The Football Brainiacs

Image of Chris Baccus via Hudl

– Devwah Whaley: Yesterday I caught up with 2016 RB Devwah Whaley out of Beaumont, TX. As I tweeted out (below), Whaley confirmed an initial report by ESPN’s Gerry Hamilton that he will be in Norman to visit the Sooners this weekend.

2016 Beaumont (TX) Central RB & #OU offer, @devwah_whaley confirms that he will visit #Sooners this weekend.

— Alex King (@AKing_Evals) March 19, 2015

Whaley told me Oklahoma is the school pursuing him the hardest right now. He followed that up saying he speaks to his primary recruiters, Cale Gundy and Jay Boulware, “every single day.” It sounds like the OU coaches are not only high on Whaley, but would really like to bring him in to the fold soon and, for all intents and purposes, wrap up their running back class for 2016 class. – (Alex)

– Dillon Stoner: Had a chance to speak with 2016 Jenks ATH Dillon Stoner yesterday. We had been playing a bit of phone tag last weekend and when we finally connected yesterday, he was on his way back from an unofficial visit to the University of Arkansas. Stoner said the Razorbacks HC Bret Bielema personally extended him the offer during the visit and that the Arkansas staff is looking at him as a safety.

Stoner is an incredibly fast athlete that has the ability to play on either side of the ball at the next level. Brandon had a chance to see Stoner move around in person at the Quick Twitch Clinics in Oklahoma City and came away very impressed. In fact, Brandon’s been raving about him for the past few months.

Stoner told us he has been in touch with the OU staff and is scheduled to call Kerry Cooks today. – (Super K & Brandon)

– Chris Baccus: Another Oklahoma native, 2016 NEO linebacker Chris Baccus, is starting to get some major attention on the recruiting trail. Baccus picked up offers from Arizona State, Nebraska & Washington State this past week. Interestingly one of our TFB readers told us about Baccus a while back and when I got a chance to review his film, I was thoroughly impressed (good eye TFB reader!).

Baccus is originally from Beggs, Oklahoma and when I asked him if he’s heard from OU yet he said, “no, not yet. That’s who I am waiting for.” He did say, however, that he has recently been in touch with Oklahoma State. Baccus is a December JUCO grad. – (Super K)

– Team News | Wide Receiver Notes: Although the Sooners have been on spring break and haven’t practiced this week, I did manage to get a couple notes on the offensive side of the ball from the little work they have done thus far.

I was told the coaches have placed various wide receivers at specific spots and have been working on certain plays as a form of competition for that particular spot in the offense. So, for example, guys like Jordan Smallwood and Dallis Todd — and around three others — are currently competing for the same spot. In the end they may decide to just get the best four WRs on the field, but as of now it sounds like the coaches are being particular about who competes for what spot.

I was also told they plan to (as most of us already know) run the offense with a very quick tempo and, as such, there will be a number of WRs involved in the rotation/receiving playing time. In fact, I was told they expect to rotate in as many as 10 different WRs within the offense. – (Super K)

– UPDATE (Sat., 3:10 pm): Alex has been in touch with these weekend’s visitor, Devwah Whaley who sent us these pictures from his trip today.