Lawton Eisenhower 2025 WR Serri Sheridan building momentum going into his senior season

Sheridan made visits to North Texas, Kansas State; getting interest from other colleges

OKLAHOMA CITY - Serri Sheridan still can’t believe it happened. 

Despite the game taking place almost a month ago, the Lawton Eisenhower junior still has a hard time processing exactly what he was able to accomplish.

Facing Shawnee, the 5-foot-10, 165-pound Sheridan reached the end zone on five separate trips to help the Eagles roll to a 60-32 victory at Cameron Stadium.

“When we played Shawnee, I had five touchdowns. That's the most I've ever had in one game,” Sheridan said. “I'm still shocked to this day I scored five touchdowns in one game.”

In a season full of highlights and big plays, that night was a microcosm for the year Sheridan produced at Eisenhower.

“That was something that stood out I saw for sure, but it was probably more so early in the season (when) we really knew that Serri was going to be one of our guys,” Eisenhower coach Javon Harris said. “Just even starting off with Ardmore with a couple of returns and going through our city games.

"Any time we need a big play, man, somehow, someway, we know we can count on him to go make a play.”

The Eagles closed out the 2023 season last Thursday night, Nov. 2, with a trip to Oklahoma City Southeast. While they didn’t need Sheridan to do anything special in order to pull out a 68-8 victory, that didn’t stop him from scoring twice in the first half.

On both scoring plays, he showed his speed and power as he shook off would-be tacklers or ran past them.

While Sheridan has always been blessed with speed, coming into this season, he knew he wanted to show he could play with power as well.

“Wanted to work on just breaking tackles and picking up blocks because last year I think, I was kind of weak,” Sheridan said. “I wasn't really in the weight room like that last year.

"So when I got into it in the summer I was like, I got to pick up on these blocks. I’ve got to break more tackles. I got to be that type of guy for this team.”

Sheridan finished the year with 47 catches for 777 yards and 10 touchdowns. He also carried the ball for 153 yards and three scores to go along with a special teams and defensive touchdown as well.

Lawton Eisenhower junior Serri Sheridan (10) competes during the Eagles' season finale against Oklahoma City Southeast on Nov. 2, 2023

While Sheridan was eager to see his individual game improve, he was much more focused on helping the Eagles return to their winning ways. The only program in Oklahoma to have been named USA Today National Champions (1990) had fallen on hard times the last few years.

After a revolving door of coaches, Harris took the job last year. According to Sheridan, the former Oklahoma Sooner defensive back has stabilized the program.

Despite not making the postseason this year with a 5-5 record, Sheridan believes they are far better than what they have been in the past.

“It's been a great season,” Sheridan said. “I think we laid the foundation for a better Eisenhower football team in general this year. So we're going to be moving forward from here on out.

"We used to lose a lot as I was growing up. Seeing them lose a lot and have a lot of losing seasons. So, getting a new coach and he's just building us up and making us winners now (is important). He's just changed our whole losing mentality and now we want to win. That's our whole growth.”

Sheridan added that change in mentality was something he needed in order to start reaching his potential on the field.

“Last year, we used to get down and just have a give-up mentality. I didn’t want to score the ball; I just wanted to get out of the game,” Sheridan said. “Now when we get down, it's I want the ball, I want to put us back in the lead. I want to do anything to help us win.

"I just have that good mentality.”

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Sheridan was named the team’s MVP as a sophomore and Harris expects him to win it again this year after an even more productive campaign.

“He just made a lot of great plays. Very explosive player,” Harris said. “Great kid. It's a testament to his hard work. He's a kid who takes the weight room seriously.

"He's a kid who does everything extra after practice, before practice and really just harnesses in on his craft. Just a testament to his hard work and his grind. Seeing his work ethic is something that's separated him from other guys.”

The recruiting process started kind of slow for Sheridan. It wasn’t until the second half of the season that colleges started to take notice of what he was doing on the field.

He’s recently had trips to Kansas State and North Texas. Even in-state teams like Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Tulsa are expressing interest.

“A lot of people been calling. The Tulsas, OUs, OSUs are starting to be intrigued by his athletic ability and what he can do on the field,” Harris said. “Just starting off pretty small right now. No offers at the moment, but I'm 100 percent sure that they are going to come here real soon once his film gets out and into people's hands.

"He is a special kid, a great student, a great community kid. He just does everything the right way.” 

-- Michael Kinney | @SBLiveOK