Isaiah Langley Note
Posted on: March 31, 2014
In the past week or so, I posted a breakdown of some of our CB targets and where things stand with them and Oklahoma. At that time, the most recent information I had about star CB Isaiah Langley (Pleasanton, CA) was that he was a heavy USC lean.
As such, my general sense was since OU is only take two (maybe three at the most) CBs that we needed to make PJ Mbanasor the highest priority (and I still believe that). And then press on a few different spots in order to either pick up someone else out of Texas, or take one of the top CBs out of California that USC doesn’t get.
However, I had a conversation last week with someone and it sounds like Oklahoma is in with Langley in a BIG way. Apparently Coach Wright and Langley’s father had a very long conversation last week and it made a huge impression. And it isn’t as if there weren’t already things working in Oklahoma’s favor anyway.
First of all, as I understand it, Langley grew up somewhat of an OU fan. But perhaps more importantly, he’s a big fan of Joe Mixon and that relationship could be a big draw. And now that the father is excited about Oklahoma, it’s starting to feel like our chances are getting better. Especially considering there are still a number of unknowns around USC.
The word is Langley and his father want to try and get out to see Norman. That’s always the draw back of recruiting kids that are further away with it being harder to get them on campus for unofficial visits. But I was told that Isaiah’s father said they want to come out as soon as possible.
With that being said, we seem to be in pretty good shape for Mbanasor, Langley, and Jaylon Lane. And, to some degree, with Dechaun Holiday, Ykili Ross and Kris Boyd as well. And then of course there is still Darreyl Patterson. I’m telling y’all if OU plays it’s cards right, don’t be surprised to see them sign a very elite CB class.
I spoke to Lane and Mbanasor over the weekend as well, and I’ll have some notes up from them later this week.
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Good news here. We always seem to have one or two good defenders but I’m waiting for the day when we have all four quarters of the secondary locked down tight, sounds like that day may be coming.
Hopefully these guys look at it and say “I have a chance to compete for a spot” while I like who we get every year we really took some under the radar guys the last couple of classes. So to get 3 maybe 4 of the top corners would be huge and we could convert a bigger corner to safety.
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Just heard about another CB who is very interested in OU.
Share my brother Share. DON”T LEAVE ME HANGING!!!!
OU being in good standing with Khalil MacKenzie, another Bay Area kid, can’t hurt either.
Indeed. Everything looks good on the McKenzie front but I’m going to catch up with him this week to confirm.
How does this kid not return KO and Punts for his team?? seems like a great mix of speed, power, and elusiveness.
Would not be surprised if we don’t see him do that this year.
Damn that kid has some quick feet! One of the more natural DBs I’ve seen. And he’s definitely a dual-threat kind of guy (i.e. DB/PR). Great to hear we’re doing well with him. He’s going to be very, very good. Tackling needs work, but his instincts to be in the right place at the right time are undeniable.
Sounds like we’re in a pretty nice situation, just hope it plays out just as nice.
We are indeed in a really good situation with Langley.
With the way OU uses DBs and safeties, why would they settle for only 2 CBs? Sign 4 of them if they can play.