STILLWATER — With the start of spring football practice just over a week away for Oklahoma State, coach Mike Gundy and his staff are ramping up their recruiting for the 2025 signing class.
Currently with just one player committed, the Cowboys have plenty of room to mold the class how they see it best fitting their needs. Additionally, the spring transfer portal window could always change the roster balance when it opens in a month — whether that’s with incoming or outgoing players.
But for now, the most pressing needs for the class of 2025 will be in building depth.
Obviously, the usual spots remain key. The Pokes will need to add another quarterback, as they do virtually every year. And another receiver to go along with the only commitment in the class, Idabel’s Matrail Lopez. The defensive front always needs depth, though the line could be a target area in the portal.
But let’s take a look at three positions that will be of particular interest for the Cowboys in this class:
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Idabel’s Matrail Lopez is committed to the Cowboys as a receiver, but he’s a three-sport star in high school. He plays shortstop for the baseball team and was the point guard for the basketball team that recently reached the Class 3A state tournament.
Running back
If you’re OSU, you have to plan as if Ollie Gordon II is set for another great season in 2024, and will be gone to the NFL by this time next year. Arkansas transfer A.J. Green is in his final season of eligibility.
So for 2025, that leaves OSU with three scholarship running backs, all of whom will be freshmen — redshirt or true — this fall. The class will need at least two more, and possibly a portal addition for some veteran experience.
OSU already has at least a dozen offers out…
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Author : The Oklahoman
Publish date : 2024-03-17 10:20:13
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