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RB Jaxsen Stokes Flips Commitment from Oklahoma to Cal

Class of 2027 running back Stokes had offers from Notre Dame, Oregon, Penn State and others
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Cal head coach Tosh Lupoi
Cal head coach Tosh Lupoi | Photo by Jake Curtis

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Cal head coach Tosh Lupoi has made another statement about his recruiting prowess.

Three-star running back Jaxsen Stokes has flipped his commitment from Oklahoma to Cal and is now headed to Berkeley for the class of 2027, according to Hayes Fawcett of Rivals/On3. Stokes confirmed the commitment on his twitter acount.

Stokes, who attends Sierra Canyon High School in Chatsworth, California, had committed to Oklahoma in November, but he has now changed his mind and is committed to the Golden Bears.

The 5-foot-9, 190-pound Stokes is the second running back recruit who has decommitted from the Sooners since DeMarco Murray left as Oklahoma's running backs coach to join the Kansas City Chiefs' coaching staff in February.

Stokes becomes the 10th player to commit to Lupoi and Cal for the class of 2027.

Stokes is ranked as the nation's 50th-best running back prospect in the class of 2027 by 247Sports Composite, and he has offers from Notre Dame, Oregon, Penn State, Tennessee, Miami, USC, UCLA and Stanford as well as Oklahoma.

As a junior this past season, Stokes rushed for 722 yards in nine games, averaging 6.6 yards per carry and scoring 12 touchdowns. He also caught 12 passes for 155 yards and two scores.

In 12 games as a sophomore in 2024, Stokes rushed for 542 yards and averaged 9.7 yards per carry while scoring nine rushing touchdowns. He had 37 receptions that season for 348 yards.

Stokes could play wide receiver in college, but he is likely to be a running back at Cal. He says he ran a time of 10.83 seconds in the 100 meters last year.

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JAKE CURTIS

Jake Curtis worked in the San Francisco Chronicle sports department for 27 years, covering virtually every sport, including numerous Final Fours, several college football national championship games, an NBA Finals, world championship boxing matches and a World Cup. He was a Cal beat writer for many of those years, and won awards for his feature stories.

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