sperry, who committed on March 13.

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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