Oklahoma State 2025 Class National Signing Day: Linebackers

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 are the profiles of the linebackers in the Cowboys’ recruiting class.

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Carl’Veon Young, LB, 6-4.5, 215, Midwest City (Carl Albert), Okla.

Who: Young is a late developing defensive powerhouse for one of the best defenses seen in recent memory in the Oklahoma preps ranks. This is amazing and I have hardly ever seen this, Young went from being unranked in October to being rated a four-star prospect by 247Sports on Dec. 2. His size and athletic ability give him the versatility to attack the backfield, to spy a player, and to drop back and be effective in pass coverage. “We have a lot of good players,” Carl Albert head coach Mike Dunne told me in warmups before the playoff game with Midwest City. Dunne, a veteran coach, knows talent and the Titans program has had so much. “Carl’Veon is very talented, and he may have the most potential of any of our players. He has not played his best football, and he is capable of being very, very good.”

What: Young has 62 tackles now and this defense has rarely had to play deep into games. Often, they are on the sidelines resting and staying healthy by the middle of the third quarter. Young has 48 unassisted tackles and 10 tackles-for-loss with two sacks, an interception, and a fumble forced. 

Why: Oklahoma State kept evaluating him and even sent his tape off to a pair of veteran NFL defensive coaches that came back with the same opinion that he was the player they would want. Oklahoma State offered, Young visited, and then committed.

How: Good decision making on the part of the recruiting staff and head coach Mike Gundy liked what he saw. The Cowboys made a decision on Young and acted quickly. Linebacker analyst Justin Gordon was one of the people that pushed Young’s profile.