Elite Oklahoma DL Target David Hicks Ready to Commit Wednesday Afternoon

Wednesday has the potential to be a day for Oklahoma recruiting.

It marks resolution day for David Hicks, a 6-foot-4 defensive position prospect from Katy, TX, who’s rated a 5-star recruit by 247Sports and Rivals.

Not solely is Hicks rated a 5-star, however 247Sports and Rivals each have him because the No. 1-overall defensive lineman within the nation, the sort of recruit Oklahoma has solely dreamed of touchdown during the last decade.

Since taking on this system on the finish of December, OU coach Brent Venables has sparked recruiting on the defensive facet of the ball for the Sooners.

Oklahoma already has verbal pledges from 5-star cross rusher P.J. Adebawore, 4-star defensive linemen Derrick LeBlanc and Colton Vasek, 4-star defensive backs Jasiah Wagoner, Makari Vickers and Jacobe Johnson and 4-star linebackers Samuel Omosigho and Lewis Carter.

Pair that haul with 5-star quarterback Jackson Arnold and proficient huge receiver commits Jaquaize Pettaway and Anthony Evans, and OU at the moment ranks No. 6-overall within the 247Sports Composite Group Rankings.

The Sooners must beat out SEC recruiting juggernauts Texas A&M for the dedication of Hicks, however a recruiting win would propel OU’s 2023 class even additional.

A dedication from Hicks would take the Sooners from the No. 6 class all the best way as much as the No. 2-ranked class within the 247Sports Composite Group Rankings.

The Aggies would rise from No. 24 to the No. 18-ranked class if Hicks as an alternative decides to move to Faculty Station.

Oklahoma hasn’t usually landed gamers the caliber of Hicks out of highschool.

With a person participant ranking of .9951, Hicks can be the seventh-highest rated recruit the Sooners have landed within the fashionable recruiting period.

Hicks can be the third greatest defensive lineman OU has landed, slotting in behind Tommie Harris (.9966) in 2001 and DeMarcus Granger (.9964) in 2005. He’s even rated larger than Gerald McCoy (.9937) from the 2006 class.

Recruiting rankings are in no way a assure of manufacturing on campus, however touchdown elite prospects yr after yr is without doubt one of the key steps Oklahoma has to take if it needs to compete with the likes of Alabama and Georgia within the SEC.

OU’s 10 highest-rated recruits within the 247 Sports activities database embrace working again Adrian Peterson, quarterback Rhett Bomar, quarterback Caleb Williams, huge receiver Jadon Haselwood, Harris, Granger, working again Jermie Calhoun, quarterback Spencer Rattler, defensive finish R.J. Washington and McCoy.

Hicks’ dedication is scheduled for 3:30 p.m., and he shall be committing stay on ESPN2. 

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