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![]() AAU season and highly competitive summer camps means basketball recruiting is happening. New Oklahoma State coach Steve Lutz and his staff have dolled out a handful of offers over the past week or so. Here is a look at each, starting with those in the 2025 class before taking a look at 2026 prospects Lutz and his staff also have eyes on. Kayden EdwardsListed at 6-foot-3, 170 pounds, Edwards is a four-star prospect in the 2025 class ranked as highly as the No. 70 in the cycle. He hails from Duncanville, Texas, and goes by the nickname “Bugg.” As a junior at Duncanville this past season, Edwards averaged 23.2 points, 2.4 assists and 3.4 rebounds a game while shooting 35% from 3. He also has offers from Arkansas, Kansas State, Texas, USC and others. Sebastian Williams-AdamsOut of Houston, Sebastian Williams-Adams is a 6-foot-8, 225-pound forward in the 2025 class. A consensus four-star prospect, Williams-Adams is ranked as highly as the No. 32 player in his cycle. Playing with JL3 on the Nike EYBL circuit, Williams-Adams is averaging 13.9 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.9 assists a game. He plays his high school ball at St. John’s in Houston, where he averaged 21.1 points, 10 rebounds and 4.4 assists a game as a junior, according to MaxPreps. Along with his offer to OSU, Williams-Adams also has offers to Kansas, Alabama, Houston, Michigan, LSU, Texas, Texas A&M and others. Kareem StaggListed at 6-foot-8, 230 pounds, Kareem Stagg is a 2025 prospect who hails from Virginia but plays his high school ball at IMG Academy in Florida. Compared to Edwards and Williams-Adams, Stagg has flown a little under the rankings radar to this point, as the 247Sports Composite ranking has him as the No. 204 player in the class and a three-star recruit. Playing on Boo Williams on the EYBL circuit, Stagg averages 10.9 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.1 assists in just under 23 minutes a game while shooting 59% from the field and 44% from 3 (18 attempts in 15 games). OSU joins the likes of Texas A&M, Providence, Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, Saint Louis and others that have offered Stagg. Eric ReibeA 7-footer with German nationality, Eric Reibe is ranked as highly as the No. 46 player in the 2025 class. He plays high school ball in the states with The Bullis School in Maryland, and last spring he was part of a German team that won bronze at the FIBA U18 European Championship. Creighton, Ohio State, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Purdue and others have also offered Reibe to this point. Adam OumiddochThe No. 15 player in the 2026 class, according to On3, Adam Oumiddoch is from Virginia and played in the Overtime Elite league this past season. Playing with the Cold Hearts, Oumiddoch averaged 12.9 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.2 assists a game as a 6-foot-5 guard while shooting 33% from 3-point range. He’s playing with Team Loaded VA on the Adidas circuit. The Cowboys join Illinois, Kansas State, Iowa, Maryland and others that have offered Oumiddoch. Justin CaldwellPerhaps the most under-the-radar guy OSU offered in this wave, Justin Caldwell is listed as the No. 147 player in the 2026 class by On3 as a 6-foot-8, 215-pound forward from North Carolina. He played at Trinity Christian School in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where he averaged 19.4 points and 8.4 rebounds a game as a sophomore, according to MaxPreps. He went for 47 in a game in February. He announced he will transfer to Berean Baptist Academy in Fayetteville as a junior. He plays with Team Loaded NC in AAU. The Cowboys are certainly in early on Caldwell, as other offers he has reported are Hampton, VCU, Norfolk State, Radford, Mississippi State (new OSU associate head coach James Miller) and High Point. Latrell AllmondRanked as highly as the No. 32 player in the 2026 class, Latrell Allmond is from Richmond, Virginia, and is a 6-foot-8, 210-pound forward. Playing at John Marshall High in Virginia, Allmond averaged 14.1 points, 9.6 rebounds and 2.8 blocks a game as a sophomore this past season. He also plays with Team Loaded on Adidas’ 3SSB AAU circuit, where he is averaging 7.5 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.6 blocks a game at the 17U level. OSU joins Florida State, Louisville, LSU, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Ole Miss and others after Allmond. Yohance ConnorYohance Connor is a 6-foot-2 guard from North Carolina and listed as a four-star prospect in the 2026 class by Rivals. Playing at 1 of 1 Academy in North Carolina, Conner averaged 17.8 points, 7.2 rebounds and 3.3 assists a game as a sophomore while shooting 34% from 3. He is set to play at Combine Academy as a junior. Connor recently had an excellent showing at the Pangos All-American Camp, putting up 26 points on 8-for-13 shooting in one of those games against some of the best prospects in the country. Guess what? He’s also in the Team Loaded organization. Auburn, Arizona State, Illinois, Virginia Tech and others have also offered Conner. ![]() Read this original article at Pistols Firing Blog. OSU Wrestling: Edmond North Recruit Kody Routledge Flips Commitment from Nebraska to Cowboys6/7/2024 ![]() David Taylor has recruited immediate impacts so far, but now he’s adding an asset for the future. Local preps product Kody Routledge reportedly flipped his commitment from Nebraska to Oklahoma State, according to Willie Saylor on Thursday night. Routledge had committed to the Cornhuskers in December, but apparently the coaching change in Stillwater drew him to stay in-state. Out of Edmond North High School, FloWrestling has Routledge ranked as the No. 17 prospect in the 2025 class on its Big Board. He’s ranked fourth in the country at 152 pounds and is projected to compete at 157 or 165 pounds in college. Routledge won his first state title this past season as a junior. He finished third and fourth as a sophomore and freshman, respectively. In the freestyle circuit, Routledge was a national champion in 2022 at Fargo, North Dakota. Routledge is the first preps pledge since Taylor took over but is the fourth known commitment from the 2025 class. The class is headlined by No. 3 pound-for-pound prospect LaDarion Lockett, who has reassured his commitment to the Cowboys since Taylor’s hire.
Kruz Goff, a three-time state champion from Blackwell, was the most recent commit before Routledge. Tuttle’s Beau Hickman was the first commitment for the class. So far, OSU’s impressive 2025 class is made up entirely of in-state talent. “The state of Oklahoma will be our foundation,” Taylor said at his introductory news conference. “Obviously we gotta do our diligence and get out there. But Oklahoma has been producing some really good wrestlers. I’m not as familiar with it right now, but I can tell you here very shortly I’ll be very familiar with it. “But we want people that are gonna wrestle the way we wanna wrestle. Is that the No. 1 guy, is that the No. 4 guy, is that the No. 8 guy? We want guys that want to be here, primarily. We want guys that want to be better. And one thing about Oklahoma State is you can recruit the whole country. They’ve done that forever and coach [John] Smith did a great job at that, and we can recruit the whole country. It’s about finding the right people that fit our program — high-character guys, wrestle hard, wanna score points and wanna be part of something special. We’re gonna build something really special here moving forward.” ![]() Read this original article at Pistols Firing Blog.
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![]() Sometimes, the portal taketh away, even from Cowboy Wrestling. FloWrestling reported Thursday that Christian Carroll has entered the transfer portal with a “Do not contact” tag and four years of eligibility left after redshirting his only season at Oklahoma State. Pistols Firing has confirmed Flo’s initial report. Carroll never saw the mat for the Cowboys but was expected to drop down from heavyweight to start at 197 pounds this season and had a lot of promise as a highly touted recruit. He was the top pound-for-pound recruit in the 2023 class out of Jimtown High School in Elkhart, Indiana. Most of his success came in freestyle, though, making the U20 United States World Team as a high schooler and winning the 2023 U.S. Open. Once in Stillwater, Carroll redshirted this past season while Konner Doucet started at heavyweight for the Cowboys. With two-time heavyweight All-American Wyatt Hendrickson transferring to OSU, Carroll was expected to drop to 197 to start as a redshirt freshman this upcoming season. He recently competed at 92 kg (about 203 pounds) at U23 Nationals earlier this week, finishing in third. Earlier this summer, Carroll won the 97 kg bracket at the Last Chance Olympic Team Trials Qualifier to earn a berth to the U.S. Olympic Team Trials. Carroll became the third Cowboy to enter the transfer portal this offseason and second since David Taylor was named head coach after John Smith’s retirement. Sammy Alvarez was the first and only starter from this past season to do so. Alvarez split time at 149 pounds before bolting for Rider after one season in Stillwater. AJ Heeg announced via X last week that he was transferring to Northern Colorado. On the flip side, OSU has added four from the portal, including multi-time All-Americans Hendrickson, Dean Hamiti and Cam Amine. ![]() Read this original article at Pistols Firing Blog.
