Oklahoma’s 2027 wide receiver class is almost full, but the Sooners may have found a clean way to solve the last opening: lean on their newest quarterback commit.
Four-star 2028 QB Trey Tagliaferri committed to Oklahoma last week, giving the Sooners their first pledge in that class. And according to SoonerScoop’s Parker Thune, that commitment could end up helping Oklahoma in a different cycle too, because Tagliaferri plays with two receivers at Bergen Catholic High School in New Jersey who fit the profile of flip targets.
The two names to watch are Bryan Porter and Austin Busso.
That matters because Oklahoma has already watched two wideouts leave its 2027 class in a hurry. Four-star Demare Dezeurn and three-star Tra’Von Hall both backed off their pledges on the same Saturday in early June.
Dezeurn stayed home and committed to Cal, while Hall wound up heading to Ole Miss. That left the Sooners in the same spot they found themselves in while building the 2026 class: needing to patch a receiver group that suddenly looked thin.
General manager Jim Nagy has already started repairing the damage. About three weeks ago, Oklahoma landed three-star receiver Malahn Green, who joined four-star athlete Greydon Howell of Broken Bow High School in Oklahoma as the Sooners’ two 2027 receiver commits. Even so, there’s still room for one more.
That’s where Tagliaferri comes in.
Porter and Busso are both already committed elsewhere, at least for now. Porter, a three-star prospect listed at 6-foot, pledged to Georgia Tech last month.
Busso, also a three-star, has been committed to South Florida since May. Porter is ranked as the No. 99 receiver in the 2027 class and already has an Oklahoma offer.
He caught 590 receiving yards and eight touchdowns last season. He’s also the brother of Quincy Porter, who signed with Ohio State in 2025 as a five-star recruit.
Busso, listed at 6-foot-1 and ranked No. 139 among 2027 receivers in the 247Sports Composite, is the more obvious breakout candidate. He didn’t draw much attention until last season, when he put up 41 catches for 901 yards and 11 touchdowns with Tagliaferri throwing to him for the first time. Since March, he’s added offers from Tennessee and Ole Miss, and the source material notes that he has recently picked up more interest from Power Four programs, especially in the SEC.
That gives Oklahoma a possible edge it didn’t have before. Tagliaferri already knows both receivers, and if the Sooners decide to push for either one, the chance to pair with their high school quarterback could make the pitch a lot stronger than what Georgia Tech or South Florida can offer.
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