Trey Tagliaferri’s commitment on Friday finally gave Oklahoma’s 2028 recruiting class some life, and the Sooners may not be waiting long for the next wave.
For more than a month after running back Micah Rhodes backed out following DeMarco Murray’s move to the Kansas City Chiefs, OU’s 2028 board sat empty. Tagliaferri changed that, even if some fans are still side-eyeing the situation after he flipped from Notre Dame after just six days. Now the Sooners are positioned to start stacking more names around him, and a handful of targets already look like strong bets to join him.
The clearest next piece may be four-star athlete Kamieon Compton-Nero, who recently moved from Rejoice Christian School to Owasso High School. Oklahoma has been in the mix since offering him last summer, and the home-state pull matters here.
He’s already made five trips to Norman, and that kind of early, repeated contact usually tells you where this is headed. Compton-Nero is ranked by the 247Sports Composite as the No. 2 athlete in the class and No. 49 overall player.
At 6-foot-3, he’s likely to end up on defense for the Sooners, though he’s also a standout quarterback.
If Oklahoma lands the kind of headliner that can shift a class, five-star defensive lineman Kellan Hall is the name to watch. He’s the No. 8 prospect nationally and the No. 2 defensive lineman in the cycle, and the Sooners are viewed as the early favorite despite heavy competition.
Rivals gives OU an 84% chance to land him over Ohio State, and Brent Venables and his staff have clearly made him a priority. Even if the race stays crowded, a commitment from Hall would be the kind of jolt that changes how the rest of the class looks.
Tagliaferri will need playmakers around him, and Oklahoma appears to be in good shape with a pair of receivers. Four-star Carson LaCombe, a 6-foot-3 wideout from Pieper High School in Texas, picked up an OU offer less than a month ago after an impressive camp in Norman.
Since then, Rivals has already pegged the Sooners with a 97% chance to land him. LaCombe is the No. 30 receiver in the class and the No. 22 player in Texas, according to the 247Sports Composite.
Another receiver who looks close to home but may not stay there is David Thomas of Stillwater. The four-star pass catcher is the No. 39 receiver in the class and the No. 2 player in Oklahoma, and he’s taken four reported visits to OU compared with two to Oklahoma State. That early edge has him sitting at a 60% chance to end up with the Sooners, per Rivals.
Offensive line help could also be coming soon. Gavin Wilson of Bixby High School was once viewed as the most likely first addition to the class, and Rivals national recruiting expert Sam Spiegelman already logged a prediction in mid-June for him to choose Oklahoma.
Wilson got his offer only two weeks before that during a visit. He remains unrated and unranked by 247Sports, but Rivals lists him as a three-star prospect, the No. 35 interior offensive lineman in the class and the No. 9 player in Oklahoma.
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