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Top 10 OU OT Signees of Rivals Era

Top 10 OU OT Signees of Rivals Era

(FREE) The top 10 highest rated OU offensive tackle signees out of high school since 2002. Where would Adrian Ealy rank?

1/5/17
 • Joe DuVall
Top recruiters by conference

Top recruiters by conference

It's easy to say head coaches are the reason why a team has a successful recruiting class. Yet any college football connoisseur knows the backbone is

2/8/10
 • Rivals.com recruiting staff
Video: Tyrus Thompson puts in work

Video: Tyrus Thompson puts in work

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2/5/10
 • Dallas Jackson
Signing Day 2010: The top 25 teams

Signing Day 2010: The top 25 teams

The USC class is loaded with talented stars like five-star WR Kyle Prater and had an exciting late run at Florida for the top spot in the rankings on

2/3/10
 • Rivals.com recruiting staff
Breaking Down the Best of Oklahomas Commitments

Breaking Down the Best of Oklahomas Commitments

Every year Rivals.com, with the help of SoonerScoop.com, and many other sites builds on the nation's largest film database and with so many highlight

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2/3/10
 • Josh McCuistion
The Top 5 Storylines of Oklahomas Class of 2010

The Top 5 Storylines of Oklahomas Class of 2010

During the middle of a hectic recruiting season it's easy to get too close to things to see trends emerging or storylines developing but as we sit her

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2/3/10
 • Josh McCuistion
Top Texas prospects still undecided

Top Texas prospects still undecided

Just a handful of days until National Signing Day and there are only five prospects in the final Texas Top 100 that are uncommitted. Two of the uncomm

1/26/10
 • Barton Simmons
Sooners Future Offensive Stars Shine

Sooners Future Offensive Stars Shine

With the departure of Sam Bradford, Trent Williams, Jermaine Gresham, and several other long-time Sooner stars on the offensive side of the ball there

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1/4/10
 • Josh McCuistion
Sooners Have Needs, but Which is Most Pressing

Sooners Have Needs, but Which is Most Pressing

Coming into the recruitment of the class of 2010 there were several needs to Oklahoma's recruiting effort. While the wide receiver and offensive line

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12/18/09
 • Josh McCuistion
Brandeis rolls over Pflugerville

Brandeis rolls over Pflugerville

Noah Copeland and the San Antonio Brandeis (11-1) offense rolled up 51 points on a Pflugerville (7-5) defense that allowed only three points just last

11/21/09
 • Trey Cox
Commits Have Big Win, Tough Losses

Commits Have Big Win, Tough Losses

Each week SoonerScoop.com takes a look at how Oklahoma's current commitments fared in their high school games. As most of the class gets started on th

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11/15/09
 • Josh McCuistion
Sooner Commits Head to Playoffs

Sooner Commits Head to Playoffs

Week after week Oklahoma's commitments have performed well, many of them for some of their area's best teams. Now it's come down to playoff time and S

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11/8/09
 • Josh McCuistion
Bell Leads the Way with Nine Touchdowns

Bell Leads the Way with Nine Touchdowns

Each week SoonerScoop.com takes a look at Oklahoma's lengthy list of commitments to see how the future Sooners are faring in each game of their season

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11/1/09
 • Josh McCuistion
Sooner Commitments Get Rolling

Sooner Commitments Get Rolling

Each week SoonerScoop.com dives into Oklahoma's class of 2010 with a breakdown of how each of the current Sooner commitments fared. As he has almost e

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10/28/09
 • Josh McCuistion
Sooner Commits Collect Lopsided Wins

Sooner Commits Collect Lopsided Wins

Every week SoonerScoop.com takes a looks at Oklahoma's commitment list and finds out just how the future Sooners fared in the final weeks of their hig

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10/18/09
 • Josh McCuistion
Thompson Learning from an All-American

Thompson Learning from an All-American

So far SoonerScoop.com has caught up with each of Oklahoma's offensive line commitments who were on campus and all talked about how great it was to ge

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10/15/09
 • Josh McCuistion
Shead Brings a Winning Way

Shead Brings a Winning Way

In the world of sports, it's a wide spread belief that some athletes just have the knack for winning, wherever they go success seems to follow. Oklaho

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10/15/09
 • Josh McCuistion
Irwin Leads the Way for Sooner Commits

