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Oklahoma football recruiting class 2023: Meet Sooners' signees, transfer portal additions

ryan aber, oklahoman
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Brent Venables and the OU football program secured a top-10 recruiting class in December and the ranking held through National Signing Day on Wednesday, Feb. 1.

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OU football: 2023 signing class

Here’s a look at the scholarship players who signed with Oklahoma football's 2023 recruiting class (rankings from 247sports.com):

Name, Position, Height, Weight, Stars, Hometown (School)

Adepoju Adebawore, WDE, 6-4, 240, ★★★★★, North Kansas City, Mo.

Jackson Arnold, QB, 6-1, 205, ★★★★★, Denton, Texas (Guyer)

Joshua Bates, C, 6-3, 305, ★★★★, Durango, Colo.

Peyton Bowen, S, 6-1, 185, ★★★★★, Denton, Texas (Guyer)

Keyon Brown, WR, 6-3, 188, ★★★★, Tallahassee, Fla. (Rickards)

Lewis Carter, OLB, 6-0, 205, ★★★★, Tampa, Fla. (Catholic)

Kendel Dolby, CB, 5-11, 180, ★★★★, Urbana, Ohio (NEO)

Cayden Green, OG, 6-5, 315, ★★★★, Lee’s Summit, Mo. (North)

Taylor Heim, ATH, 6-4, 190, ★★★, Bethany

Kalib Hicks, RB, 5-11, 195, ★★★, Denton, Texas (Ryan)

Logan Howland, OT, 6-7, 280, ★★★★, Princeton, N.J. (The Hun School)

Jacobe Johnson, DB/WR, 6-3, 183, ★★★★, Mustang

Derrick LeBlanc, SDE, 6-5, 265, ★★★★, Kissimmee, Fla. (Osceola)

Erik McCarty, S/RB, 6-2, 180, ★★★, McAlester

Daeh McCullough, S, 6-2, 200, ★★★★, South Bend, Ind. (St. Joseph)

Kade McIntyre, Ath., 6-4, 210, ★★★, Fremont, Neb. (Archbishop Bergan)

Samuel Omosigho, OLB, 6-1, 208, ★★★★, Heartland, Texas (Crandall)

Heath Ozaeta, OT, 6-6, 300, ★★★, Snoqualmie, Wash. (Mount Si)

Jaquaize Pettaway, WR, 5-11, 170, ★★★★, Houston (Langham Creek)

Phil Picciotti, ILB, 6-3, 225, ★★★, Perkasie, Pa. (IMG Academy)

Ashton Sanders, DT, 6-1, 270, ★★★, Pasadena, Calif. (Cathedral)

Daylan Smothers, RB, 5-11, 182, ★★★★, Charlotte, N.C. (West Charlotte)

Markus Strong, DL, 6-3, 265, ★★★, Raiford, Fla. (Union County)

Makari Vickers, CB, 6-1, 180, ★★★★, Quincy, Fla. (Robert F. Munroe)

Jasiah Wagoner, CB, 5-11, 170, ★★★★, Spanaway, Wash. (Spanaway Lake)

Taylor Wein, SDE, 6-5, 235, ★★★, Brentwood, Tenn. (Nolensville)

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Munroe senior corner back Makari Vickers (8) returns a punt in a game against NEFI on Aug. 18, 2022, at Corry Field. The Bobcats won, 40-0.
Munroe senior corner back Makari Vickers (8) returns a punt in a game against NEFI on Aug. 18, 2022, at Corry Field. The Bobcats won, 40-0.

Transfer portal additions

Name, Position, Class, Height, Weight, Hometown (School)

Andrel Anthony Jr., WR, 6-2, 175, East Lansing, Mich. (Michigan)

Rondell Bothroyd, DL, 6-4, 265, Manchester, Conn. (Wake Forest)

Luke Elzinga, P, 6-4, 212, Grand Rapids, Mich. (Central Michigan)

Trace Ford, DE, 6-3, 227, Edmond (Oklahoma State)

Jacob Lacey, DT, 6-1, 280, Bowling Green, Ky. (Notre Dame)

Dasan McCullough, OLB, 6-5, 225, South Bend, Ind. (Indiana)

Reggie Pearson Jr., S, 5-11, 201, River Rouge, Mich. (Texas Tech)

Walter Rouse, OT, 6-6, 318, Silver Spring, Md. (Stanford)

Davon Sears, DL, 6-2, 290, Center Line, Mich. (Texas State)

Caleb Shaffer, OL, 6-5, 315, Carmel, Ind. (Miami, Ohio)

Blake Smith, TE, 6-4, 255, Southlake, Texas (Texas A&M)

Austin Stogner, TE, 6-5, 250, Plano, Texas (South Carolina)

*Lacey and Stogner will be super seniors in 2023, McCullough will be a sophomore.

—Ryan Aber, staff writer

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