Oklahoma Lands Pivotal 2024 Defensive Line Commit

Just hours after Brent Venables took the stand at Big 12 Media Days, the Sooners' landed their 13th commitment in the 2024 class.
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Jayden Jackson, a 4-star defensive lineman in the 2024 class, committed to Oklahoma on Thursday afternoon. 

Jackson marks the 13th commitment in the 2024 recruiting cycle for the Sooners, joining fellow 4-star Wyatt Gilmore along the defensive line. Listed at 6-foot-2 and 300 pounds, Jackson is rated one of the top 10 defensive lineman and top 200 players in the nation according to Rivals.

"Brent Venables, I know he's going to change this program and build it from the ground up," Jackson said on 247Sports YouTube channel after his commitment. 

OU was included in the IMG Academy (FL) standout's top five last week, beating out Texas, Ohio State, Miami and Florida for the interior defensive lineman. Gaining a commitment from Jackson is huge for Oklahoma, who will need players of his size and stature once they enter the SEC. 

Additionally, Jackson is an important piece of the Sooners' 2024 recruiting puzzle because he is teammates with 5-star defensive line target and Oklahoma City native, David Stone. With Jackson now on board, it seems even more likely that Stone will end up in Norman. 

Earlier this week, Stone took to Twitter to vouch for Jackson, saying he was the best nose guard in the country.

With Jackson and Gilmore now on board and Stone potentially joining the group, Brent Venables and company could finish the 2024 recruiting cycle with one of the best defensive line classes in school history. Williams Nwaneri, Nigel Smith and Dominick McKinley are all still heavily considering OU, and a commitment from one of the aforementioned players would silence any remaining doubters that Venables and company are having trouble bringing in prospects in the 2024 class.

As the Sooners enter the SEC, they will need even more tough prospects like Jackson who can fill gaps and stuff the run as well as push the pocket on pass plays. 



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Randall Sweet
RANDALL SWEET

Randall is a recruiting analyst and staff writer at AllSooners focusing primarily on OU Football and the recruiting trail. Working as a journalist, Randall has covered the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma City Thunder, and high school sports across the state. A 2022 University of Oklahoma graduate, Randall hails from Lubbock, TX. While in college, Sweet wrote for the OU Daily in addition to working with Sooner Sports Pad and OU Nightly. Following his time at OU, Sweet served as the Communications Coordinator at Visit Oklahoma City before leaving to join the team at AllSooners. The West Texas native has bylines in the Norman Transcript and is a Staff Writer for Inside the Thunder. Randall holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK.