Which players are committed to Oklahoma State football's 2022 recruiting class?​

Scott Wright
Oklahoman

Here’s a look at the 17 players who have signed to Oklahoma State football in the class of 2022:

Xavier Benson, LB, Tyler Junior College​

A highly regarded junior-college linebacker, the 6-foot-3, 211-pound Benson previously spent 2018-2020 at Texas Tech, redshirting his first season and playing in 2019. He opted out of the 2020 season for personal reasons and transferred to Tyler Junior College at the end of the year. In 2021, he played his redshirt sophomore season at Tyler, recording an NJCAA-best 120 tackles in 12 games with 15.5 tackles for loss and two interceptions.

CJ Brown, RB, Beggs​

One of three running backs in the class, all with different skillsets. Brown is a speedster at 6-foot, 180 pounds who hits the hole quickly and explodes through it. He picked OSU over the likes of Arkansas, Nebraska, Iowa State, Baylor, Kansas State and others.

DeSean Brown, DE, Choctaw​

A big and powerful four-star prospect, the 6-foot-4, 255-pound Brown waited until signing day to make his announcement, picking the Cowboys over OU, Baylor, Missouri, Iowa State and others. Brown has the speed off the line of scrimmage to get past blockers, and the size to take them on, with the ability to shed blockers and make plays in the backfield.

Gabe Brown, LB, Stillwater​

A 6-foot-3, 210-pound linebacker, Gabe Brown is a playmaker all over the field. He was the first player to commit to the Cowboys in this class, making his decision known last September. Texas Tech came in with a February offer, but he remained firm with the Pokes.

Landon Dean, DE, Frontenac, Kansas​

Already physically developed at 6-4, 235, Dean could be an ideal fit at OSU’s edge rusher position, or he could grow into more of a down lineman. Either way, he’s athletic enough to be an impactful player. The Cowboys out-recruited Kansas State and Iowa State for Dean.

Cameron Epps, CB, St. Louis, Missouri​

Listed by Rivals.com as 6-foot-3, 216 pounds, Epps is a unique prospect as a cornerback with that kind of size. Out of Chaminade College Prep in St. Louis, Epps is a four-star prospect for a reason, and his size, combined with his natural cornerback skills make him a rare find at the high school level.

Mason Gilkey, WR, Pawhuska​

Another of the Oklahoma-grown stars in this class, Gilkey has good production to go with good height — 6-4, 170 — and athletic ability. He will need to bulk up some for the physical challenges that await him at the college level, but he’s got the skills to be an impact player.

Ollie Gordon, RB, Euless, Texas​

A 6-2, 205-pound back out of Trinity High School, Gordon is a total-package type running back, with power, speed, elusiveness and receiving skills. The four-star prospect had a wide range of programs among the 15 schools that offered him, including USC, BYU, Texas Tech Missouri, Houston and more.

Calvin Harvey, OT, Missouri City, Texas​

The 6-foot-8, 328-pound Harvey, from Ridge Point High School in the Houston area, had been committed to Louisiana Tech until the Pokes scooped him up. Harvey has played both left and right tackle, and displays the strength you would expect to go with his massive frame. He also had offers from SMU, Houston and North Texas.

Jaleel Johnson, DE, Putnam City North​

A long-bodied defensive end listed at 6-4, 238, Johnson has a 7-foot wingspan and is explosive off the ball, making him a terror for offensive linemen to block. He’s quick enough to get past them at the snap, and his long arms help keep blockers at a distance when they try to get on him.

Austin Kawecki, OL, Frisco, Texas​

The 6-5, 265-pound Kawecki, from Lebanon Trail High School, has the versatility to play multiple spots on the line. He picked the Cowboys over more than 25 other offers, including USC, Texas Tech, Arizona State and Baylor, among others.

Dylahn McKinney, DB, Colleyville, Texas​

Another lanky cornerback at 6-2 and 170 pounds, McKinney is a ball-hawking prospect for Heritage High School who is often used in man coverage. With 18 total offers, McKinney picked the Cowboys over Arizona, Baylor, Louisville, Missouri and several other programs.

Braylin Presley, RB/WR, Bixby​

Perhaps the most known commodity among the commitments in the 2022 class, Presley — the younger brother of OSU receiver Brennan Presley — has been producing on the big stage for a couple of seasons now. The 5-foot-9, 170-pound Presley can, and will, play running back and slot receiver at OSU to fully take advantage of his unique skills.

