The Football Brainiacs

– Devodrick Johnson: TFB recently brought to your attention the name of 2017 ATH/LB Devodrick Johnson (Dallas, TX), who plays QB and LB at Kimball HS but projects as a LB at the next level. Johnson has also seen his recruitment pick up of late, collecting offers from the likes of Missouri, Oklahoma State, Mississippi State and a number of others. And, as we told you previously, Johnson is the younger brother of current OU cornerback, Antoine Stephens.

TFB had the chance to catch up with Johnson a couple days back, who passed along that Mike Stoops came by to visit last week. It sounds like OU is looking at Johnson as an ILB. At the “Jack” LB position, Oklahoma is really looking to move towards the more prototypical 6’4-6’5 guys as opposed to some of the undersized players they’ve used in that spot in recent years. So if the Sooners were to offer Johnson, it would be as an inside backer. – (Super K)

– Tre Brown | CB Recruitment: You may or may not have been aware of the rumors swirling about that 2017 OU CB commit Tre Brown (Tulsa, OK) could possibly be looking around. TFB’s Brandon Drumm, who is very familiar with Brown’s recruitment, confirmed the rumors were indeed true. But before anyone were to freak out, there is more to the story.

Brandon was also able to confirm that whatever concerns there may have been were recently put to bed when the OU staff spoke with Brown. And TFB has since been told the OU coaches are planning to be in Tulsa this week to visit with Brown in-person.

TFB has also been told that as things currently stand, Oklahoma is done at CB with regards to this 2017 class. Expect the Sooners to continue communicating with some prospects, but it sounds like they will not be actively recruiting cornerbacks, or taking new cornerback commits, anytime soon.

The focus in the backfield, for now seems, to be on the safety position. – (Super K)