Could This Be Mike Gundy’s Best Recruiting Class Yet?

The Cowboys’ coaching and recruiting staff have been executing at an extremely high level this offseason.

Oklahoma State currently has the No. 25 recruiting class in the country, according to 247Sports, after seven prospects have announced their commitments to OSU just this month. That culminated in a big pledge from four-star defensive lineman Michael Riles last week to move OSU’s class up to 16 public commitments in total.

Recruiting is often a hot-button topic around the OSU ecosystem during the offseason. It’s hard to argue too hard about Mike Gundy’s systems because he often does well in the numbers that actually matter — wins — despite the recruiting numbers not always looking outstanding. But thus far in the 2025 class, there’s not much anyone could complain about.

Rankings and ratings will fluctuate over the coming months, but thus far in the cycle, OSU’s class ranks 25th nationally with an 87.49 average commit ranking, per 247Sports.

Since 2010, only one of OSU’s classes have finished in the top 25 nationally — OSU’s 2011 class that featured the likes of J.W. Walsh, Josh Stewart, Ryan Simmons, Desmond Roland, James Castleman, David Glidden and Alex Elkins. That class finished 25th nationally.

Scouting and evaluating has surely evolved since then, but OSU’s average commit rating for the 2011 class was 85.64. The average rating for the 2025 class, as of now, is 87.49.

That 1.85 difference might not seem immense, but let’s see what 247Sports says of it’s ratings.

87 – Any prospect found here usually has one key trait that signals long-term potential. The floor might be going to be lower than some of the prospects ranked ahead of them, but they have a higher ceiling than the prospects below them.

86-84 – These are the prospects that we don’t view as future NFL players, but can play – and start – at the Power 4 level. There will certainly be individuals that out play their projections, but this range is reserved for multi-year contributors and depth additions. [247Sports]

So, it’s not the difference in a first-round draft pick and a career backup, but 247Sports certainly sees a difference between 85 and 87.

OSU’s player rating average since 2010 is 85.97 — so basically an 86. If this 2025 class finishes in the 87s, it’ll be just the second time since 2010 that has happened, with the other time being OSU’s 2022 class. That 2022 class featured Ollie Gordon, Talyn Shettron, Garret Rangel, Cameron Epps, DeSean Brown, Braylin Presley, Jaleel Johnson and others. That class finished as the No. 29 class in the country.

That 2022 class ranked slightly ahead of this 2025 group in average rating — 87.61 to 87.49 — but, again, things will fluctuate as the summer and fall roll on.

All this is to say, let’s try our best to not overreact about a group of kids in the summer before their seniors years of high school. … But, the class OSU is putting together in this 2025 cycle seems like it could be one of Gundy’s best yet in terms of recruiting numbers.

OSU Classes Since 2010

OSU’s 2025 Class