Oklahoma’s push into Alabama doesn’t look like it’s slowing down anytime soon.
Rivals Oklahoma recruiting editor Josh McCuistion has logged an expert prediction for the Sooners to land 2028 four-star wide receiver Dedrick Kimbrough, a Thompson High School standout from Alabaster, Alabama. Rivals is also giving OU an 84 percent chance to land him, a pretty strong sign that the Sooners are still making real noise in a part of the country that has become a familiar hunting ground.
Kimbrough is listed at 6-foot-2 and 180 pounds, and he’s already ranked by the 247Sports Composite as the No. 31 wide receiver in the 2028 class, the No. 199 overall player and the No. 10 prospect in Alabama. That kind of profile comes with plenty of attention, and Kimbrough has it. His offer sheet includes Alabama, Auburn, Arkansas, Florida, Florida State, Kentucky, Miami, Mississippi State, Missouri, Notre Dame, Ole Miss, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt and more.
The production has matched the recruiting buzz. As a sophomore last season at Thompson, Kimbrough caught 43 passes for 686 yards and five touchdowns. In 2024, as a freshman, he put up 390 receiving yards and three scores.
What makes this one stand out for Oklahoma is the timing and the geography. Thompson High School is only about an hour from Tuscaloosa and Alabama’s campus, and both Alabama and Auburn offered Kimbrough last summer, nearly a year before Oklahoma jumped in. Even so, the Sooners appear to have made the strongest early impression.
If the prediction holds, Kimbrough would give Oklahoma three straight recruiting classes with an Alabama product in the mix. That’s no accident. General manager Jim Nagy has had his hand in all three classes, and the pattern points to a clear effort to build a pipeline from Alabama to Norman.
Oklahoma’s 2028 class is still in its early stages, with four-star quarterback Trey Tagliaferri as the lone commit so far. Tagliaferri was originally pledged to Notre Dame. If Kimbrough ends up joining him, the Sooners would have a promising quarterback-receiver pairing to build around, while also adding another major piece to their Alabama recruiting run.
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