Open Post | Thursday, May 7th (UPDATE 5:40 pm)
Posted on: May 7, 2015
Image of Mark Jackson via scout.com
– Mark Jackson: Heard a bit of good news recently and wanted to pass it along. Caught up with 2016 DE/OLB Mark Jackson (6’3″ 215 – Cibolo, TX). It’s starting to sound as though Diron Reynolds has made quite the impression, and the Sooners are a very serious player for the Cibolo product. Jackson let me know he’s actually considering a commitment decision at the beginning of the summer, which is obviously just a few weeks away.
In addition to OU, it sounds like the other schools he is considering are Baylor, Texas, and Texas A&M. However, after talking with a couple sources I get the sense OU is very high on that short list. In fact one of the sources I spoke with told me the Sooners may be in Jackson’s top two schools at the moment. But again, Jackson has yet to make anything like that official.
I hope to speak to Mark again in the next few days and hopefully have more from him. Right now he’s definitely a prospect Sooner fans are going to want to keep their eye on. – (Super K)
– Devin White: OU extended an offer today to the 2016 athlete (6’0″ 253) out of Spring Hill, LA. We’re hoping to have more soon with regards to where the Sooners may stand now with offer in hand. – (Alex)
– UPDATE (2:17 pm):
#Oklahoma has now offered 2017 four-star DB Deommodore Lenoir from LA Salesian @JLMcCuistion pic.twitter.com/MOUGZvunPa
— Adam Gorney (@adamgorney) May 7, 2015
– UPDATE (5:40 pm): 2015 Notre Dame signee, Bo Wallace out of New Orleans tweeted out the following:
ATTN‼️ I am sorry to say that I will not be attending the University of Notre Dame, I will keep you all informed.
— Scar (@SirBeaux) May 7, 2015
We found this interesting because OU was in hot pursuit of Wallace for a while. Wallace is academically qualified by NCAA standards but we’ve been told by a source that there was a particular requirement at Notre Dame that was the sticking point. I did ask the source if Oklahoma would be in the mix and he said that he did not believe so. He said he expects Wallace to end up at UCLA. I haven’t communicated with Wallace to confirm anything but just passing along info from a source that knows Wallace – (Super K)
101 Comments
first!
Second!!!
So, is OU looking at White as Samaje Perine 2.0? Or, at least physically, do they see him as the second coming of Ronnell Lewis? That’s the two players that came to mind while watching his video.
Initially when I thought of where they would play him, I dismissed offense because most Air Raid attacks look for smaller jitterbug backs. And, several of the offers we’ve seen for RB in the class of 17 have been those smaller backs. But, White looks to have great hands and really good vision (granted, it’s a highlight video; not like they’re going to show him passing up a hole to run head-on into the nose tackle or dropping passes).
I like him at LB. He can run (even jumped a tackler), has power, is relatively nasty, but lacks the “ideal” size.
Instinct comes in different packages. Doesn’t have to be 6’4. Lot of those guys around who can’t play.
I’m with Boom….lot’s of great football players who don’t/didn’t have the “measureables”. And from what I saw, this guy is a FOOTBALL PLAYER!
6′ 0″ is a bit short at LB/DE but I like his size, no one will mistake him as a FS playing LB
Eric Striker says hi. You knew this was coming…
Thinking more of being able to get his hand up while dropping in zone coverage not rushing the passer
Dave, practicing snarky> >LMAO
always nice to get a jab in at MS when you can
Of course. I’m not trolling really. I’d like White to be two inches taller.
Queue the music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryDOy3AosBw
Dat Nyguen, Zach Thomas, Mike Singletary, Curtis Lofton, the six foot and under club.
I really enjoy watching the tape you guys put up for recruits but this….dude…is..a.beast.
I had a smile on my face the whole time
We’re offering White as a RB, not as a LB/DE, right?
ILB Please. Lofton only bigger
Good call on Lofton. He was “only” 6’0″, but heavy, could run, and was nasty.
No, White should be a RB. Bigger than Perine and looks just as fast.
We have plenty of RB’s we need a big time ILB.
Understandable, but he’s stronger at RB, at least in my opinion.
go both ways
his personal life is his own 😉
Myles Jack?
Let’s get him here and let the coaches argue over him…..