Irwin Leads the Way for Sooner Commits

While Mustang, Okla. four-star offensive tackle Bronson Irwin may have had a host during his official visit to Norman last weekend he may as well have

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10/14/09
 • Josh McCuistion
Sooner Commits on a Seesaw

Sooner Commits on a Seesaw

The biggest news of the weekend for Oklahoma's 24 commitments, including one from the class of 2011, was the return of Niceville, Fla. four-star runni

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10/4/09
 • Josh McCuistion
Bell and McCay star on Friday night

Bell and McCay star on Friday night

It wasn't the huge statistical weekend that Oklahoma commits have seen over the past few weeks but there were certainly players producing for their hi

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9/27/09
 • Josh McCuistion
Sooner Commits Just Keep Rolling

Sooner Commits Just Keep Rolling

Of all of Oklahoma's 23 commitments few are off to a bigger start to the season than Wichita (Kan.) Bishop Carroll. four-star quarterback Blake Bell.

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9/20/09
 • Josh McCuistion
Thompson Working to Bring Linemen Together

Thompson Working to Bring Linemen Together

The key component of any offensive line is cohesion and it seems that fact isn't lost on Oklahoma's four line commitments from the class of 2010. No o

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9/14/09
 • Josh McCuistion
Finch and Clay put on big shows

Finch and Clay put on big shows

While the current Sooners were busy running up and down the field against Idaho State future Sooners used Friday night as their own track meet. Leadin

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9/13/09
 • Josh McCuistion
Sooner Commits Enjoy Big Weekend

Sooner Commits Enjoy Big Weekend

As the start of the high school football season began Oklahoma commitments Julian Wilson and Aaron Colvin both collected wins in-state, but what about

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9/6/09
 • Josh McCuistion
The Mailbag provides Sooner answers

The Mailbag provides Sooner answers

The Mailbag is a SoonerScoop.com feature for our fans to get questions that may require a little more depth and clarity of explanation directly from a

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7/2/09
 • Josh McCuistion
Sooner commits steal camps spotlight

Sooner commits steal camps spotlight

NORMAN, Okla. - During Oklahoma's first one-day camp there were a ton of storylines to follow from new names emerging to established prospects buildin

6/11/09
 • Josh McCuistion
Commits and other Stars take over Sooner Camp

Commits and other Stars take over Sooner Camp

NORMAN, Okla. - The first day of Oklahoma's camp may not have been as star-filled as one might have hoped but Wednesday may have seemed like Christmas

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6/10/09
 • Josh McCuistion
Sooners Land No. 2 for the day

Sooners Land No. 2 for the day

Often two commitments coming in the same day is nothing more than a simple coincidence. However the Sooners two commitments on Tuesday are absolutely

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5/12/09
 • Josh McCuistion
Inititial position rankings for 2010 released

Inititial position rankings for 2010 released

The Class of 2010 is loaded with versatile prospects who could end up using their talents to star on either side of the ball in college. Gardena (Calf

5/7/09
 • Rivals.com recruiting staff
Thompson Fulfills Two Roles

Thompson Fulfills Two Roles

For Pflugerville, Texas offensive tackle Tyrus Thompson the biggest decision, the one in which he chose to commit to Oklahoma, but when he came to Nor

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4/16/09
 • Josh McCuistion
McClain Surprise Some with Indecision

McClain Surprise Some with Indecision

Of Oklahoma's many prospects on campus this weekend few were more intriguing to Sooner fans than Cibolo (Texas) Steele wide receiver Sheldon McClain.

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4/13/09
 • Josh McCuistion
Fort Worth Nike Camp Hot 11

Fort Worth Nike Camp Hot 11

The second Nike Football Training Camp is in the books and Rivals.com staff members take a closer look at the top performers from the event in Fort Wo

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4/7/09
 • Rivals.com recruiting staff
Sooner Commits, Prospects Dominate NIKE

Sooner Commits, Prospects Dominate NIKE

FORT WORTH, Texas – The TCU NIKE camp always features players who were slightly talked about before their arrival who after a big showing become well

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4/6/09
 • Josh McCuistion
Photos of three future Sooners

Photos of three future Sooners

FORT WORTH, Texas -- On National Signing Day Sooner fans can almost always look back at the TCU NIKE camp and watch as one future Sooner after another

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4/6/09
 • Josh McCuistion
Linemen take the stage at TCU Nike Camp

