STILLWATER — A few notable family names immediately conjure memories of the Midwest City High School football dynasty of the 1980s and early 1990s.
Gundy is one of the most recognized.
DeQuasie is also on that list.
And more than three decades after the two families last shared a team, they’ve paired up again.
Reed DeQuasie, a walk-on safety, joined Mike Gundy’s Oklahoma State football team over the summer. The son of Richard DeQuasie, Reed is a former Carl Albert standout who had walked on and redshirted last year at OU, where uncles Greg and Brent had played after their Bomber careers.
Buck is the oldest of the four DeQuasie brothers who helped carry the Midwest City torch through its most dominant era. Greg played quarterback for the Bombers in 1986, the one-year gap between Mike Gundy and younger brother Cale, who each quarterbacked a state championship team.
Brent came shortly after Greg, and Richard — or Richie, as Mike Gundy still calls him — was the youngest of the group, graduating in 1992.
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Carl Albert’s Reed DeQuasie, left, tries to get past McAlester’s Caden Lesnau during the Class 5A state championship game in 2022. DeQuasie is now a walk-on safety at Oklahoma State, transferring after a year at OU.
Reed, a 6-foot-1, 200-pound safety, played on both sides of the ball at Carl Albert, quarterbacking them to the Class 5A title in his senior season of 2022. He had multiple Division II scholarship offers, as well as preferred walk-on opportunities at OU, OSU and Iowa State.
“I’m really excited about having him,” Mike Gundy said at Big 12 Media Days. “I think he’s a really good fit at our place. If he’ll stay patient and allow himself to develop, and get into our system, I think he’ll play for…
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Author : The Oklahoman
Publish date : 2024-07-26 12:02:09
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