But I’m thinking LB. Maybe just because the need is greater, but…..
Ok. So, I’ll say “No” to a RB. ILB.
He does have very good vision. What I was impressed with is his quickness, balance and wheels for such a big guy.
update added
Thanks Jordan. How is that new one?
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He looks like a cross between Samaje Perine and Trey Millard to me . And when was the last time anyone but a QB had a highlight reel anywhere near this long ? In fact , how many QB’s have a highlight video anywhere near this long ?
That punt return though…
LOL! Let it go brother.
I can’t keep track of all these great kids and their film; its starting to all run together in my head ,, like ham salad .. in my head ,, now I’m getting hungry .. uh
I know what you mean about the names/videos getting all scrambled up in the brain pan.
Makes my mind get all crispy on the outside and mushy on the inside.
Now I’m hungry.
http://www.seriouseats.com/images/20110325-food-lab-tater-tots-mushy-center.jpg
what’s with you and tators lol
We have a lot in common.
Crispy on the outside, soft and gooey on the inside.
Can’t remember if you have ever shared your location but there is a JD that calls Big Al and coach Jones in Tulsa and I enjoy listening to his comments….have wondered if that was you?
Not me…I live in Ardmore….there’s another JD that has popped up recently so I might need to go back to shifty…I only listen to the radio for music
Now hold on just one danged minute!
I have been lamenting for months that Shifty wasn’t here anymore.
Dang you Shifty, tempted to go out and get my knotted plow line.
I guess there’s a reason he’s called “shifty”. 🙂
I never imagined that was why, figured he was a shape-shifter or scat-back or sumpin’.
haha…yep…don’t go do anything extreme
A great hamburger is only complete with good Tots!
hungry again already lol
Hitting Louisiana hard lately.
As well they should.
Some big, fast country strong young men in that state.
Definitely, although I hope they make Texas a priority this year, some great prospects available.
I don’t think OU coaches will ever ignore the amount of talent so close to their Southern border.
While they are going east, i think they need to stop by East Texas.
You ain’t never lied!
Also, this Everett Golson guy…
Already proven he can win big games on Owen Field.
Man, I really, really hate that I said that. I’m sorry. I didn’t know I was going to say it. It just came out.
Well, for the record, you didn’t “say” it. You “typed” it.
It appears to me his high school coaches utilize White correctly.
He never leaves the field.
cornerstone on both sides.
Sometimes coaches get it like that. I know a guy in HS 4A school who was on the kickoff, kick return, punt (snapper, but he was also backup punter), punt return, FG (the holder, but also the backup kicker), offense (QB/WR/TE), defense (DB/LB/DE). He told me, funny, one time, “When I’m pooped I walk off the field to rest a couple of plays.” He was so tired he didn’t tell the coaches why is was walking off, he just signaled–get someone in there and would go and sit down. He told me one time he was playing DE at/against Ardmore and he walked off. Exhausted. Ardmore ran the next two plays at his position for 7 yds and 8 yds. They told him they needed him back in and he played every other play of that game and at DE against a college bound OT. They beat Ardmore; he threw for 4 TDs and intercepted a pass at the end of the game when they were up 8 to seal the deal.
That’s the opposite of utilize correctly. Iron man football at its finest. Shout out to all the 160 lb lineman.
Ha. I know what you are saying. I don’t know if you were talking about some 160 lber above or not, but the kid I’m talking about was 6’2, 215 and played JC then small college as a QB. His dad had taken him to a personal trainer from NFL since he was in elementary and could out lift most of the OL/DL linemen at JC. His 4A school had no bench to compete with 5A Ardmore. Very few guys on the bench, and only sophomores usually who could n/compete 5A very large school. They’d have lost w/o playing every available good player. But, if you are talking about White above, I bet you could call his HS coach and tell him he’s not utilizing him correctly. I don’t know.
I just thought that was a normal thing when I played. I was the Tailback, Corner, kick returner, punt returner, kickoff, FG, etc. Couldn’t even tell you what happens on a sideline.
