The Sooners had lengthy held a pledge from the state of Oklahoma’s prime prospect, four-star wideout Elijah Thomas. And final week, they picked up a verbal from the highest participant within the state of Utah, four-star OL Darius Afalava.
Their recruiting supremacy now extends to a few totally different states, as they’ve landed the No. 1 participant within the state of Arkansas. Oklahoma safeties coach Brandon Corridor had already pulled blue-chip stud Marcus Wimberly out of the Pure State, however he is dipped again into Razorback territory and received the battle for four-star security Omarion Robinson. Although Oregon made a powerful case for Robinson and Arkansas fought laborious to maintain him residence, it is the Sooners that may profit from his companies in 2025 and past.
“It’s simply so totally different at OU,” Robinson instructed OUInsider’s Brandon Drumm shortly earlier than saying his choice. “Coach Corridor had been recruiting me since ninth grade, and we been getting nearer and nearer. Our relationship is so shut now, and that was massive for me.”
The Sooners had gotten Robinson’s remaining official go to on June 21, which got here on the heels of his OV’s to Arkansas (June 7) and Oregon (June 14). The Geese had initially secured a June 21 official go to over Oklahoma, however Robinson ended up shifting the date of his OV to Eugene, which offered an early indicator of the place the recruitment was headed. Ever since January, there had been no scarcity of confidence within the Oklahoma camp that Robinson would wind up a Sooner, and now he is certainly on board.
He’ll be fairly the affect addition to Corridor’s security room, which is already rife with expertise and solely grows deeper with Wimberly and Robinson within the fold. Again in June, Robinson received defensive again MVP honors on the Rivals 5-Star in Jacksonville, which solely helped solidify his standing as one of many most interesting safeties within the 2025 cycle.
“OU additionally looks like household there,” Robinson remarked. “They actually deal with folks like that, they usually take care of me and my household a lot. All the time felt at residence with my visits. It’s additionally massive that OU goes into the SEC, and I like how they may use me on protection. It matches me and my model of play. I simply can’t wait to win a natty at OU and turn into a greater participant there.”
Robinson joins an Oklahoma secondary class that solely consists of blue-chip expertise, as Wimberly, Courtland Guillory, Trystan Haynes and Maliek Hawkins are all four-star prospects. OU stays solidly among the many nationwide prime 5 within the 2025 workforce recruiting rankings, as all however 4 of the Sooners’ commits reside in blue-chip territory.
Even though Arkansas is geographically adjoining to Oklahoma, the Sooners haven’t signed a participant from the state since Stacey Wilkins in 2019. That drought is poised to return to an finish right here within the 2025 cycle; Robinson is the state’s No. 1 general participant and Wimberly is the state’s No. 3 general participant.
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