Oklahoma Sooners The quarter-Arrière class of 2026 Commit Jaden O’Neal has been promised to or since June 2024. However, it seems that the Sooners can lose their grip on the four-star perspective.
Steve Wiltfong, which covers the recruitment of university football and the transfer portal for On3 Sports, reported that O’Neal visit two other programs this week. Wiltfong’s report indicates that they visit the Florida seminoles Thursday and Auburn Tigers on Saturday.
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The FSU, which recently reversed the origin of or, the validation in 2025 in QB, Kevin Sperry, has a new offensive coordinator this season in Gus Malzahn. The veteran coach left the UCF this winter to call the games in Tallahassee for Mike Norvell. Malzahn was the attacking coordinator in Auburn when they won the national title in 2010, and the head coach when they played for the national championship in 2013.
The Tigers will start Jackson Arnold, the most recent quarter-back starter full of or, this season. The first entered the transfer portal earlier after the regular 2024 season and was committed to Hugh Freeze and Auburn.
O’Neal initially committed to the offensive coordinator Seth Littrell, but stayed with the Sooners throughout the dismissal of Littrell and the hiring of Ben Arbuckle to replace him. Florida State and Auburn are not the only programs interested in O’Neal, because he also made unofficial visits to Colorado and Georgia.
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O’Neal is one of the four current commits in class 2026 or. He moved from Narbonne High School to California to Mustang High School in Oklahoma earlier this month. It is a quarter-Arrière n ° 11 of the 247sports composite in the 2026 recruitment class.
Since he took command of the offensive and the quarter post, Arbuckle has shown a lot of interest in another QB four stars in class 26, Bowe Bentley out of Celina high school (Texas). Bentley has an Oklahoma offer, but has not yet committed. It was a little late, seeing his stock increase spectacular this winter after driving Celina to an undefeated season and a state championship. It is a quarter of 10 of the 247sports composite in the recruitment class 2026.
Arbuckle and Brent Venable chief coach will probably have to choose between O’Neal and Bentley, because it is unlikely that the two want to get involved in the same school in the same class. The two are well rated enough to hope to be the only QB that a school takes in this harvest this year.
Arbuckle has the post set at least 2025 with John Mateer, who still has two years of eligibility. If Mateer goes to the NFL after a big season, it will probably be the return of Michael Hawkins Jr. who would have the head start on the spot in 2026. Cole Gonzales and Jett Niu join Mateer as new arrivals that Arbuckle has brought since he took things. The spring transfer portal window offers a last chance to add depth to the job before the start of the season.
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This is why the choice of or in class 2026 is so important, especially since Mateer could become pro if he has a great year this year. The Sooners will need someone who is not one of the four players on their current list in the quarter to take the reins at a given time soon. This player will probably be O’Neal or Bentley, whatever the player who ends up registering with Oklahoma.
If the Sooners want it to be O’Neal, they may have to reaffirm their commitment to him. Otherwise, he can look for greener pastures in a place like Florida State or Auburn.
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