The Football Brainiacs

Image via OU Football Facebook

– Marvin Terry: Those of you who have been checking our spring game visitor list know that 2016 South Oak Cliff LB Marvin Terry will be in Norman this weekend. I caught up with Terry recently and things sounded very positive for the Sooners. OU had some late success last February when they picked up a commitment from a teammate of Terry’s in 2015 safety, Prentice McKinney. But with the head coach of South Oak Cliff moving on to Texas Tech, and with all the time Terry has spent in Lubbock, it started to seem like OU’s chances with the 2016 linebacker may have been slipping some.

However, Terry told TFB he’s still very high on OU and even alluded to the fact the Sooners may be his number one school right now. He went on to say he doesn’t have a time table on a commitment at the moment, “I just feel like God will let me know when it’s time.” – (Brandon)

– Red/White Game Visitor List: Speaking of that visitor list, here are all the names we’ve been able to gather as of Friday morning. But we’ll continue working things throughout the weekend, so be sure to keep checking the master list over on TOP.

2015
There will also be a number of OU’s 2015 signees in Norman this weekend.

2016
OL Tyler Banta (Midwest City, OK)
LB Calvin Bundage (Edmond, OK) – OU offer
LB Jordan Carmouche (Manvel, TX) – OU offer – possible
OL Kellen Diesch (Trophy Club, TX) – OU offer
OL Matt Farniok (Sioux Falls, SD)
OL Rowdy Frederick (Broken Arrow, OK) – possible
LB Pernell Jefferson (New Orleans, LA) – OU offer – possible
DE Noah Jones (Moore, OK)
LB Caleb Kelly (Fresno, CA) – OU offer
RB Jeremy Lewis (Lone Grove, OK)
ATH Delwin Richard Jr. (Edmond, OK)
TE Bryce Roberts (Mustang, OK) – (UPDATE Wed., 6:01 pm)
LB David Tate (Fresno, CA)
DL Leevel Tatum (Fresno, CA)
ATH Jon-Michael Terry (Tulsa, OK) – OU commit
LB Marvin Terry (Dallas, TX) – OU offer
CB Max Wariboko (Oklahoma City, OK)
RB Devwah Whaley (Beaumont, TX) – OU offer – possible

2017
LB Levi Draper (Collinsville, OK)
S Evan Fields (Midwest City, OK)
LB Anthony Hines (Plano, TX) – OU offer
CB Quindon Lewis (Moore, OK)
LB Loren Mondy (Mansfield, TX) – Arizona St. commit

2018
OL Brey Walker (Moore, OK) – OU offer

– Spring Game Holdouts: We also wanted to put together a quick list of the players not expected to take part in Saturday’s scrimmage. Whether it be due to purely precautionary reasons, injuries, or whatever, here are several names of those who will be limited and/or held out altogether*.

LB Dominique Alexander
RB Rodney Anderson
DE Matt Dimon
FB Dimitri Flowers – ADDED
DT Courtney Garnett
OG Nila Kasitati
RB Joe Mixon
LB Ogbonnia Okoronkwo
RB Samaje Perine
WR Michiah Quick
WR Sterling Shepard
WR Jordan Smallwood
CB Stanvon Taylor
DT Charles Walker – ADDED

(*There very well could be others, but those listed above are just the players we have heard about specifically. We also didn’t list them, but I’d expect upperclassmen like Ty Darlington, Eric Striker, Charles Tapper, etc. to be pretty limited in what Stoops has them do as well.)

– LaRon Stokes: A couple weeks ago we introduced you to Tulsa area 2016 DE LaRon Stokes (here). For those of you interested in the local athletes, Stokes is starting to pick up some interest from schools like Houston, Texas Tech and Texas A&M. He is also headed to the University of Houston today for a visit. – (Alex)

– Kendell Jones Jr: Things continue to be somewhat quiet with regards to OU’s new defensive line coach, but it appears Diron Reynolds has been communicating with 2016 DT Kendell Jones Jr., aka “The Hulk” (at the Dallas regional Opening event he measured in flat-footed at 6’5″ & 364 lbs). I chatted with Jones earlier this week, who said he had heard from Reynolds that very day. While he won’t be up Saturday for the spring game, Jones did say he’s going to try to make the trip up to Norman at some point this summer. – (Super K)

– Darnell Salomon: The 2016 Miami area wide receiver has offers from just about everyone in the country including Alabama, Florida State and Oklahoma just to name a few. Salomon tells me that Lincoln Riley has been recruiting him and it sounds as though the Sooners first-year OC has been doing a solid job thus far.

Salomon is still pretty open but did say he is focused mostly on six schools right now: Oklahoma, Alabama, LSU, Oregon, Texas & Auburn. Salomon told TFB he he preferred Oklahoma’s offense due to fact he anticipates they will throw the ball more than the Alabama and LSU. However, those other three schools among his favorites certainly have plenty to offer as well.

The talented Florida wideout said he plans on making a trip out to both Oklahoma and Texas later this summer. It’s probably worth mentioning Salomon does have some ties to the Longhorns after a couple of his friends from the Miami area signed with Texas last year. – (Super K)

– J.P. Urquidez: The stud 2016 offensive line prospect announced Thursday on Twitter that he will make his commitment this Monday (9am, central) at his high school. He will decide between OU, Baylor, Miami & Texas. Urquidez has visited Norman on more than one occasion, but his most recent visits were to Baylor and Miami.

We’ll leave the speculation up to you, but recent OU quarterback commit Austin Kendall is certainly trying to do his part to get Urquidez to join him in Norman.

https://twitter.com/A_Kendall11/status/586350828136624129

– UPDATE (Sat., 10:12 am): Adding Charles Walker to the list of players not expected to take part/be limited today. Stoops said yesterday following the open practice that Walker has been dealing with a case of strep throat.

– UPDATE (Sat., 11:29 am): FB Dimitri Flowers just tweeted that he also won’t be playing today.