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![]() Football recruiting is set to pick back up with the Cowboys starting a string of visits in June. But Oklahoma State is also adding to its target list by trying to flip a commitment from an SEC school. Arkansas safety commit Taijh Overton announced Wednesday that he added an Oklahoma State offer. Out of Mobile, Alabama, Overton committed to the Razorbacks in April.
Listed at 6-foot-2, 190 pounds, Overton is the No. 664 player in the 2025 class, per the 247Sports Composite rankings. That makes him the No. 49 safety in the class and the No. 28 player from Alabama. Along with his Arkansas and OSU offers, Overton has also announced offers to Florida State, Ole Miss, Missouri, UCF and others. As a junior in 2023 at Williamson High in Mobile, Overton compiled 116 tackles, nine tackles for loss, a pair of sacks, 19 pass breakups, three interceptions, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. It’s not often OSU goes as far east as Alabama on the recruiting trail, but it isn’t unheard of. Last cycle, the Cowboys went and plucked running back Jaden Allen-Hendrix out of South Carolina. The cycle before that, the Pokes went into SEC territory for another safety in Tywon Wray Jr., from Georgia. The Cowboys are off to a hot start in the 2025 cycle. OSU’s class of nine ranks 33rd nationally, according to 247Sports, which is good for fifth in the Big 12. The Pokes do, however, have a need for defensive prospects in the class, as the only defender committed at this point is Wichita linebacker Kyle Keya. A few 2025 defenders have put OSU in their top groups as of late. Four-star edge rusher Michael Riles put the Pokes in his top six in mid-May. Utah linebacker Nusi Taumoepeau placed OSU in his top five last week. Andthree-star defensive lineman Xavier Ukponu had OSU in a list of nine. ![]() Read this original article at Pistols Firing Blog. ![]() Change is inevitable in all college sports today, but that’s especially true in the Cowboy wrestling room since the 2023-24 season concluded. Oklahoma State essentially has an entirely new staff, besides Tyler Caldwell, after David Taylor replaced John Smith, who retired after leading OSU for 33 years. Despite all the staff turnover, though, the Cowboys lost only one starter from last season to the transfer portal but brought in some of the best talent the portal had to offer this offseason. With losing guys like All-Americans Daton Fix and Izzak Olejnik because of eligibility and gaining a trio multi-time All-Americans from elsewhere, readers continue to ask me what the Cowboys’ lineup could look like next season, so here’s a peek at what we could see five months from now when the David Taylor era begins. First, a quick look, then more details on each below. 125: Troy Spratley 125: Troy SpratleySpratley at 125 pounds seemed like a sure thing in this lineup even before the coaching change. He was OSU’s starter here all of last season as a redshirt freshman, falling short in the Blood Rounds at the NCAA Wrestling Championships. Spratley went 24-8, solidifying a spot in this lineup for awhile as long as he sticks around. 133: Cael HughesThis was OSU’s first hole to fill with five-time All-American Daton Fix exhausting his eligibility. Hughes could essentially be Fix 2.0, though, solely based on precollege accomplishments. Fix and Hughes are the last two wrestlers in the state of Oklahoma to finish their high school careers undefeated with four state titles. Hughes redshirted this past season after going 140-0 at Stillwater High School. With those accolades and the fact he spent all season scrapping with Fix, Hughes should be a solid young replacement for one of Cowboy Wrestling’s most beloved sons. 141: Tagen JamisonAnother spot that already seemed to be locked up after Jamison went 21-10 last season as a redshirt freshman. Jamison struggled at the NCAA Tournament as the first Cowboy eliminated after going 0-2, but he showed enough in his first full college season to have this spot going forward. 