Oklahoma State 2025 Class National Signing Day: Running Back
STILLWATER – It’s National Signing Day here in Stillwater! Mike Gundy and Co. have made several late pushes to get the 2025 recruiting class’ numbers back up close to 20. That number includes multiple late JUCO additions to go with the high school prospects who have been committed to the program.
As we do every year here at Pokes Report, we have the most extensive recruiting profiles of the Cowboy signees.
Below is the profile for the Cowboys’ lone running back commit, DeJuan ‘DJ’ Dugar.
DeJuan Dugar, RB, 6-1, 205, Leander (Tom Glen), Texas
Who: One of the top running back prospects in Texas, but there is a twist with Dugar. He had transferred from Tom Glen High School in Leander to Pflugerville Weiss for his senior season, but then he decided not to play football this past fall. The decision was made after he saw his friend and teammate quarterback Jax Brown tear his ACL in an August scrimmage.
"I took (Brown's injury) as a sign from God to sit out my senior year," Dugar told the Austin American-Statesman newspaper. "It's a gut feeling."
What: Dugar went back to Tom Glen to got to school. Playing varsity football since his freshman season on a not-so-loaded team, Dugar had proved plenty. He broke in with a tremendous season and over 880-yards rushing as a freshman and earned District 13-5A Offensive Newcomer of the Year honors. He went on to be a back-to-back All-District player. Last fall he had 198 carries for 1,510-yards and 18 rushing touchdowns. His three-year totals so far are 533 carries for 3,824-yards and 48 touchdowns.
Why: Dugar is a talented running back and has plenty of size, speed, and athletic ability to build on. Oklahoma State will be losing Ollie Gordon II to the NFL and you need a talented running back in every class. With Dugar and provided the other backs return and Oklahoma State has a good running back room.
How: Running backs coach John Wozniak has recruited his room well and Dugar was one of two backs that stood out to Wozniak. The Cowboys had to battle Arkansas, California, Houston, Kansas State, Memphis, Michigan State, Missouri, Oregon State, Tcu and others on Dugar.