Oklahoma Sooners NFL Draft Prospects

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Oklahoma leans on an elite defense and Mateer's return

Oklahoma turned a season that began under pressure into one of its most rewarding in recent memory, finishing 10-3 and 6-2 in the SEC and reaching the College Football Playoff, where the Sooners hosted a first-round game before falling to Alabama 24-34. Brent Venables, once squarely on the hot seat, coached his way into the bracket and enters his fifth year in Norman with far more security than he carried twelve months ago.

The defining question of the offseason is the health of quarterback John Mateer. His 2025 split neatly into before and after a hand injury that required surgery in late September, and the drop-off was stark: Oklahoma failed to top 400 total yards in any game once he went under the knife. With the same coordinators, the same starter, and a defense expected to stay among the nation's best, the Sooners believe a healthy Mateer is the piece that lifts them from playoff qualifier to genuine contender.

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RANK	Player	Pos	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
23	David Stone	DT	312lbs	6-3	4.90	3	23.3	86.9 MORE>>	David Stone was a consensus five-star recruit who played two seasons at Del City High School in Oklahoma before finishing at IMG A...
112	Peyton Bowen	S	200lbs	6-0	4.45	24	98.8	84.6 MORE>>	Peyton Bowen grew up in Corinth, Texas, and starred at Guyer High School alongside future Oklahoma quarterback Jackson Arnold, mak...
145	Isaiah Sategna III	WR	185lbs	5-10	4.42	22	144.8	83.0 MORE>>	Isaiah Sategna III comes from track royalty: his mother, Dahlia, ran on Jamaica's 4x100 relay at the 1992 Olympics, and his father...
152	Taylor Wein	DL	270lbs	6-4	4.65	24	119	82.7 MORE>>	A four-star out of Nolensville High near Nashville, Wein piled up thirteen sacks as a senior and signed with Oklahoma, then waited...
157	Jayden Jackson	DT	310lbs	6-2	4.95	27	143	82.4 MORE>>	Defensive MVP of IMG Academy's 2023 unbeaten season, Jackson anchored a front the year before that surrendered just three points p...
181	Eli Bowen	CB	185lbs	5-9	4.38	45	190	81.4 MORE>>	Out of Guyer High in the Dallas suburb of Corinth, Bowen signed with Oklahoma as a three-star cornerback and joined his older brot...
243	Adepoju Adebawore	DL	265lbs	6-4	4.74	43	249.5	79.9 MORE>>	Growing up in Kansas City with Nigerian roots, Adepoju Adebawore became a consensus five-star recruit, ranked ninth nationally in ...
320	Rocky Beers	TE	240lbs	6-5	4.64	17	306	76.0 MORE>>	Rocky Beers had 14 catches, 261 yards and three scores in his senior season at Valor Christian High School in Colorado. His sister...
327	John Mateer	QB	224lbs	6-1	4.65	25	290	75.0 MORE>>	Hailing from Little Elm, Texas, John Mateer threw for 7,060 career yards and 66 touchdowns at Little Elm High School, earning Dist...
348	Danny Okoye	DL	260lbs	6-3	4.68	58	323	74.5 MORE>>	Danny Okoye was a homeschooled four-star prospect in Tulsa and the top-ranked player in Oklahoma in the 2024 class. He made 21 tac...
349	Kip Lewis	LB	226lbs	6-1	4.62	41	335.5	74.4 MORE>>	Kip Lewis won state titles as a sophomore and junior at Carthage High School in Texas and made 108 tackles, 20 tackles for loss an...
390	Owen Heinecke	LB	226lbs	6-1	4.62	48	383.5	73.1 MORE>>	A zero-star recruit out of Bishop Kelley High School in Tulsa, Heinecke played running back and safety and earned District 5A-II...
395	Ivan Carreon	WR	238lbs	6-6	4.50	54	407.5	73.0 MORE>>	Ivan Carreon left Odessa High School in Texas as the school's career leader with 192 catches for 3,315 yards and 40 touchdowns. Ra...
416	Reggie Powers III	S	212lbs	6-0	4.57	86	431	70.4 MORE>>	Reggie Powers III earned first-team All-Ohio honors in 2023 at Centerville High School, piling up 82 tackles, with 7.5 for loss, d...
479	Cole Sullivan	LB	230lbs	6-4	4.60	65	573.5	67.1 MORE>>	A three-star out of Central Catholic in Pittsburgh, Sullivan picked Michigan over sixteen offers, including Notre Dame, Duke, Stan...
526	Dakoda Fields	CB	205lbs	6-1	4.40	108	502.5	64.7 MORE>>	Dakoda Fields grew up in Compton, California, and starred at Junipero Serra in Gardena, finishing his senior season with 42 tackle...
599	Jacobe Johnson	CB	210lbs	6-2	4.52	142	681.5	60.9 MORE>>	Jacobe Johnson was the top prospect in Oklahoma and No. 46 nationally per ESPN at Mustang High School. His senior year included 39...