Garret Rangel, QB, Frisco, Texas​

A strong-armed quarterback cut from the Mason Rudolph mold, Rangel turned heads at OSU’s summer camp for its top recruits, called The Show. His ability to be accurate on all routes, from short to deep, makes the Lone Star High School product an ideal fit in Stillwater. Rangel is the first high school recruit for quarterback coach Tim Rattay at OSU.

Tabry Shettron, TE, Edmond Santa Fe​

A 6-4, 203-pound tight end prospect, Shettron has the frame to add some weight to handle the rigors of playing tight end in OSU’s offense. Already a talented receiver, he understands the physicality of blocking as well.

Talyn Shettron, WR, Edmond Santa Fe​

The state’s top receiver prospect flipped his commitment from OU to OSU when his brother, Tabry, also picked the Pokes back in June. An athletic outside receiver, Talyn has the skills to get himself in the mix for early playing time when he arrives.

Tyrone Webber, OL, New Mexico Military Institute​

Originally from St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, the 6-5, 290-pound Webber is the lone junior-college prospect in the class. His size and strength make him a powerful force who the Cowboys hope can provide help immediately.

Scott Wright, Staff writer

Biggest woke POS sheep in the world... 75 players positive bc they took the clot
Shots. We think those players call the shots but the woke org made all those players their bitches and now those players (Sans a few smart ones) have to live the rest of their lives having injected that poison in their bodies AGAINST THEIR WILL.

I really don't blame most the people that took it- they were not presented both sides.

But these days if you're still buying into what they're selling- there's no hope for y'all

Joe Biden can only keep it together for so long before the wheels fall off.


Play the video. At around 50 seconds is when he breaks his stare at the teleprompter and crashes.

Can't go.
Sec 105, Row 33, Seat 13 & 14
$200 for both

text 405-742-2935 if interested.

Anybody?

should be added soon?

IMO we need more names up there than just two in the "charter class."

Let the fans vote on it but us geezers would like to see >2, maybe 20? before we kick the bucket!!

You put up 20 it's going to help with season ticket sales as family members and friends and throw back fans of the 20 always want to go to games where their beloved Cowboy gridiron heroes are memorialized as Cowboys for all time!

No reason not to have AT LEAST 10 or more RIGHT NOW could be put up in off season...Lord knows Boone left us plenty of space available!!

I can think of 20 (and more!) Ring Worthy, right off the top of my head who should alreeady be up there!!! .

"Waitress, could I have a little more sugar?"
"Mister, you aint stirred what you got!"

Funny how Democrats admit it after they were caught.

Jimbo Fisher was interviewed by Finebaum. Talked about NIL and the repercussions of it on CFB. Jimbo's words something to the effect that NIL just means the money is transparent, not in duffle bags on the front porch of some player, delivered by a church.

Interesting that a HC would come out and admit the fraud that is CFB.

'Freddy Krueger of 6A football': How OSU football landed another top pass rusher in DeSean Brown​

Jacob Unruh
Oklahoman

Choctaw coach Jake Corbin calls DeSean Brown the “Wild Man.”

The 6-foot-3, 250-pound defensive end has a relentless motor. As Corbin says, Brown’s superhero power would be effort.

“He was like Freddy Krueger of 6A football,” Corbin said. “You just can’t kill him. He’s a stud.”

That’s music to the ears of Oklahoma State’s coaching staff.

On Wednesday, the Cowboys added a big fish and another prime defensive end talent to their highly regarded recruiting class — the signature of Brown on a National Letter of Intent despite a late push from OU among others.

“OSU has been through it with me throughout the past year,” Brown said. “I really feel like they care about me as a young man and they’ll help me grow more than anyone else and they care about my future.


“And the other schools … I mean, OSU’s been with me from the get-go.”

The four-star recruit is regarded as one of the state’s top pass rushers. He was especially a force this season, amassing 19 sacks, forcing six fumbles and intercepting a pass. He scored twice defensively.

He chose the Cowboys officially three weeks ago, but chose to keep his commitment quiet, even as the Sooners tried to enter the picture.

Brown was part of a handful of OSU recruits other programs tried to flip at the last minute.

Ultimately, Brown wanted to remain loyal to the Cowboys — who offered a scholarship first — and his relationship with defensive line coach Greg Richmond.

And he had the full support of his family.

“That was my pick,” his adopted mother Lawauna Brown said about her preference of schools. “We’ve always been OSU fans and they just recruited him top to bottom. They didn’t play games, they were straightforward, they stayed the course.

“They waited patiently.”

Patience, in this instance, could really be beneficial.

The Cowboys landed three defensive ends, with Putnam North’s Jaleel Johnson and Frontenac (Kansas) star Landon Dean joining DeSean.