149: Jordan WilliamsWilliams had to fight for this spot last season with Sammy Alvarez, but ultimately won the job and went 17-9 as a redshirt freshman. Alvarez transferred to Rider after one season in Stillwater, but that doesn’t mean Williams couldn’t be challenged again. Carter Young was a two-year starter at 141 and should be fully healthy again, looking to start for a third season either here or at 141 again. 157: Teague Travis -or- Caleb Fish157 pounds starts an insanely deep three weights for the Cowboys. OSU was struggling mightily at 157 last season before Travis bumped up and took over. He ended up putting together a 23-8 record as a redshirt sophomore and seemed to have locked this spot going forward. However, OSU added three wrestlers from the transfer portal who competed at 165 last season. Those guys have to go somewhere, and that might be up or down. Caleb Fish transferred from Michigan State, where he was a three-year starter. Fish can technically still redshirt, but dropping to 157 might be his best chance at starting his first season in Stillwater. 165: Cam AmineThis will most likely be the first weight where we see a portal addition making an immediate impact and was also the only real unknown OSU had when the season ended with Olejnik exhausting his eligibility after an All-American finish in his lone season as a Cowboy. Of those three 165-pounders OSU added via the portal, Amine was the only one that committed after the Taylor hire and is also probably the best. Amine came from Michigan, where he competed at 165 every season and was a three-time All-American. Because of his size and accolades, Amine likely gets the job at 165, where the Cowboys are loaded no matter what happens. 174: Dean HamitiLike I said earlier, those other 165-pounders have to go down or up. Hamiti will likely make the jump to 174, where freshman Brayden Thompson started for OSU last season. That move would allow Thompson to redshirt before taking over again after Hamiti exhausts his final season of eligibility in Stillwater. Hamiti was a two-time All-American at 165 at Wisconsin, losing to Olejnik in the Blood Rounds last season to fall short of a third All-America finish. 184: Dustin PlottNo questions here. Plott was an NCAA finalist last season and was OSU’s only returning All-American before the portal additions. Let’s move on. 197: Christian Carroll -or- Luke SurberSurber is the returning starter here, but a move down to 197 seems likely for Carroll, if possible, after the addition of Wyatt Hendrickson. Surber was 13-9 during a season that was hindered by injuries last year. Surber is definitely no slouch and a solid option for any team, but there’s a lot of hype surrounding Carroll, who redshirted last season despite many believing he would immediately start at heavyweight. Carroll was the top pound-for-pound recruit in the country in the 2023 class. A talent like that usually finds a way into the lineup, even if it means cutting some weight. 285: Wyatt HendricksonWhat a finale this lineup will have. Konner Doucet was an NCAA qualifier for OSU here the past two seasons and went 21-11 last year, and though that makes him a solid choice, he’s not Wyatt Hendrickson. Hendrickson was one of the best talents in the transfer portal out of Air Force. He’s placed third at heavyweight at the NCAA Wrestling Championships the last two years. Hendrickson is a two-time Big 12 champion and has led the NCAA in falls the last three years, becoming the NCAA Most Dominant Wrestler in 2021 and ’22. If Carroll reaches his potential and the hype is real, the back half of OSU’s lineup next year could feature nothing but All-Americans by the time the season ends. The top half also includes young talent that could turn a corner and be just as dangerous. ![]() Read this original article at Pistols Firing Blog.
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