Oklahoma landed one of the top players in the state on Saturday night.
Jacobe Johnson, a 6-foot-3, 183-pound star at Mustang High School chose the Sooners over Alabama, Michigan, Stanford and Oklahoma State.
“Every time I go to (Oklahoma), I just get better,” Johnson said Saturday night at Bronco Stadium in Mustang. “I like what they’re doing there. The program is getting better and better. I like the way they’re going. I want to be a part of that.”
A long-time target for Oklahoma, Johnson was a fixture on both offense and defense for the Mustangs throughout his high school career, as well as playing on the Mustang basketball court.
“When I first got the offer (from Oklahoma), I knew,” Johnson said. “Growing up, I always wanted to be there. I just wanted to go through the recruiting process to make sure.”
Rated a 4-star prospect by both 247 Sports and Rivals, Johnson is ranked as the No. 39 player overall in On3’s 2023 Player of the Year.
Johnson’s athleticism was on full display when he was deployed at wide receiver for the Mustangs. As a junior, he flashed the ability to both go over defenders and lay down catches as well as the vision and quickness to catch downfield passes and weave through traffic.
When he switched to the defensive side of the ball, he combined his physicality with a willingness to get into the game and hit wide receivers.
Johnson is the second OU commit from Sooner State, along with McAlester’s Erik McCarty. He was voted the second best player in the state by 247Sports, trailing only Michigan State commit Bai Jobe.
He is the 20th commit in Oklahoma’s 2023 class, and Johnson is the 16th player to commit to OU since the beginning of June.
Johnson joins Jasiah Wagoner as the Sooners’ defensive backs make the class, and is the ninth overall defensive end behind Brent Venables in the class.
“The safety of 2023, he’s very good in our class,” Johnson said.
“We (Johnson and the OU staff) have one of the best relationships I’ve had with any coach that I’ve talked to. Like, we talk every day. He sends me videos of him working out and stuff. . You know Coach Venables, he’s crazy, and that’s what I love about him, his energy, he’s different than everybody else.”
By design, OU’s class is off to a slow start compared to some of the top programs across the country. But Oklahoma has all that country with a hot summer on the recruiting trail.
They recently moved up to seventh overall among the 247 leagues ranked, and can still pick up some favorites before the 2022 season begins.
Defense Makari Vickers is scheduled to announce his appointment on August 26. The 6-1 point guard from Tallahassee, FL, has committed three times to Oklahoma, Alabama and Michigan.
In September, another OU goal will come from the board as well.
Defensive end Jordan Renaud is also choosing between the Crimson Tide and the Sooners, and will make that call on September 19.
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