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Oklahoma Lands Highly Touted DE From Kansas City

Class of 2023 defensive end Adepoju Adebawore announced his verbal commitment to the Sooners on Sunday.
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Oklahoma Lands Highly Touted DE From Kansas City
Oklahoma Lands Highly Touted DE From Kansas City

Oklahoma's July recruiting momentum carried into Sunday.

Kansas City defensive end Adepoju "P.J." Adebawore announced his commitment to the Sooners over Georgia, LSU, Missouri and Northwestern on Sunday afternoon.

The 6-foot-4, 240-pound defensive end is Oklahoma’s first defensive line commitment in the 2023 recruiting class.

Rated a 4-star recruit by both 247 Sports and Rivals, Adebawore is a versatile athlete who uses his explosive first step to blow by opposing offensive lineman.

Adebawore was a Class 5 First Team All-State selection last year, as he starred for North Kansas City High School.

Previously, Adebawore visited Norman during OU’s Champ U BBQ in June, and he was offered by Chavis and the Sooners back in February.

Adebawore is defensive ends coach Miguel Chavis' first pickup of the 2023 class, as the new position coach carried his strong showing from the final days of the 2022 class over into this recruiting cycle. 

Oklahoma’s 2023 class is now 14 players strong, and is up from No. 37 nationally just last week to No 11, per the 247 Sports team rankings

The class is headlined by standout quarterback Jackson Arnold. 

Adebawore joins safety Kaleb Spencer and linebackers Phil Picciotti and Samuel Omosigho as Brent Venables' defensive additions to the class so far. 

The standout defensive lineman is already Oklahoma's fifth verbal pledge of the month, and is OU's seventh recruiting win since offensive lineman Heath Ozaeta committed to the Sooners on June 27. 

Venables and Co. are not done yet this month either, as there are still a number of recruiting targets on OU's board who are scheduled to announce their own commitments before July turns to August. 

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Ryan Chapman
RYAN CHAPMAN

Ryan is co-publisher at Sooners On SI and covers a number of sports in and around Norman and Oklahoma City. Working both as a journalist and a sports talk radio host, Ryan has covered the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma City Thunder, the United States Men’s National Soccer Team, the Oklahoma City Energy and more. Since 2019, Ryan has simultaneously pursued a career as both a writer and a sports talk radio host, working for the Flagship for Oklahoma sports, 107.7 The Franchise, as well as AllSooners.com. Ryan serves as a contributor to The Franchise’s website, TheFranchiseOK.com, which was recognized as having the “Best Website” in 2022 by the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters. Ryan holds an associate’s degree in Journalism from Oklahoma City Community College in Oklahoma City, OK. 

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