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Between my 7,000 word Sooners' spring offensive intel writeup to go with scrimmage notes, plus,  Parker's spring scrimmage intel, you would be hard

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SOONERS SPRING DEFENSIVE INTEL: Can 2026 Defense Be Close to 2025 Version? | Position Breakdowns | Standouts | More

Watching the initial drills at OU spring practice at defensive tackle, and, wait, that is Nigel Smith and Trent Wilson?  Yep, it is a different day

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Nigel Smith, other young OU defensive tackles with big opportunities

It's not every team who can lose a pair of draft picks in a position group and possibly be improved the following year. But that's a credit to the

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Oklahoma Football Focus: Defensive Line Has Stars and Questions

OUInsider VIP members asked around 80 questions in our mailbag and I will try to get to as many as I can answered here on 2027 recruiting intel and

Dec 19, 2025; Norman, OK, USA; Oklahoma Sooners general manager of football Jim Nagy against the Alabama Crimson Tide during the CFP National Playoff First Round at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images



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OUInsider Mailbag Q&A: Portal Intel on numerous positions, 2026 Roster Strengths & Recruiting Intel on Rivals300 targets

There has been lots of movement and lots of buzz regarding several big-time portal targets since the transfer portal actually opened up on Friday.

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Monday Portal Intel: Latest on Visitors, Targets and More as OU Finalizes 2026 Roster

Oklahoma has been pretty hot on the recruiting as of late. Number one recruiting class in 2027 and have been landing or flipping targets in 2026.

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DrummBeat: Could Sooners benefit from LSU fallout? | Portal buzz & Weekend visitor intel | More

Before Texas takes on Oklahoma at the Red River Shootout in Dallas on Saturday, take a look at the Sooners roster with Texas HS football players and

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Inside Texas Football Recruiting

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Texas HS football recruits you'll recognize for the Oklahoma Sooners

The Crimson Countdown is officially on for the 2025 Oklahoma football season. Everybody wants to forget about 2024 and move forward.  Head coach

OU DL Nigel Smith

Crimson Countdown: No. 6 Nigel Smith

In case you missed it, here are a few early scrimmage notes via Parker Thune that we had up several hours ago.   LINK: EARLY SOONERS SCRIMMAGE

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More intel from Sooners' first scrimmage of fall camp | OL and DL rotation, standouts | QB play | Much, much more

Since Todd Bates's arrival in the first days of 2022, the Sooners defensive tackle situation has steadily improved. To the point it's now one of the

Oklahoma Football Focus: Defensive Line Needs Numbers

A number of players on the Oklahoma Sooners roster in 2024 were once Texas offers, targets, and commitments. Now they'll face the Horns on Saturday

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Former Texas recruiting targets playing for Oklahoma in Saturday's Red River Shootout

The Crimson Countdown is officially on for the 2024 Oklahoma football season. Fans have been waiting for what feels like forever with this one. The

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Oklahoma's class of 2024 has been gone over again and again but we thought we'd try to highlight the best of their best moments. So it is time to go

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Sooners Signees At Their Best

Oklahoma's class of 2024 is complete and as such it's time to take stock of another national top 10 class. The group is loaded with tons of talent

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Where We'd Rank the Sooners: 2024

It’s the norm for OU football, and it’s the norm for just about everywhere else. The novelty of being a mid-year enrollee is long gone.  It hasn’t

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Welcome to OU: Nigel Smith

OU has officially made it to San Antonio and started practicing ahead of its matchup with No. 14 Arizona in the Alamo Bowl.   The team arrived on

OU Alamo Bowl practice notes

When you look at Oklahoma's class of 2024 the Sooners have loads of talent. They've got loads of big personalities and players who can be broken down

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Sooners Fun Facts: 2024

Oklahoma's class of 2024 is in the books and has 20 prospects set to hit Norman in less than a month. And like any high school graduation to be, it's

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Sooners Class Awards: 2024

For Brent Venables and OU, the 2024 recruiting class starts on the defensive line.   David Stone. Nigel Smith. Danny Okoye. Jayden Jackson.

