Oklahoma State Offers Trio of Offensive Line Prospects from North Carolina to Iowa

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Oh yeah, I’m writing this recruiting offer story from right across the street from Kinnick Stadium preparing for Oklahoma State vs. Iowa wrestling. Not too far from here in West Des Moines, Iowa Kyle Rakers is an All-State offensive lineman that is starting to attract a lot of recruiting attention in the class of 2024 and now that attention includes an offer from the Cowboys. Oklahoma State offensive line coach Charlie Dickey was on the phone quite a bit on Saturday as they expanded their offers for offensive line prospects to 13. That list now includes Raker as well as North Carolina native Kai Greer and Fort Smith Southside offensive tackle Kobe Branham. 

Rakers helped Dowling Catholic High School to the Class 5A semifinals with a 10-2 record and then earned Elite All-State honors from The Des Moines Register as well as All-State from The Des Moines Register and Iowa Print Writers Sports Association. He was also All-Conference and All-District. Rakers is also a 3.81 GPA student. 

Watching him he starts his blocking usually with a big blow and stymies the defender. He shows great hustle to block multiple defenders on many plays and is able to get downfield. Maybe the best part of his technique is his finish. He puts his targets away the vast majority of the time. 

The 6-4, 285-pound Rakers is athletic enough to be a tight end. He has offers now from Oklahoma State, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Miami (Ohio), Missouri, Nebraska, Northern Iowa, and UNLV.

Kai Greer is from Marvin Ridge High School in Waxhaw, N.C. The 6-6, 275-pound Greer is athletic and really locks up quickly on his targets and rarely loses them. He is also a big blow blocker on many plays stunning the defender and knowing them off their feet. 

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Kai Greer

The All-Conference, All-County, and All-State honoree has offers from Oklahoma State as well as Appalachian State, Boston College, Coastal Carolina, UConn, Duke, East Carolina, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Louisville, Marshall, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Penn State, Texas A&M, and Central Florida among others. 

Oklahoma State has actually had a player from Waxhaw in the past with deep snapper Marc Yerry of Weddington High School back in 2007.

The “no brainer” offer was Kobe Branham of Fort Smith Southside in Arkansas. Branham is a big man at 6-6 and 320-pounds. He is a force and an emerging prospect that has amazing feet. He is big, but he is mobile as he specializes in going side to side and locking up with defenders as well as pulling or going downfield on screens to lay out defenders. 

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His offer list is growing with Oklahoma State joining Air Force, Central Arkansas, Charlotte, and Texas A&M. The Power Five duo of Oklahoma State and Texas A&M tells you a lot and insures his list will grow as those are two of the schools well known for evaluations. Both the Cowboys and Aggies have show they will go out of their region and offer prospects that haven’t garnered a lot of offers from other schools early.