2025 Rankings – Dynamic Athletes
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Throughout the month of February, Prep Redzone Oklahoma is updating our prospect rankings for each class. And for the state’s 2025 class, we’re updating the rankings and expanding it to 175 prospects. Earlier this week, we released the 2025 Top 175 and throughout the week, we’ll be putting the spotlight on different players and position groups. In this post, we’re putting that spotlight on the athlete position. For some of these prospects, we’re starting to lean to one position but the versatility is still something to watch moving forward. We already put the spotlight on Carl Albert’s Trystan Haynes Trystan Haynes 6'2" | 165 lbs | ATH Carl Albert | 2025 State OK and Weatherford’s CJ Nickson CJ Nickson 6'6" | ATH Weatherford | 2025 State OK earlier this week in our Top Ten Spotlight. Keep it locked in to Prep Redzone Oklahoma for more prospect breakdowns within the 2025 class. And check back each Monday this month for another class update!
This will more than likely be the last time that Carl Albert standout Marcus James Marcus James 6’3″ | ATH Carl Albert | 2025 State OK is listed and ranked as an athlete moving forward. James is on a fast track to the linebacker position at the next level and he certainly has the physical makeup of becoming one of the better ones in this class. James is one of several OU commits not only in this 2025 class but from Carl Albert specifically. James had a strong junior season and it was really around this time last year that his recruitment absolutely exploded. All of the raw athleticism turned into real potential for college coaches and the offers rolled in. James would commit to the Sooners in November.
We go from an OU commit to an OSU commit with Matrail Lopez Matrail Lopez 6’0″ | 175 lbs | ATH Idabel | 2025 State OK from Idabel. Shortly after receiving an offer from the Cowboys this year, Lopez went to Stillwater to visit and he would commit. Lopez is listed as an athlete because college coaches have been recruiting him as that. He’s a star at wide receiver and at safety and he could end up playing either side of the ball. But we spoke with him prior to his commitment to the Cowboys and he mentioned that OSU was offering him as a wide receiver and he was very interested in playing that position in college. Lopez has seen his recruitment absolutely explode in the last few months with his film making the rounds.
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North Rock Creek made their first playoff appearance in school history during the 2023 season and they’ll enter 2024 as one of the teams to watch because Caleb Hawkins Caleb Hawkins 6’2″ | 205 lbs | ATH North Rock Creek | 2025 State OK returns. Hawkins is another player, very similar to a few prospects on this breakdown, that can impact the game in all three phases. On offense, Hawkins was without a doubt one of the best running backs in 3A football last season. On defense, he was a ball hawk on defense and brought a physical presence to the secondary. And you can’t overlook him in the return game. Hawkins was one of the best overall players in the state last year and college coaches need to take note.
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Rejoice Christian standout Cale Marley Cale Marley 5’9″ | 170 lbs | ATH Rejoice Christian | 2025 State OK is going to be very hungry when he steps on the field this fall. After a strong sophomore campaign in 2022, Marley would have a season-ending injury early on in his junior season. Despite that, Marley is still one of the more dynamic players to watch in the state’s 2025 class. Whether he’s lining up at quarterback or wide receiver on offense, safety on defense or in special teams, Marley provides a scoring threat every time he’s on the field. The Rejoice Christian standout is on our short list of players that we’re fired up to see get back to 100 percent. He’s a valuable player wherever he lines up and belongs at the next level.
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Choctaw standout JuJu Smith JuJu Smith 5’8″ | ATH Choctaw | 2025 State OK has been on our radar for about two years now. Smith first got our attention by making plays on both sides of the ball in offseason 7v7 tournaments. Then we took a look at him with the pads on with Choctaw and it’s hard not to be impressed with how far he’s come as a prospect and as a football player. On offense, Smith was arguably Choctaw’s most dynamic player. He led the team in receiving and also made plays on defense and in special teams as a returner. We don’t know where Smith is going to end up at the next level in terms of his position but we know that he’s a next level talent. He rises to the occasion every time.