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Oklahoma in Top Five for 4-Star 2024 OL

Sooners target Jason Zandamela, who holds over 30 offers, announced his top five schools on Sunday evening.

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Jason Zandamela, a 4-star offensive lineman in the 2024 recruiting class, released a list of his final five schools on Twitter Sunday evening, keeping Georgia, Florida State, Miami, USC and Oklahoma in the mix. 

Zandamela received an offer from OU offensive line coach Bill Bedenbaugh in late January.

"Since arriving in the U.S. in 2020, I have had the opportunity to build relationships with many incredible programs from across the country," Zandamela said on social media. "However, to ensure I'm making the right decision for my future, these are the schools I'll be communicating with moving forward."

Zandamela grew up playing rugby in Mozambique before moving to the United States in late 2020. The star offensive lineman attends Clearwater Academy International in Clearwater, FL, where he has grown into a top-80 prospect according to 247Sports. 

After watching the talented Floridian, scouts said that Zandamela has "NFL upside." Ranked as the No. 2 interior offensive lineman in the 2024 recruiting cycle, Zandamela would be a huge pickup for the Sooners, who have one commit along the line in next year's class. 

Isaiah Autry, a 2024 offensive tackle and cousin of former Sooner Marcus Dupree, announced his pledge to OU in April. Oklahoma signed three interior linemen in its 2023 crop: Durango (CO) product and early enrollee Joshua Bates, Seattle product Heath Ozeata and New Jersey product Logan Howland. 

Zandamela has praised Bedenbaugh in the past, mentioning the OU coach's impressive track record of getting his players to the next level. 

"Oklahoma has the best offensive line coach, center coach in the nation... He's known for developing offensive linemen, bringing them to the league and everything like that... He coached Creed Humphrey," the 4-star recruit told 247Sports. 

Zandamela is set to make his commitment on July 6, with the acting favorite to land the interior lineman being Florida State according to 247Sports' Steve Wiltfong. If the Sooners are able to pull such a talented recruit away from the Seminoles in their home state, it would be a much needed win along the recruiting trail for Brent Venables and company. 

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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. 

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