Oklahoma was very bullish on extending offers to high school freshmen for a multitude of reasons but with those same freshmen now months away from being sophomores, the Sooners have begun to send out offers a bit more regularly.
Recently, 2025 wide receiver prospect Isaiah Mozee received an offer from the Sooners. Another offer has been extended to a 2025 prospect in defensive lineman Jourdin Crawford from Birmingham, Alabama.
Crawford is just a high school sophomore but his athletic profile is absolutely that of someone who will likely a top 125 recruit as the next few years pass by.
Alabama is becoming a hotspot for the Sooners to recruit out of after years of shying away from it under Lincoln Riley. Defensive line coach Todd Bates is from Alabama and has recruited it extensively as a coach while at Clemson. Now at Oklahoma, he’s bringing that same tenacity in recruiting the state of Alabama that he displayed for the Tigers.
As a sophomore, Crawford doesn’t have many offers but that’ll change over the next few months as the class of 2025 starts to round into shape and take over the camp circuit in abundance. The only four offers he holds are from Oklahoma, Michigan, Georgia Tech, and Coastal Carolina.
Crawford’s recruitment will be one to follow over the next few years given Bates’ emphasis on recruiting the state of Alabama. The 2023 and 2024 classes have multiple high-level targets with OU offers that hail from Alabama and Todd Bates has been a key figure as the Sooners open up new recruiting grounds.
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