The Football Brainiacs

– Trajan Bandy: Yesterday, the Sooners picked up a commitment from 2017 Columbus High School (Miami, FL) defensive back Trajan Bandy. Bandy has been public, for quite some time, about his affinity for the Sooners and the OU coaching staff. TFB caught up with Bandy shortly after his commitment went public.

Bandy tells us he is being recruited as a nickel back. That’s a position Bandy feels comfortable with and suits his game. He also is very comfortable with the OU coaching staff saying, “Bob Stoops and Kerry Cooks have been with me from day one. I’m a Sooner.”  That led me to ask if he had plans to take visits, other than his April 9^th visit to OU. Bandy stated, “As of right now, I don’t have visits planned. That is something I’ll sit down and talk with my dad about later.”

I got a sense that Bandy is very solid, right now. He is already publicly recruiting another Florida defensive back, and Florida State legacy, Stanford Samuels III to join him. Bandy is the type of player OU needed to get in the Miami area. He has a great personality and seems to be a leader and may help open up some doors in south Florida. – (Brandon)

– Cornerback Position: We are told the Sooners are looking to take three cornerbacks in this class and Bandy does counts towards that number leaving only two spots remaining…

– Tre Brown: To the point above, Tre Brown is someone to keep an eye on as potentially the next cornerback to fill up one of those three spots. Brown tells me he had great trips to both Oklahoma and Oklahoma State recently and is currently being recruited by a number of schools including Oregon, Tennessee, Florida and others. But I’m told that Brown may be looking to make a decision sometime in March. He tells me he’d like to get back out to OU to watch a spring practice.

If the Sooners can land Brown to go with Bandy then they will likely spend a great deal of recruiting effort on both Jeffrey Okudah who has visited Norman twice already and Kary Vincent Jr. – (Super K)

– James Robinson: Last week, 2017 Lakeland, Florida wide receiver, James Robinson, put his top four out on twitter. It included Clemson, Florida, Ohio State and Oklahoma. I got to speak with Robinson, yesterday, and he is very high OU saying, “They are one of the schools recruiting me the hardest and I love the way they air it out on offense.” Robinson also credited Sooners outside receiver coach Dennis Simmons for them being in his final list, “I love coach Simmons. He is so laid back and just a really good guy.”

The perception is that Clemson is the leader for Robinson, but he does plan on visiting Florida soon. There is no visit date set to OU, but they will, at the very least, get an official from Robinson, according to what he has planned. Robinson gave no timeline for a decision. – (Brandon)

– Viney Interviewing: James Hale at OU Insider reported this morning that Courtney (Chip) Viney will be interviewing for an open position with Michigan today. We’ve spoken to a source at OU who did confirm the report. – (Super K)

– UPDATE (9:19 am): We can confirm that Kansas defensive line coach, Calvin Thibodeaux is interviewing today for the Sooners defensive line coaching vacancy.

– UPDATE (10:48 am): FootballScoop is reporting that OU has already interviewed Mississippi State’s David Turner for the defensive line job.