Recruiting in college football has evolved in recent years. Finding success in the transfer portal helps determine a program’s outlook on a yearly basis — but being grounded in high school football recruiting helps determine the programs’ overall roster outlook.

For the Oklahoma State Cowboys, they typically do more with less, which has worked as head coach Mike Gundy continually leads the program to winning seasons. So, how is the program’s 2025 recruiting class looking?

The Cowboys were hot on the trail early in the new cycle, as they had a top-25 recruiting class just a couple of months ago. On Monday, the program lost a four-star recruit as quarterback Adam Schobel flipped from the Cowboys to TCU — his local team.

“I have been a TCU fan since the day I was born and when they called, I quickly realized it was an opportunity I couldn’t turn down,” Schobel posted on social media on Monday. “An opportunity to play alongside my cousin at my parent’s alma mater. With that being said, I will be signing with TCU in December!”

Now, Oklahoma State originally flipped the four-star quarterback from Baylor, but they now lose him to his hometown team. They’ve now fallen to the No. 9-ranked class in the Big 12 and No. 49 class nationally, according to 247Sports.

Oklahoma State was mounting for what could have been one of its best classes in recent history, but they’re now just looking to fill up their class as time rolls on. It’s unfortunate for Gundy and his staff to be falling behind in the recruiting world, but, as mentioned, the Cowboys typically do more with less talent on paper. However, they’re incredible at turning three-stars and underrated prospects into bonafide stars — as can be proven with running back Ollie Gordon proving to be one of the best players in the entire sport.

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On Monday, the Falcons officially signed free agent wide receiver and former Oklahoma State star James Washington, according to a social media post from his agent.

The former Cowboy was selected in the second round of the 2018 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers and spent four seasons in the Steel City. Washington tallied 1,629 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns during his time with the Steelers, notching a career-high 44 catches and 735 receiving yards in 2019.

Washington was coached by Falcons’ wide receivers coach Ike Hilliard during his final two years in Pittsburgh and will now be reunited with the former NFL wideout in Atlanta.

Following his time with the Steelers, Washington signed with the Dallas Cowboys, where he played in just two games and recorded just one target and zero catches. After a disappointing year in the Lone Star State, Washington signed offseason deals with the New York Giants and New Orleans Saints, but was cut by both teams ahead of the 2023 season.

Washington remained unsigned until now, spending last year as a free agent instead of with an NFL organization.

The Stamford, TX, product came to Stillwater as a 4-star recruit, rated the No. 245 overall prospect and No. 37 wide receiver in the nation, according to 247Sports.

In four years with the Pokes, Washington tallied 226 catches, 4,472 receiving yards and 39 touchdowns. The star wideout capped off his career with a huge senior season that saw Washington win the Biletnikoff Award and earn unanimous First Team All-American honors.

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The 2024 college football season is still about a month away, but with SEC Media Days in the rearview mirror, now is the time to begin previewing the Ole Miss Rebels’ schedule.

Ole Miss is coming off an 11-2 season that saw it capture a Peach Bowl victory over the Penn State Nittany Lions in December. The Rebels return a plethora of talent from last year’s team (including quarterback Jaxson Dart, wide receiver Tre Harris, tight end Caden Prieskron and others), but they also made a huge haul in the transfer portal to shore up some holes on its roster.

It’s this combination of talent and a seemingly-managble SEC schedule that have many believing the Rebels can qualify for the new 12-team College Football Playoff.

Over the next few days, Ole Miss OnSI will preview each of the Rebels’ 2024 regular season opponents. We last looked at the LSU Tigers, and today, we analyze the Oklahoma Sooners.

Oklahoma Sooners

Ole Miss and Oklahoma have only met once on the gridiron, and it came as the final college football game of the 20th century.

The Rebels claimed a 27-25 win over the Sooners in the 1999 Independence Bowl, but now that the two programs reside in the same conference, this meeting will be a little more frequent. Oklahoma had a strong 2023 season despite dropping back-to-back regular season games against Kansas and Oklahoma State, finishing the year 10-3 with a loss in the Alamo Bowl to Arizona.

The biggest feather in the Sooners’ hat was their 34-30 win over the Texas Longhorns in the Red River Showdown. Texas would go on to the College Football Playoff with Oklahoma marking its only regular season loss.

This years Sooner team will look a little different than last year’s, however, with the most notable change coming at quarterback. Dillon Gabriel is now an Oregon Duck, so Jackson Arnold is expected to take over under center for Oklahoma. Arnold finished the 2023 season with 563 passing yards, four touchdowns and three interceptions, and two of his touchdowns and all three picks came in Oklahoma’s bowl game loss to Arizona.

Oklahoma does return leading rusher Gavin Sawchuk (744 yards, nine TDs), and a pair of strong receivers in Nic Anderson and Andrel Anthony are also back. A big addition in the Sooners’ wideout room came in the form of Purdue’s Deion Burks who put up 629 yards and seven touchdowns in 2023.

Defensively, leading tackler Danny Stutsman (104 total tackles, 16 TFLs, three sacks) is returning to anchor the linebacker room, and safety Billy Bowman will patrol the skies once again after hauling in six interceptions last season. Oklahoma ranked 77th in total defense in 2023 among FBS schools.

This game will be an interesting one in Oxford and should provide both fan bases with a new experience. From a football perspective, this will be a critical game for the Rebels if they hope to reach the College Football Playoff as the Sooners will be a quality opponent this fall. Taking advantage of the game being at home would be huge for Ole Miss.

Kickoff in this game is scheduled for an early window on Oct. 26.