Daily Bullets (Jan. 9): Cowboys Land Power Four Reinforcements, Hawkins a Top Freshman

Thanks for stopping by – here’s your daily dose of Oklahoma State sports news. 

OSU Bullets

•  Pokes stacked some solid recruits yesterday – a Romney that played linebacker at Arizona State, a tight end from LSU and another from Division II, a four-star receiver from the Big Ten, a starting offensive tackle from a Group of Five school, and a defensive lineman from Texas Tech (PFB) – Also, former Cowboy lineman Grant Seagren landed at Northwestern yesterday (X)

• ESPN has Caleb Hawkins as a top-five freshman in college football (ESPN)

• Former Cowboy defensive coordinator updates – Clint Bowen got a job coaching defense at North Alabama, Todd Grantham is running the defense at UAB, and Bryan Nardo a “senior assistant” at Minnesota (Football Scoop + X + Minnesota SB Nation)

• Love to see cornerback LaDanian Fields sticking in Stillwater (X)

• Carson and Colby talk on the latest podcast about players in the transfer portal (PFB)

• Could watch these Drew Mestemaker highlights all day: 

All of Drew Mestemaker’s TD passes in 2025 pic.twitter.com/Ifj65mMRuA

— Wilson F. Ball (@WillyFoosball) January 8, 2026

Non-OSU Bullets

• Main skill to have in 2026 – “critical ignoring” (of bad sources) • Maximizing your daily Bible reading (faith-based)