Just days after Bob Stoops’ stunning retirement as the Oklahoma head football coach, the Sooners landed an in-state player who had been committed to the Texas Longhorns.
BurntOrangeNation.com reported that defensive end Ron Tatum III from Putnam City High School in Oklahoma City on Monday tweeted that he had changed his commitment to the Sooners.
Tatum is rated as a 4-star recruit. He is the No. 77-ranked prospect in the class of 2018 by ESPN.
He is the first key commitment for new OU coach Lincoln Riley, named the Sooners head coach on June 7 with the announcement that Stoops was retiring after 18 years as Oklahoma’s head coach.