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Baker Mayfield Praises Recruit Who Quietly Flipped From Clemson to Oklahoma

Jaren Kanak was a highly-touted recruit in the 2022 class, originally set to play for Brent Venables on the Clemson defense. When Venables took the job at Oklahoma, his plans changed.

On Tuesday, Bob Przybylo of Sooner Scoop spotted Kanak's name in the University of Oklahoma student database. While no official change in commitment had been announced, it looked like a definitive sign that the four-star athlete out of Kansas was set to be a Sooner and not a Tiger.

Today, Kanak made that announcement official:

Mayfield left Texas Tech for Oklahoma after a year playing for the Red Raiders, enrolling at OU as a walk-on without any guaranteed spot under Bob Stoops.