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Busy Day in the West End Zone With Cowboy Football New Players Check-in Day

January 8, 2025
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STILLWATER – As I was doing my radio show this morning in Stillwater at Hometown Brand Center, there was a woman and a man, very athletic looking that came in shopping for appliances. A few minutes later Bobby Jones, part of the store ownership with his wife, Danielle, came over and passed me a note, “She is shopping for her son, the transfer quarterback from TCU. Okay, Hauss Hejny, who I ran into later and told him that I saw his mother shopping.

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Busy Day in the West End Zone With Cowboy Football New Players Check-in Day

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Joe Khatib
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Where is the DT transfer out of Virginia Robert?
cscotty7
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He's coming in this summer.
TUSKAPOKE
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Welcome Cowboys! GO POKES!!!
Orangeheart72
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RA it would be interesting to hear your take/guesstimate as to whether we're striking some cheaper gold in this recruiting class or if this is not on the surface much of if any upgrade. Seems based on pre-24 winning record our staff was pulling generally better talent or fits than most of the Big XII, based on outcomes (unless our fired coaching staff was out coaching everyone else all the time which seems doubtful). Again, I at least would like to hear your thoughts.
OSUPSYCHO
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I am really concerned about our center from Tulsa only being 5'3" lol
RodeoPoke
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OSUPSYCHO said:

I am really concerned about our center from Tulsa only being 5'3" lol
Yeah, at 5-3, 291, you should be concerned, I heard if you get him off balance on the rush, then you don't have to push him backwards, you just have to roll him from there LOL
72Cowboys
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RA- of the 22 starters in 2025, how many do you think will be from this years portal?
RodeoPoke
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72Cowboys said:

RA- of the 22 starters in 2025, how many do you think will be from this years portal?
Great O/U question.... I'm thinking possibly 7-8 (we have some good players to replace).

CB, S, LB (3), DE, WR, OL

it will be interesting to see what RA thinks, at this point (might know more after Spring).

QB? RB? DT?

Doug Gosney
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Zach or RA -(or anyone) good info, thanks. So with portal adds, Juco, and High school….what's our total "new faces" count so far. I think it's in the 40-45ish range? I know 22 portals thus far, and feel like the signing class was 18ish but can't remember if that included Juco pick ups or just HS players. Thanks.
CowboyKip
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Doug, GoPokes is reporting 44 new players reporting by June (so it includes the HS class and Juco's).
Doug Gosney
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Thank you!
Zach Lancaster
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Doug Gosney said:

Zach or RA -(or anyone) good info, thanks. So with portal adds, Juco, and High school….what's our total "new faces" count so far. I think it's in the 40-45ish range? I know 22 portals thus far, and feel like the signing class was 18ish but can't remember if that included Juco pick ups or just HS players. Thanks.
As of right now, they have 23 signings out of the transfer portal, which includes Jaylon "Trip" White out of Ole Miss, they've added six JUCOs and they've signed 16 HS kids. So, they're at 45 right now, which includes the HS signing of Jotavion Pierce from signing day and Isiah Kema, who was on his LDS mission the past two years.
Robert Allen
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The numbers you quoted would be wrong as there are 31 new players reporting right now. There are another 18 players expected in the summer including one portal arrival in DT Michael Diatta of Virginia. As of now there are a total of 48 new players that will most likely be part of the 105 heading into August.
Zach Lancaster
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Zach Lancaster said:

Doug Gosney said:

Zach or RA -(or anyone) good info, thanks. So with portal adds, Juco, and High school….what's our total "new faces" count so far. I think it's in the 40-45ish range? I know 22 portals thus far, and feel like the signing class was 18ish but can't remember if that included Juco pick ups or just HS players. Thanks.
As of right now, they have 23 signings out of the transfer portal, which includes Jaylon "Trip" White out of Ole Miss, they've added six JUCOs and they've signed 16 HS kids. So, they're at 45 right now, which includes the HS signing of Jotavion Pierce from signing day and Isiah Kema, who was on his LDS mission the past two years.

48, even better than 45.
Robert Allen
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I've got a special project coming that might better address starters and depth for the future.
On offense, you know Kawecki, likely Dotson will start on OL. Josh Ford at TE, The starting back will an incumbent and the QB could be unless it is Hejny and it could be. WR will have at least one incumbent at a slot.
Newbies could make up close to half of offense.

I would say similar on defense. I think both Portal linebackers will start. At least one corner. There will be so much more competition and that is what I think is really important.
Robert Allen
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I would love to sit here and tell you this is huge upgrade. I think it could be, but you have to see all of these guys settle in and compete. I know the evaluation was put in and it was extensive. They had a list they were working off of. Part of it was talent they saw that was available. Part of it is money too. There were some players they liked that they could not afford. You had to work off a budget. This is so much more like the NFL than previous college years.
Orangeheart72
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Robert, Zach......thanks for giving responses. Makes this board much better to have some question/response interactions!
72Cowboys
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RA- any word of the homeschool player Davis out of Dallas? 4.3 speed?
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