“In Coach V we trust,” says four-star Oklahoma LB commit Sammy Omosigho

A latest addition to the 247Sports Composite high 100 is four-star Oklahoma linebacker commit Sammy Omosigho, whose inventory has continued to rise all through the offseason and the primary half of his senior yr. Currently No. 98 total and No. 8 amongst linebackers within the 2023 cycle, Omosigho has been solidly dedicated to Oklahoma since late June. And regardless of the Sooners’ latest struggles, his confidence within the course of this system hasn’t been shaken.

Omosigho instructed OUInsider that he’s assured the category will maintain collectively for Brent Venables and firm, who at the moment personal 247Sports’ No. 4 total commit checklist within the 2023 cycle. Rumors have circulated relating to potential decommitments within the aftermath of the Sooners’ three-game skid to open Big 12 play, however Omosigho says that the final vibe amongst the pledges is an eagerness for early snaps.

“We’re just saying that we’re ready to play,” Omosigho remarked. “When we go there, we’re going to be ready to play, ready to execute, ready to work, ready to put in all the effort we need to [in order] to turn the program around.”

Though Omosigho is as stable in his verbal as any of the Sooners’ practically two dozen commits, he maintains common contact with the teaching employees, and the character of their communiques has supplied him with reassurance in this system’s long-term stability.

“We talk about every week,” he mentioned. “We just make sure that we’re locked in, make sure that I know what I’m going to do when I get there. They’re talking about that with every new coach, there’s growing pains. With every new coaching staff, there’s growing pains. And I believe that. We’re going to be ready to go in at all times.”

Omosigho took a really energetic position within the recruitment of four-star edge rusher Colton Vasek, and he’s grown notably shut with the Austin native over the previous a number of months. Vasek has taken a number of unofficial visits to Texas since committing to the Sooners, but when Omosigho has something to say about it, Vasek gained’t budge.

“Me and Colton,” he mentioned, “and Lewis [Carter], we’re pretty close. Tight with those two.”

Above all, Omosigho desires everything of Sooner Nation to listen to one resounding proclamation: this too shall move. He’s dedicated to being one of many cornerstone members of a category that fellow pledge Erik McCarty asserted may “change the program” as soon as they arrive on campus subsequent yr.

“Don’t worry,” Omosigho mentioned. “We’re all locked in. Boomer Sooner. In Coach V we trust. I have a lot of respect for that man. He’s gonna turn the program around. Just give it some time.”

As an apart, I additionally spoke at size with four-star 2024 LB Payton Pierce after Friday’s sport, which pitted Omosigho’s Crandall Pirates in opposition to Lovejoy. Pierce was out of motion for the Leopards because of a minor hamstring tweak, however emerged from the locker room carrying a shirt emblazoned with the Oklahoma brand.

When I requested Pierce what the OU employees had preached to him because the 49-0 debacle within the Red River Showdown, he instructed me, “Tough times don’t last; tough people do.” That’s been the overarching message from Brent Venables and Ted Roof, and Pierce has remained receptive. Like lots of his friends within the 2024 class, Pierce understands that the Sooners aren’t going to show the tide in a single day on protection, and that they’ll want some horses with the intention to play at an elite degree on that facet of the soccer. With his in depth ties to Oklahoma and his frequent communication with the OU employees, I don’t get the sense that Pierce has wavered in any respect. He remains to be a Sooner lean in the intervening time, and with a dedication date tentatively on the books for subsequent spring, he might be one of many earliest defensive additions to the 2024 class for Oklahoma.

One factor that additionally hasn’t been mentioned extensively is that Pierce is a former teammate of OU quarterback General Booty; the 2 overlapped in 2020 when Booty was a senior and Pierce was a freshman at Allen High. That’s simply one other of the myriad ties that bind Pierce to Oklahoma. Notre Dame, Texas and Arkansas — amongst others — stay in sizzling pursuit of the cycle’s No. 10 linebacker, however OU can be very robust to disclaim right here.