Recruiting Report - August 2nd

Get 25% off your subscription by entering Knight25 in the coupon code area. Enjoy! Every Monday, we update you on all of the recruiting news from across the state. From offers to commitments and everything in between, we’ll have you covered. This week, we are back after another week off as things continued to be slow when it comes to the state’s recruitment. So unless somehting changes, we might go from a weekly report to once every two weeks. However, in the last two weeks, we’ve had some news. Two prospects announced commitments. Oklahoma State offered the state’s best kicker and one ball hawk prospect picked up his first offer. Plus, we have news and notes on all other offers from across the state. As always, you can follow us on Twitter to stay up to date from the moment an offer or commitment happens. <a href="https://twitter.com/PrepRedzoneOK" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@PrepRedzoneOK</a> THIS WEEK’S TOP STORIES Commitment Alert! We had a nice run this summer of commitments but then things slowed down once again in late July. However, we had two more commitments in the last week as Shawnee 2022 offensive lineman [player_tooltip player_id="38712" first="Braden" last="Kirkland"] committed to SWOSU and Lincoln Christian 2022 quarterback [player_tooltip player_id="52787" first="Max" last="Brown"] gave a commitment to Central Michigan. Oklahoma’s 2022 class now has 24 prospects who are currently committed. Kirkland is the first 2022 prospect to give a commitment to a non-D1 school. Brown is the only commitment to Central Michigan. However, he’s not the only 2022 quarterback that’s committed. Jones’ [player_tooltip player_id="38671" first="Carson" last="May"] is committed to Iowa and Edmond Santa Fe’s [player_tooltip player_id="61144" first="Scott" last="Pfieffer"] is committed to Houston Baptist. Kirkland is part of a Shawnee offensive line that we actually think will be one of the best units in Class 5A this season. Combine that offensive line with the running abilities of 2022 running back [player_tooltip player_id="38689" first="Jaylon" last="Orange"] and the Wolves are going to have one of the top rushing attacks in the state, regardless of class. Brown split time at the start of his junior season but eventually became the guy and is the latest standout quarterback to come out of Lincoln Christian in the last decade. First Offer Alert! Booker T Washington 2022 DB [player_tooltip player_id="57047" first="Jaden" last="King"] picked up his first offer in the last week when Houston Baptist extended an offer. King was an absolute breakout star for the Hornets last year on a team full of stars. When the Hornets had a couple injuries in the secondary, they needed a player to step up. That player ended up being King. As a junior, King was one of the state’s best ball hawks, regardless of class. He had a game in which he had four interceptions. It was pretty apparent to us that King would end up being one of the better defensive backs in the 2022 class. However, it’s taken a little longer for King’s recruitment to take off. We’ve seen what King did last year and got a chance to see him plenty of times this offseason and we don’t quite understand what recruiters were waiting for or what was holding them back. But nevertheless, the first offer is in and it should be a busy fall for King. Oklahoma State Offers Top In-State Kicker It’s been well documented on this website on just how well Oklahoma State has done with recruiting the state’s top prospects. They’ve taken another step to that by offering the state’s top kicking prospect in Marlow 2022 kicker [player_tooltip player_id="38755" first="Jace" last="Gilbert"]. The Marlow standout is one of the best athletes in Class 2A but he’s continuing a recent run of high-profile kickers to come out of Oklahoma. Last year’s class had Southmoore kicker and All American [player_tooltip player_id="46209" first="Cameron" last="Little"], who is now at Arkansas. The year before produced Bixby kicker and All American Reis Vernon, who is now at Kansas. OSU already has seven prospects in the state’s 2022 class currently committed. And we mentioned not only the state’s class, but the top prospects. Six of the seven prospects that are committed are ranked in the Top 20 of our 2022 rankings. Now, Gilbert will have a decision to make and he’s not committed yet. But you can’t help but be impressed with what OSU has done in their own backyard. Top 2023 Prospect Making Visits Bixby 2023 tight end [player_tooltip player_id="55156" first="Luke" last="Hasz"] made a couple unofficial visits in the last week. He also picked up another offer as Miami added their name to the list of countless FBS programs who have offered the Bixby standout. Earlier in the week last week, Hasz was in South Carolina visiting the Clemson campus. Late in the week, he made another trip to Fayetteville to get another look at Arkansas. Hasz announced his top eight schools in July and Arkansas was one of the eight. Alabama, LSU, Ohio State, OU, OSU, TCU and Texas made up the rest of the list. Since announcing that list, several schools, like Miami, have offered the Bixby big man. Clemson was not among the eight schools but as we know in recruiting, things can always change. ADDITIONAL OFFERS [player_tooltip player_id="122426" first="Bai" last="Jobe"] - 2023 ATH - Community Christian: Offered By Missouri [player_tooltip player_id="45651" first="Cole" last="Adams"] - 2023 WR - Owasso: Offered By TCU [player_tooltip player_id="38734" first="Collin" last="Matteson"] - 2022 ATH - OCS: Offered By Valparaiso [player_tooltip player_id="38678" first="Kyron" last="Downing"] - 2022 RB - Vinita: Offered By Austin Peay [player_tooltip player_id="61125" first="NuNu" last="Campbell"] - 2022 DB - Holland Hall: Offered By UTSA