OSU in Good Shape in Big 12 Recruiting Rankings After Decommitment Wave

After a pair of Oklahoma State commitments made themselves former Oklahoma State commits recently (one in 2021 and one in 2022), the Cowboys still remain in good shape with respect to the rest of the Big 12 conference at large.

OSU checks in at No. 5 in the Big 12 in its 2021 class with exactly a dozen commitments despite the loss of 2021 outside linebacker Kolbe Fields, who appears to be eyeing Memphis. It looks good (not great, but good) on a per-player average, too, where OSU checks in at No. 6.

First up, a look at the official rankings, which at this point skews towards total points — and as a result, total commitments — as opposed to average player ranking, which is more indicative of how a class will finish.

When you measure this by average player ranking (chart below), OSU sits behind OU, Texas, West Virginia, Texas Tech and Baylor. I’d bet dollars to donuts that Tech drops in this metric, and more likely West Virginia will, too. Not a lot of surprises here but WVU being No. 3 is eye-opening (even if it’s not by much). OU lapping everyone also not particularly surprising.

OSU’s class remains solid because of its top-end strength with four-star receiver commit Bryson Green buoying the class and his twin brother, a three-star receiver, Blaine, is second on the list. 2021 linebacker Collin Oliver is third and Aden Kelley, who committed this past week, is fourth. (Oliver, Kelley and Ty Williams are four-stars at 247 but three-stars in the 247Sports Composite rankings.)

We’ll see if OSU can finish strong to 2021 but there’s still several months before signing day in December, and several big targets — including Logan Diggs, Cam’Ron Valdez, Bryce Stephens, Rejhan Tatum and Donovan Stephens — are all still very much in play and stand to potentially boost OSU’s profile in the cycle significantly.