The Football Brainiacs

We’ve been dropping recruiting information on y’all in various posts so we figured it would make things easier for readers if we periodically did a recruiting summary to bring some of it together in one convenient place:

Courtney Garnett (DL) – Courtney had a great visit this past weekend at Oklahoma. Perhaps more importantly, his mother loved the visit. The reason that is so important is because Oregon is trying to become a major player in Garnett’s recruitment. They were trying to get Courtney to come up this weekend and join other former Texas commit, Trey Lealaimatafao. I don’t know if the door is completely closed for him to visit next weekend but what I do know is his mother has said Oregon is too far away. Additionally, Courtney’s mother just seems comfortable and attached to Oklahoma and our coaches. Courtney said that his mother won’t stop talking about Oklahoma. A visit to Oregon could still happen but Mama is definitely in our corner right now. Additionally, Courtney himself loves OU and I got the impression the trip to Oregon would be more about the experience to Nike U than anything else.

Steven Parker (DB) – Steven Parker put out some tweets earlier this week that left some OU fans concerned. The tweets seemed to indicate that he may be rethinking things. The fact that the tweets went out on the same day as Texas A&M visited further added fuel to the fire. I haven’t had a chance to talk to Steven’s father since then. Last time we spoke was for a while last weekend and he said Steven loved the visit. Steven’s father and I shared some texts during the week but they were unrelated to football. I’m still optimistic about where OU stands but to settle any uneasiness, if I get some time I’ll try to rap with Steven’s father this coming weekend. But until I’m told differently, I’m still very optimistic about where OU stands.

Jordan Thomas (DB) – Oklahoma picked up a commitment from Jordan Thomas this past week. With that commitment it appears Oklahoma is finished with DB (other than Steven Parker of course).

Walter Brady (DL) – Got word from friends in Alabama that Oklahoma was actually talking to the coaches at Florence HS about a DL named Walter Brady. Unfortunately it appears Walter isn’t quite qualified yet. So it looks like Oklahoma’s pursuit there has been stifled as well. Coach Aiken from Oregon actually started to recruit Walter as well. It’s too bad because the young man is ridiculously athletic for his size (ran a 4.7 at the Mississippi State camp and measured in at around 6’4 242 lbs). He’s also a fantastic kid. Not sure if Oklahoma turns elsewhere for a DL backup plan or not.

Miciah Quick (ATH) – We’ve felt good about Miciah for a long time and nothing has changed on that front. The connection Oklahoma has with Quick through coach Perry, coach Viney, Hatari, LJ, etc. appears to just be too much for other schools to overcome. It’s not done till it’s done but from everything I’ve heard…this one seems as close to done as it can be without an actual commitment. But the more I’ve dealt with recruiting the more I’m becoming an “it’s done when it’s done” kind of guy.

Kenyon Frison and Lukayus McNeil (OTs) – It sounds like there were three Oklahoma coaches (Montgomery, Norvell and Bedenbaugh) in Utah earlier this week all at the same time. I asked 2015 OT, Andre James, if they were all there to see him and he said “no” so my guess is they were each there to see different people but something tells me that since Coach Montgomery was Frison’s initial recruiter perhaps they were all there to put the full court press on Frison. The word I got earlier in the week is that after Frison decommitted from Utah following his ASU visit, Oklahoma wasn’t feeling very confident. Frison is a high priority obviously. Frison will be visiting Nebraska this coming weekend. McNeil also made a decommitment following his visit to Indiana. McNeil decommitted from Lousiville after what was reported to be a very good visit to Indiana. McNeil’s coach confirmed that the visit was indeed very good. No one I talk to seems able or willing to give any concrete information but obviously distance does not favor OU in either case and with McNeil being and Indiana native who is surrounded by Indiana fans (including his coach) I’ve got to think they’re the favorite right now.

Andre James and Toby Weathersby (2015 OTs) – While coach Bedenbaugh is still trying to bring in another OT for the 2014 class he’s clearly going full speed ahead with the 2015 OT class. A number of offers have already been made and a number of visits have been made. This week coach Bedenbaugh visited, among other people, Andre James. Andre hails from Utah and already has offers from Oregon, UCLA, Arizona St, Wisconsin and others but if you want to know how quickly the perception of Oklahoma has been renewed listen to what he said when I asked about his interest in OU. He said, “I am extremely interested! They are probably one of my top schools right now!” I asked him whether he’d take an official visit to OU and he said “Yeah I definitely want to take an official to OU!” Coach Bedenbaugh has already visited Andre twice in the past week and a half. Toby Weathersby received an offer last weekend. He is current OU DT commit, Du’Vonta Lampkin’s friend. I asked Du’Vonta how interested Toby is in OU and he said it’s his “favorite school”.

Breidan Fehoko and Canton Kaumatule (2015 DL) – I don’t have a ton of information about these two monster DLinemen but what we do know is that coach Jerry Montgomery is making them a priority. He has visited them in Hawaii multiple times and in fact did so earlier this week.

Darrion Daniels (2015 DL) – Darrion told me that he is going to be at Oklahoma’s jr. day.

Trevor Elbert (2015 OT) – Got word from a friend in Dallas that coach Stoops went by earlier this week to see the talent offensive tackle. Again, high priorities in 2015 are going to be OL and DL.

I think that covers most of the things we’ve been talking about on the site this past week or two. If I remember anything else I’ll update this post. Thanks for reading y’all.