The sideline is for half-time and time-outs. Played small school football myself. At 6ft flat, 140lbs, played QB, center, NG, DE. NG was my favorite, got to crash and burn with pure animalistic ferocity. SEE BALL, GET BALL
I was the opposite. I just wanted to get on the field! I’ve known some like u and this kid. Some have played at schools like union and jenks, too. Woods from McAlester sounds like he did the same. Knew another kid played everything. Went to tcu and started on defense at tcu as true fr.tcu top 5 team too. kid I was referring to had OL at 4a school weighing 190. He weighed more than some OL.
LOL, My O linemen only outweighed me by about 10 to 20 pounds…..my body still hurts to this day.
My cousin won played both ways until he got to HS. RB in HS. Won state 6A and were best team in state both JR/SR years. He’s in his early 50s and he walks like an old man. All football related.
I know that walk. :-0
Me too…. And mine is football related sort of…
Sideline….. Lol… What’s that?
That’s the way it used to be done.
Cool name on that new offer, I like it haha.
Says the man that knows about splashing. 🙂
Caught that, did ya? Thought I was gonna get away with one haha
I miss Bob Barry, if only for his butchering of players names…
Bob Barry was so entertaining for that reason. You could always see it coming, when he would start calling the play faster than he was processing what was actually happening. I was at his farewell game (tech in 2010) and the send off was great.
Devin White is a grown man. Hopefully we can stand out in his sea of offers.
It’s like watching Takeo Spikes play high school football.
Former highly sought after OU LB target….
https://twitter.com/_BoWallace/status/596430156509548545
sooooooooo?
Interesting that per Rivals, Cooks recruited him to ND.
Oh wow, he was a good one. Does Bo know OU?
Bo Knows.
Hes already signed an NLI though, that means he has to sit this season, correct?
Dont want to speculate, but if he couldn’t get admitted into ND because of grades (or for whatever reason), then Im not sure how that works with his NLI as far as needing a release.
Not to Brag but i called it
Can’t see the Bo Wallace update, can anybody else?
how about now?
Can see now. Thanks!
Any word on Q Hayes signing as a free agent anywhere? I felt like his momentum was heading up into his senior year, was surprised he fell all the way to undrafted.
He agreed to a UDFA deal w/ Seattle.
oh great! Maybe I’m alone in this but I felt like he took some unnecessary heat for last year. Feel like he could be a decent safety somewhere
Actually, just found on Twitter he apparently is going to Cleveland, not Seattle, fwiw.
Bo Wallace was recruited and committed to Kerry Cooks. Not buying UCLA as an option. I think he is OU or ASU bound
Is Bo a 2015 recruit?
Do you think that he could be so disappointed that Coach Cooks left that he doesn’t even consider coming here because of him?
Looks like LNC will get a make over
Devin White…..This is in response to Crimson & Cream article. Alabama I understand, even though we’ve won the last three meetings. But LSU? The kids from Louisiana, I get it. As a Sooner fan I don’t understand the thinking in that we can’t recruit any athlete from anywhere. OU has an football tradition that is second to none, and as Sooners that’s what we should present, and represent all the time. Devin White looks awesome…….maybe we should look at Perine at linebacker. Just kidding, we’ve got some great looking linebackers already. If your going to be No.1, you’ve got to look, play and believe your the best. There is only ONE!
I’m with you on that lead in paragraph, just not sure the rest of that stuff was needed. 🙂
Yeah, I know….too many monsters today. I’m liable to get a little wound up ” carried away “. Just too passionate about OU football sometimes. I’m chillin now. Boomer!
Just think of me as defensive Coach Wally Rig in Necessary Roughness. He takes over for head Coach Ed Gennero who’s in the hospital…….half time speech he gets a little wound up and starts cursing and saying how they are gonna rip their heads off and shi* down their wind pipes and then says….”let’s pray”. Classic football movie.
Would we really need Bo Wallace if we landed Caleb Kelly, Mark Jackson, Jon-Michael Terry, Marvin Terry, and Dontavious Jackson? Or at least 4 of those guys? I don’t think so.
We might land 3 of these guys and that’s including terry. So yes we want and need him.
Just imagine what a good coach could do with the amount of talent that is so enamored with UCLA which I don’t get. I do know one NCAA record that UCLA holds and that is punt returns given up for TD in one game.
I was there! I accidentally broke a new front-bumper OU plate and a new pair of sunglasses when he ran the 3rd one back.