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OU finally has the defensive line class it's been missing for over a decade

As soon as Brent Venables arrived Oklahoma fans started dreaming of classes like he's reeled in the first few years. And last year that optimism was

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2024 Sooners Report Card: Defense

Happy signing day, OU fans. You’ve made it another year, and Oklahoma is ready to move to the SEC. That’s what this 2024 class gets to do.  The

SoonerScoop video: Get to know the #24K class, OU fans

Oklahoma's class of 2024 is hoping for a few late additions - perhaps into the February signing period - but with National Signing Day upon us it's

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Sooners Signing Day Starter

The Sooner Scoop - December 8, 2023  Attention Ladies and Gentlemen, I have an urgent and breaking news story.CANNONBALL!  Alright, let's start with

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Sooners Staff Hosting and Visiting This Weekend

Oklahoma's class of 2024 and 2025 prospects are done with their regular seasons and seasons are on the brink every single weekend. We'll continue to

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Sooners Backfield Duo Shines

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Nigel Smith II made a big impression early on in his high school career, especially since he arrived at Melissa (Texas) High School as a 6-foot-5, 250-pound 15-year-old freshman. “His dad is 6-9 and 280 pounds,” Melissa coach Matt Nally told Irish Sports Daily. “You think that his dad (former SMU basketball player Nigel Smith) could play for the Dallas Cowboys. He’s just a massive human being who is put together extremely well. But Nigel is a football player. You can't ask for a better kid as a player. His motor is unbelievable. He's just that prototypical coach's kid – works his butt off, gets up here before anybody else is up here, gets in a workout, goes through school and during the athletic period, works out again and then comes back and lifts after school. So, you just can't ask for a better kid in the situation that he is in. The work ethic that he has is just uncanny.” That work ethic helped Smith earn second-team Max Preps Junior All-American, Texas District 7-5A-II Defensive Lineman of the Year and Texas Sportswriters Association Class 5A first-team all-state honors in 2022. He was the Texas District 7-4A-I unanimous Defensive Lineman of the Year as a sophomore after being named the district’s newcomer of the year as a freshman. Smith enjoys playing basketball and gaming when he’s not involved with football.

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SOONERS SPRING DEFENSIVE INTEL: Can 2026 Defense Be Close to 2025 Version? | Position Breakdowns | Standouts | More

Nigel Smith, other young OU defensive tackles with big opportunities

Oklahoma Football Focus: Defensive Line Has Stars and Questions

OUInsider Mailbag Q&A: Portal Intel on numerous positions, 2026 Roster Strengths & Recruiting Intel on Rivals300 targets

Monday Portal Intel: Latest on Visitors, Targets and More as OU Finalizes 2026 Roster

DrummBeat: Could Sooners benefit from LSU fallout? | Portal buzz & Weekend visitor intel | More

Texas HS football recruits you'll recognize for the Oklahoma Sooners

Crimson Countdown: No. 6 Nigel Smith

More intel from Sooners' first scrimmage of fall camp | OL and DL rotation, standouts | QB play | Much, much more

Oklahoma Football Focus: Defensive Line Needs Numbers

Former Texas recruiting targets playing for Oklahoma in Saturday's Red River Shootout

Crimson Countdown: No. 6 Nigel Smith

Sooners Signees At Their Best

Where We'd Rank the Sooners: 2024

Welcome to OU: Nigel Smith

OU Alamo Bowl practice notes

Sooners Fun Facts: 2024

Sooners Class Awards: 2024

OU finally has the defensive line class it's been missing for over a decade

2024 Sooners Report Card: Defense

SoonerScoop video: Get to know the #24K class, OU fans

Sooners Signing Day Starter

Sooners Staff Hosting and Visiting This Weekend

Sooners Backfield Duo Shines