Oklahoma’s 2028 recruiting board is starting to take shape, and the Sooners are showing up in some heavyweight conversations.
One of the biggest names tied to OU is offensive lineman Malakhi Dudley, a Conyers, Ga., product at Heritage High School who is heading into his junior year with a trimmed list of eight schools. Oklahoma made the cut alongside Georgia, Miami, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Florida and Georgia Tech.
Dudley checks in at 6-5 and 300 pounds, and the industry views him as a consensus 4-star prospect. In 247Sports’ composite rankings for the Class of 2028, he sits at No. 168 overall.
Before his sophomore season in 2025, he was named a MaxPreps Preseason Sophomore All-American. He also picked up offers from USC, Nebraska, Arizona State, Florida State and Auburn, though none of those programs made his top eight.
Dudley has not taken an unofficial visit to Norman yet, but with Oklahoma still alive in his recruitment, a fall game-day trip is very much in play.
The Sooners also landed a fresh addition to their 2028 target list on Saturday when Cache, Okla., standout Kenyon Sweat said he received an offer from OU. Sweat, a 6-0, 173-pound prospect, is a consensus 3-star recruit and the No. 6 player in Oklahoma in 247Sports’ composite rankings.
Sweat’s offer sheet is still short, but it already includes six Division I programs: Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Iowa State and UConn. He spent part of the summer on unofficial visits to Texas Tech and Tennessee, and he also worked out at the Red Raiders’ camp in Lubbock.
Parker Thune of Sooner Scoop reported that Sweat is set to visit Norman for Oklahoma’s Sept. 19 game against New Mexico.
"It would be special to stay home, you know?"
Another class of 2028 name linked to Oklahoma is wide receiver Dedrick Kimbrough, with Rivals’ Steve Wiltfong logging a prediction for the Sooners to land the Thompson High School standout from Alabaster, Ala. Oklahoma has started to build traction in Alabama, and Kimbrough fits right into that pattern.
Kimbrough is listed at 6-3 and 180 pounds, and every major recruiting network has him pegged as a 4-star. 247Sports’ composite rankings place him at No. 196 nationally in the Class of 2028. As a sophomore at Thompson in 2025, he hauled in 43 catches for 686 yards and five touchdowns.
His offer list is deep, with Alabama, Ole Miss, Auburn, Texas A&M, Florida, Notre Dame, Miami and Oregon among the programs already in the mix.
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