RANK	Player	Pos	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
34	R Mason Thomas	DE	241lbs	6-2	4.67	14	46.7	86.2 MORE>>	Harvey Thomas played defensive end at Florida in the early 1990s, and his son R Mason Thomas took that same pass-rushing DNA to Ca...
92	Deion Burks	WR	180lbs	5-10	4.30	19	84.2	84.7 MORE>>	Deion Burks was a three-star recruit out of Belleville High School in Michigan, where he posted 35 catches for 819 yards and 12 to...
128	Gracen Halton	DL	293lbs	6-3	4.82	29	99.1	83.7 MORE>>	Gracen Halton came out of St. Augustine High School in San Diego as a consensus four-star recruit, a two-way player who racked up ...
178	Febechi Nwaiwu	OG	319lbs	6-4	5.32	50	222.5	81.5 MORE>>	Febechi Nwaiwu walked on at North Texas in 2021 without a single star next to his name from Rivals, ESPN, or 247Sports. No scholar...
236	Jaren Kanak	TE	234lbs	6-2	4.52	26	281.8	80.0 MORE>>	Jaren Kanak was born in Hays, Kansas, where he became a school legend at Hays High School. Standing 6'2" and weighing 233 poun...
238	Robert Spears-Jenni...	S	205lbs	6-2	4.32	50	188.4	79.9 MORE>>	A consensus four-star recruit out of Broken Arrow High School, Robert Spears-Jennings was rated among the top 12 safeties nation...
250	Jaydn Ott	RB	208lbs	5-11	4.46	17	206.2	79.8 MORE>>	Two high school stints, one at Bishop Gorman in Las Vegas and the other back home in Norco, California, shaped Jaydn Ott's recruit...
347	Marvin Jones Jr.	LB	245lbs	6-5	4.69	46	345.3	75.0 MORE>>
364	Damonic Williams	DL	305lbs	6-2	5.25	69	298	74.2 MORE>>
400	Kendal Daniels	S	242lbs	6-5	4.76	68	284.8	73.4 MORE>>	Kendal Daniels from Beggs High School was rated a 4-star recruit by ESPN and handed a 4-star grade by 247 Sports. Following high ...

RANK	Player	Pos	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
85	Danny Stutsman	LB	241lbs	6-4	4.52	10	89.2	84.6 MORE>>	A former high school two-way star who racked up over 3,000 all-purpose yards and 43 touchdowns while terrorizing offenses with 333...
113	Billy Bowman Jr.	S	200lbs	5-10	4.42	22	81.1	83.5 MORE>>	A ball-hawking dynamo from Denton, Texas, Billy Bowman Jr. has been a defensive playmaker since his high school days at Ryan HS. T...
222	Luke Elzinga	P	229lbs	6-4	4.90		425	78.9 MORE>>	A towering presence at 6'4" and 229 pounds, Luke Elzinga has steadily climbed the ranks from a two-star recruit at Grand Rapids Ch...
290	Ethan Downs	DE	265lbs	6-4	4.69	67	288.8	75.2 MORE>>	Downs made his mark out of small-town Oklahoma as a versatile athlete who dominated at Weatherford High, putting up 238 career tac...
422	Woodi Washington	CB	195lbs	5-11	4.57	93	465	67.0 MORE>>	Woodi Washington from Oakland Patriots High School was rated a 4-star recruit by ESPN and handed a 4-star grade by 247 Sports. Fo...
432	Trey Morrison	DB	189lbs	5-9	4.50	85	432	65.0 MORE>>	Trey Morrison from Greater Atlanta Christian High School was rated a 3-star recruit by ESPN and handed a 3-star grade by 247 Spo...
492	Trace Ford	DL	246lbs	6-2	4.64	102	575.5	57.0 MORE>>	Trace Ford from Santa Fe High School was rated a 3-star recruit by ESPN and handed a 4-star grade by 247 Sports. After high schoo...

RANK	Player	Pos	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
31	Tyler Guyton	OT	322lbs	6-8	5.19	9	33.4	87.5 MORE>>	Tyler Guyton from Manor High School was rated a 3-star recruit by ESPN and handed a 3-star grade by 247 Sports. Following high sc...
162	Walter Rouse	OG	313lbs	6-6	5.30	44	172.8	81.1 MORE>>	Born on March 9th in Silver Spring, Maryland, Walter Rouse quickly established himself as a presence on the offensive line at Sidw...
273	Andrew Raym	C	314lbs	6-4	5.42	55	246.3	76.0 MORE>>	Andrew Raym from Broken Arrow High School was rated a 4-star recruit by ESPN and handed a 4-star grade by 247 Sports. Following h...
362	Rondell Bothroyd	DL	275lbs	6-3	4.80	82	462	73.2 MORE>>	Rondell Bothroyd from E. O. Smith High School was rated a 3-star recruit by ESPN and handed a 3-star grade by 247 Sports. After h...
371	McKade Mettauer	OG	311lbs	6-4	5.50	95	433.5	73.0 MORE>>	McKade Mettauer from The Woodlands High School was rated a 3-star recruit by ESPN and handed a 3-star grade by 247 Sports. Follow...