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Talented Safety Names Oklahoma in Top Five

Zion Branch, high school teammate of OU commit Jake Taylor, named the Sooners into his top five on Saturday.
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Talented Safety Names Oklahoma in Top Five
Talented Safety Names Oklahoma in Top Five

Alex Grinch and Roy Manning made the cut for one of the nation's top safeties. 

Zion Branch, a 6-foot-2, 190-pound 4-star safety named Oklahoma into his top five alongside Alabama, Clemson, USC and Ohio State via On3 Sports' Hayes Fawcett on Twitter.

Branch plays alongside OU's most recent commit, offensive tackle Jake Taylor, at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, NV.

Bishop Gorman is also the alma mater of former Sooner great and current running back coach DeMarco Murray. 

The Sooners currently have three defensive backs committed in Jayden Rowe, Xavion Brice and Robert Spears-Jennings. 

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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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