All could have an impact right away, much like Edmond Santa Fe graduates Trace Ford and Collin Oliver quickly did.

“It’s going to be interesting to see how they develop,” OSU coach Mike Gundy said. “They’re Collin Oliver, Trace Ford-ish, a little bigger, so they might push to 280 (pounds). We don’t know. But the ones we got, we really like.

“I think it’s pretty evident that our evaluation of that particular position over the last few years has been as good as anybody in the country.”

Brown said the rapid rise of Ford and Oliver appealed to him in the recruiting process.

He believes he is next.

“I feel like I could become one of them or even better,” Brown said. “That’s what I started looking forward to, like becoming better than the people in front of me.”

Shettron brothers ready for next step​

Brothers Talyn and Tabry Shettron have been teammates essentially for as long as they can remember, and on Wednesday, they made it official that they’ll be teammates in college, too.

The Shettron brothers signed their letters of intent with Oklahoma State on Wednesday and will be early enrollees, heading to Stillwater next month.

“I’m ready to get to know the team and get settled in at a place, and hopefully be able to play next year up there,” said Tabry, a 6-foot-5, 220-pound tight end.

Talyn, a 6-foot-3, 190-pound receiver and the highest rated recruit in OSU’s signing class, was glad to finally put the recruiting process behind him, with his eyes on getting to campus for winter workouts and spring practice to work under offensive coordinator Kasey Dunn.

“It’s a long time coming,” Talyn said. “I’m excited to finally be a Cowboy.

“Coach Dunn was on me hard. He was my first offer, so we really had a personal relationship. I’d say it was him that really got me up there.”

Jaleel Johnson 'locked in' with Pokes​

Jaleel Johnson wanted to play in Jim Knowles’ defense at Oklahoma State.

As the Cowboys put together an impressive season on that side of the ball this year, the defensive end envisioned himself excelling in the system after his Putnam North career.

When it was announced this month that Knowles was leaving for Ohio State, it wasn’t necessarily a deal breaker for Johnson.

After thinking about it, he decided to stick with the Cowboys, and he made it official Wednesday. Johnson, a Rivals three-star prospect, signed with Oklahoma State at his high school, sticking to the commitment he made over the summer.

“When I heard he left, I was wondering what was going to happen to everyone else,” Johnson said. “The D-line coaches let me know that they were staying though. I was locked in.”

Johnson held offers from Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas State, Missouri and Texas Tech, among others.

After visiting OSU, he knew where he wanted to go.

“When I took my official visit up there, it felt like home just walking on campus, being able to talk to the coaching staff, just the teammates themselves,” Johnson said. “Everyone treats you like family.”

Gundy not a fan of moving early signing day back​

Gundy is not on board with the push by several coaches across the country to move the December signing day to January or even the original February schedule.

“It needs to stay right where it is,” Gundy said.

For starters, Gundy believes moving the date back opens more possibilities to cheat across the country.

“Some of your bigger schools are trying to move it so you can get back in late and cheat,” Gundy said. “Right where it is is where it needs to be right now, because there’s not much cheating going on that I’ve seen.

“I saw a little bit of NIL stuff here in the last week or two weeks that might have factored in with us — I don’t have any evidence to bring to the table to say that, just my history of it I’ve seen a little bit of it.”

But Gundy did not stop there. He is a fan of adding a third date, way earlier in the year.

“I mean, you want to save money, sign those guys and communicate with them via phone, text, all that and then you don’t have to get in a plane, get in a car, fly somewhere, draw per diem, pay for a hotel, pay for a rental car, pay for a plane trip,” Gundy said. “It doesn’t make any sense to me, but I don’t make any of those decisions. I'm a pretty reasonable and rational person and usually that doesn’t work when you’re dealing with administration.

“So, sign ‘em in July, sign ‘em in December and then do what’s left over in February.”

As for the argument that schools are firing coaches before the season ends to get a jump with a new staff for the December date, Gundy doesn’t want that to be a crutch.

“Then don’t fire head coaches during the season,” Gundy said. “That solves the problem.”

This season, five FBS coaches were fired before November. More than a dozen programs across the country changed coaches before the season ended.

Gundy pointed to how he handles changes on his coaching staff.

“How many times have I had to replace coaches or coordinators in the last 18 years?” he asked. “Like what, six or eight? Well, I just wait until after January to either bump a guy up or replace him.

“Why can’t everybody else do that?”

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Let's hope we get a lot more 😁 and 🥰 and a lot less 🤮 and 😡, tonight.

Run-down of each school's commits. He was going to ttek until they had a coach change. Now going to Utah.

