The Football Brainiacs

Image of Mike Williams via ElevenWarriors.com

First off, I (Brandon) would like to thank all of you for the kind words and prayers sent my way this past week. Baby Kyler is doing great and we are loving every minute of having two boys in the Drumm house.

– Mike Williams: I caught up with 2016 defensive tackle Mike Williams out of Fort Worth. If you’re a twitter guy/gal and follow recruits, you’ll notice Williams’ avi is a picture of him wearing an OU jersey and helmet. So I asked Williams about it, and he told me he loves OU’s alternate uniforms saying, “it’s a good look.” We got to talking about new defensive line coach Diron Reynolds, and Williams at one point said, “he (Reynolds) has swag like coach Montgomery.” In fact, Reynolds was in Fort Worth this past week to see Williams and will be making a second trip this coming week as well. Williams has offers from all over the country, but made it clear that he is high on the Sooners and has been for a while. – (Brandon)

– DeMarkus Acy: I recently spoke with 2016 OU DB offer DeMarkus Acy (Dallas, TX), whose name is starting to get out in the recruiting world. We talked about some of the schools he’s high on, OU being one of them, even saying that he feels as though the Sooners are one of his highest profile offers. – (Alex)

– Diron Reynolds in Texarkana: I spoke to 2016 DT Nick McCann (Arkansas HS in Texarkana) and 2017 DE Lagaryonn Carson (Liberty-Eylau in Texarkana), both of whom said that  Reynolds stopped by to see them yesterday. McCann said the first-year OU d-line coach will be back to see him again in a couple weeks.

As mentioned in the OP last Friday, we continue to hear Reynolds’ name more and more on the recruiting trail…which was not the case a month ago. So it seems as though he was simply working to set up a plan of attack and learning about the recruits within his region. – (Super K)

– Levi Draper: Mike Stoops dropped by Collinsville yesterday to see 2017 LB, Levi Draper. An offer was not extended, but it’s obviously a good thing Draper is on OU’s radar enough to attract the DC. Draper tells me that he is also expecting Michigan, Stanford & Arizona State to come out and visit him next week with Vanderbilt (who has offered) the following week. – (Brandon)

– Teton Saltes: Last week we introduced you to 2016 DE Teton Saltes out of New Mexico. Since then Saltes has received his first couple high major FBS offers (Washington State and Iowa State) and has a number of schools set to visit soon. One of the those schools that was planning a visit is Oklahoma. The original visit was scheduled for this past week, but I spoke with Saltes’ coach who told me that things had to be rescheduled. The plan now is for Mike Stoops to stop by this coming Monday.

Saltes’ coach said M.Stoops told him they were high on Teton, and on film he looked like a kid that could definitely play for OU. Hopefully that means an offer is in the works. As we mentioned last week, Saltes already has family ties to the state of Oklahoma. Which one would have to presume can only help OU’s chances (should they indeed offer). – (Super K)

– UPDATE (1:04 pm):

#OU coach, Bill Bedenbaugh was by Prosper, TX this am to see '16 RB/DB, @RobertMahone4 & '17 LB, @JohnBrannon2017. #Sooners @TheFbBrainiacs

— Alex King (@AKing_Evals) May 6, 2015

– UPDATE (3:17 pm):

Thank you OU staff for stopping by at my school today! @CoachSimmonsOU #BoomerSooner!

— Bryce Youngquist (@49BryceFootball) May 6, 2015