Cowboys Down & Dirty Linemen Camp Sees Two Young Standouts, Kysar Offered

STILLWATER – The camp season for Oklahoma State football continued on Tuesday (June 7) with the annual Down & Dirty Lineman Camp and while there seemed to be more Division I prospects on the defensive side of the ball the different levels of college coaches participating were all finding players they liked. Overall, the camp had a record attendance of close to 200 linemen in the classes of 2023 to 2026.

Oklahoma State offensive line coach Charlie Dickey was anxious to see Jenks offensive tackle Landon Zaldivar. The big tackle has improved his footwork and he looked good during his reps at the camp. However, it was some younger defensive end prospects that kind of stole the show.

Two of the juniors (class of 2024) defensive ends were moved over to face competition from the senior offensive linemen and that duo kept winning one-on-one competition there like they did with the players in their own class.

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Bergin Kysar celebrated his birthday at Lineman Camp. OSU offers.

Pokes Report first told you about Edmond Santa Fe defensive end and tight end Bergin Kysar last week. We called him our top Oklahoma recruit for 2024. We found another on Tuesday, but Kysar was one of the juniors that was moved up and the 6-4, 230-pounder was celebrating his 17th birthday at the camp. His mom Kim Kysar told us he said there was no place he’d rather be on his birthday than football camp. He had been invited by the Oklahoma State staff after they saw him Sunday at the mini camp.

“I loved the camp and I learned a lot,” Kysar said. “I thought I displayed my skills very well today, especially on the senior side.”

He did and this was the message on Twitter shortly after the camp ended.

Another junior that moved up was Tulsa NOAH (home schooled) defensive end Daniel Okoye.

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Okoye looks intimidating.

He was tremendously athletic and played very physical. He appears to be about 6-5 and 220-pounds. Okoye told us that he was at Jenks, took a year off from football and came back with NOAH. He is actually schooled online and not home schooled, but NOAH gives him a chance to show his football skills, which are immense.

Following the camp, Okoye was offered by the Pokes’ coaching staff.

The Cowboys also offered 2023 linebacker Poasa Utu out of Kennedale (TX) High School, marking Utu’s first Power 5 offer.

Utu is of Polynesian decent and is being recruiting by Beni Tonga and Joe Bob Clements. This past season as a junior, Utu recorded 97 total tackles, 41 tackles for loss, including 19 sacks, 37 quarterback hurries, two fumble recoveries and one interception.

Finally, a good friend and former Oklahoma State All-Big Eight defensive tackle Stacey Satterwhite was there with his sophomore to be son, Reece. Reece was a standout as a freshman at this camp last summer and this past season he was a starter both ways for Miami and was also a state champ in powerlifting. Oklahoma State coaches moved him up from the sophomores to work with the juniors and he was winning the battles. Look for Satterwhite to keep progressing and he is a strong Oklahoma State legacy.

Pokes Report will have stories on all three players, Kysar, Okoye, and Satterwhite as we spoke to all three after the camp. We also have a story coming up on Landon Zaldivar.