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Reports: Oklahoma Pulls Offer From Juco DE

Laine Jenkins was a late addition to the Sooners' class of 2023, but when he took a visit to Illinois, the OU coaching staff rescinded their scholarship offer.
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Brent Venables' policies are firm.

He proved that again this weekend when Oklahoma apparently rescinded its scholarship offer to 2023 junior college defensive end Laine Jenkins.

Jenkins committed to OU on May 16, but then arranged a visit to Illinois.

Venables has a hard policy about prospects visiting other schools after a verbal commitment is made. It reportedly happened last year with 4-star wide receiver Ashton Cozart, who committed to the Sooners, then took a visit to Oregon, then had his OU offer pulled. Cozart ended up signing with the Ducks.

The same thing has now happened to Jenkins.

OU Insider reported on Friday that coaches were not thrilled about Jenkins scheduling a visit as Illinois continued to recruit him. Both schools offered on May 16.

A source told AllSooners on Monday that the offer had been pulled, although OU Insider indicated there were other complications at play. 247 Sports put in a prediction Monday that Jenkins will commit to the Illini.

The 6-foot-6, 255-pound Jenkins is a 3-star prospect by 247 Sports, the No. 44 overall juco player in the country and the No. 3 junior college edge rusher.

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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