Linemen take the stage at TCU Nike Camp

So often, camps and combines are the place for skill players to showcase themselves and bask in the spotlight. However, at the Nike Football Training

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4/5/09
 • Barton Simmons
Sooners Grab Some More Austin Talent

Sooners Grab Some More Austin Talent

Going through the Bob Stoops era the Sooners have had a surprising amount of success from the Austin, Texas area. No player embodies that success more

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2/22/09
 • Josh McCuistion
Sooner Target Days From a Decision

Sooner Target Days From a Decision

In his head Tyrus Thompson had been thinking of making a decision before his senior year. In the summer when he'd had enough time to think things thro

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2/17/09
 • Josh McCuistion
Thompson Makes Special Trip to Norman

Thompson Makes Special Trip to Norman

It's hard to imagine Tyrus Thompson, at 6-foot-6, and 290-pounds sneaking anywhere but that's exactly what one of the top offensive lineman in Texas p

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2/16/09
 • Josh McCuistion
AMP Video: OL vs. DL Army All-combine first team

AMP Video: OL vs. DL Army All-combine first team

The nation's best underclassmen battled one on one at the U.S. Army All-American combine. Rivals.com has hours of video from the event. We first tak

1/12/09
 • Rivals.com AMP
U.S. Army National All-Combine Team: Offense

U.S. Army National All-Combine Team: Offense

There was no better place to see more than 500 of the nation's top junior prospects than on the field at the Alamodome last Friday at the U.S. Army Al

1/7/09
 • Jeremy Crabtree
Army Analysis: National Combine standouts

Army Analysis: National Combine standouts

Rivals.com recruiting analyst Barry Every breaks down some more of the top performers from Friday's U.S. Army National Combine.

1/5/09
 • Barry Every
Recruiting news comes out of Army Combine

Recruiting news comes out of Army Combine

Lache Seastrunk, the star running back from Temple, Texas, wore USC socks at the U.S. Army National Combine Friday in the Alamodome. Should Trojan fan

1/2/09
 • Adam Gorney
Texas players shine at US Army combine

Texas players shine at US Army combine

Some of Texas' top 2010 prospects were among the nearly 500 invite-only participants at the US Army Combine at the Alamodome... Aldine running back Do

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1/2/09
 • David McNabb
Thompson makes transition to offensive line

Thompson makes transition to offensive line

Pflugerville junior Tyrus Thompson made a big change midseason for the Panthers. The 6-foot-6, 290-pound prospect moved from defensive tackle, a posit

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12/4/08
 • Brian Perroni
From the Road: Closing strong

From the Road: Closing strong

Pflugerville (Texas) High DE Alex Okafor's season and high school career ended last week but he went out with an impressive three-sack performance. Ok

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11/21/08
 • Rivals.com recruiting staff
Okafor shows flashes in final game

Okafor shows flashes in final game

Rivals.com recruiting analyst Barry Every breaks down some of the Division I-A talent from last week's game featuring Pflugerville (Texas) High vs. Sp

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11/19/08
 • Barry Every
Position switch for Tyrus Thompson

Position switch for Tyrus Thompson

Pflugerville defensive tackle Tyrus Thompson has battled some injuries that have kept him on the sidelines for a couple games this season, but he's do

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10/22/08
 • Jason Suchomel
Top 2010 DT takes unofficial

Top 2010 DT takes unofficial

One of the top names in the Lone Star State that will be on everybody's radar in the 2010 class is Pflugerville, Texas product Tyrus Thompson. The ju

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9/11/08
 • Jay Fielder
CenTex DT has some early favorites

CenTex DT has some early favorites

Pflugerville defensive tackle Tyrus Thompson has had a busy schedule the past couple of months, attending several summer camps. The 6-foot-5, 283-poun

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8/4/08
 • Jason Suchomel
A closer look: 2010 Pflugerville DT Tyrus Thompson

A closer look: 2010 Pflugerville DT Tyrus Thompson

Defensive tackle Tyrus Thompson of Pflugerville made quite an impression during the team's run to the state championship game a year ago. At 6-foot-5,

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7/29/08
 • Brian Perroni
Junior DT makes big impression

Junior DT makes big impression

One of the players that was hard to miss at Texas A&M's talent-laden one-day camp on Sunday was Pflugerville defensive tackle Tyrus Thompson. Though h

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7/17/08
 • Brian Perroni