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Oklahoma Loses 2025 4-Star DT Prospect Floyd Boucard

Boucard told Sooners On SI that the Sooners were a "perfect fit," but this week the South Florida prospect took a visit to Miami.

John E. Hoover

2025 DL Floyd Boucard (middle) with Jayden Jackson (left) and David Stone (right)
2025 DL Floyd Boucard (middle) with Jayden Jackson (left) and David Stone (right) / Floyd Boucard via Instagram
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Oklahoma has lost a prized member of its 2025 recruiting class.

Floyd Boucard, a 4-star defensive tackle from Miami Central (FL), announced Monday night that he had decided to decommit from OU.

“I would like to thank The University of Oklahoma for welcoming me with open arms,” Boucard wrote on social media. “It’s after much consideration, thought and conversations with my family that I’ve made the decision to DECOMMIT and I am now reopening my recruitment to all schools.” 

Boucard is a 6-foot-3, 315-pound interior lineman who has offers from Alabama, USC, Miami, Colorado, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, LSU, Missouri, Ole Miss, Oregon, Penn State, UCF and others. 

He committed to Oklahoma in July, and then told Sooners On SI that OU was a “perfect fit.”

"The loyalty, they've been here locked in with me since January," Boucard said of the Sooners. "They've got a plan for me."

Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada he moved to the U.S. as a freshman in high school and quickly took to football. As a junior at Mobile (AL) Christian, he had 80 tackles, 27 tackles for loss and 11 quarterback sacks. He's now playing for Miami Central, and this weekend he took a visit to check out the Miami Hurricanes.

He said this past summer that he and OU coaches Brent Venables and Todd Bates were “like family. We are family.” He also struck up firm relationships with current OU freshmen defensive tackles Jayden Jackson and David Stone.

Boucard also said those relationships “helped me throughout the process just really see what (OU) is like from an inside perspective,” Boucard said. “They told me the truth and they told me what to expect.”

Boucard was OU’s 22nd commit in the 2025 class when he joined 4-star Dr. Henry Wise (MD) defensive lineman Trent Wilson, 4-star Weatherford (OK) edge rusher CJ Nickson, 3-star Lee's Summit North (MO) interior d-lineman Ka'Mori Moore and 3-star Wagoner (OK) edge defender Alexander Shieldnight on the defensive front.

OU currently has 22 commits in the ’25 class, which ranks No. 10 in the nation by 247 Sports. Boucard is a Rivals 4-star and a 247 Sports 3-star.

Boucard's decommitment comes on the heels of a visit to Miami, where the talented interior lineman saw the Hurricanes take down Ball State 62-0.

While Boucard backing off of his pledge is a let down in the 2025 recruiting class, 4-star wide receiver Cortez Mills seemed to reaffirm his commitment to Oklahoma on Monday in a social media post.

There was uncertainty around Mills' status after a visit to Nebraska in Week 2, but the Homestead (FL) standout appears to be locked in with Emmett Jones and company.

"What keeps me interested in Nebraska is the bond I got with the coaches and how they're still treating me like a top priority," Mills told John Garcia ahead of his trip to Lincoln. "(Venables and company) know that I'm locked in, so they're not worried that much. What keeps me locked in with OU is really the bond I have gained with Coach V and Coach (Emmett) Jones."

Despite a big win over Colorado for the Cornhuskers, the Sooners seem to have retained Mills in the 2025 class.

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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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