Listed on OSU site at 190. His picture suggests he hasn't seen 190 in awhile. Looks like a linebacker.

As OC.

'A lot of good things going right now': How OSU signed one of its best recruiting classes under Mike Gundy​

Scott Wright
Oklahoman

STILLWATER — Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy had to ask how many four-star prospects his program added on Wednesday, the opening of the early signing period for Division I football players.

Six is the answer, out of 17 signees, which is a significantly high number for the Cowboys.

“I should know that,” Gundy said. “Six? That’s good.”

Gundy also had to ask where his program’s recruiting class ranked nationally. The Cowboys came in at 30th according to Rivals.com and 30th on 247Sports.com after peaking in the mid-20s earlier in the day. And it was the Cowboys' best national ranking since 2014.

“We usually float around in the 40s somewhere,” Gundy said.

Logically, it would seem like OSU is cashing in on its best season in a decade, going 11-2 and reaching the Big 12 title game for the first time ever, plus the upcoming Fiesta Bowl meeting with Notre Dame. But 13 of the 17 signees were committed before the season even started, and two more came on before the Cowboys hit their peak.

So, in reality, the season and the recruiting class are two separate events that independently show the direction of Cowboy football. With OU and Texas set to leave the Big 12 in the coming years, OSU is in prime position to step into the role of standard bearer for the conference.

“We’ve got a chance, if we step up. If we step up and roll,” Gundy said. “We’re gonna do our part over here in this building, and everybody else has to step up and decide we want to be at the top.

“We’re recruiting at a high level… We won 11 games, we’re ninth in the country, we’re in the Fiesta Bowl. A lot of good things going right now. If you keep momentum going and you make good decisions in all the important areas, you’ve got a chance.”

The Cowboys’ class filled needs, like with junior-college linebacker Xavier Benson, who will get a chance to start in place of departing super-seniors Malcolm Rodriguez and Devin Harper. It added depth at already strong positions, like the trio of in-state receivers OSU signed in Edmond Santa Fe’s Talyn Shettron, Bixby’s Braylin Presley and Pawhuska’s Mason Gilkey.

You have to go back to 2018 to find an OSU recruiting class that included more than one four-star prospect, and that class had just three out of 24 signees.

“Quite honestly, I don’t even pay attention to four-stars,” Gundy said. “That’s why I didn’t know.

“What we’re looking for is young men that fit our culture and ones that we know will come in here, work hard, do all the things that I talk about, and stay here, unless they have a good reason to jump in the portal and go somewhere else.”

The Cowboys went head-to-head with blue-blood programs for top recruits and won. The last addition to OSU’s class — DeSean Brown, a four-star defensive end from Choctaw — got a late offer from OU that had recruiting analysts wondering if Brown might be heading to Norman.

Back in June, OSU flipped an OU commitment when Shettron — another four-star prospect — switched to the Cowboys after his brother, tight end Tabry Shettron, was offered an OSU scholarship.

Four-star running back Ollie Gordon was pursued hard in recent weeks by Texas, which had a successful signing day in terms of flipping recruits from other major programs. But Gordon stuck with the Pokes.

“We had… I don’t know, it could be five that were offered at some point, pursued heavily, or even late, by what people would call blue bloods,” Gundy said.

“We have a chance right now at Oklahoma State, if it’s handled correctly, to move to the top. If we do it right. Now I can’t control that. I’m not in charge of the overall concept of what we’re doing here. But we have a real chance if we’re willing to move forward and take that step right now, and this is a good example.

“I don’t know that we’ve ever signed four or five players that had traditional offers from schools we don’t beat.”

Usual disclaimer: no signings are official until announced by OSU, after they have cleared the compliance office.

As per usual, don't expect a lot of fireworks from the OSU class on NLI day. That's almost always been a positive, as guys who were expected to sign do so.

Desean Brown provides a bit of intrigue for the day, and his status might not be known by the time Mike Gundy has his presser at 9:30.

Happy Signing Day all. If my memory is correct, this will be year 23 of these on the site.

New book by Mollie Hemingway on the stolen election - it's profound.
Heard some of what's in it by her interview on Prager today. It's infuriating to say the least.
One tidbit Zuck money went to blue districts in swing states for PPE and such- but they had voting sites used with it where there was no oversight how it was conducted.

Needs to be fixed and get the poser out of there before he runs us more into the commie world.

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Passed away yesterday. He hasn't posted as much as he use to. You might remember his son who was a Cowboy, Noah Franklin. RIP a very good man.

Announcement today, around energy…but what and who? Anyone know?