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Malik Charles Gives Oklahoma State More Size at Defensive End

December 17, 2024
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STILLWATER – We told you Oklahoma State has been outbid on some of the transfer portal prospects that they’ve brought in. The staff had close to 800 prospects evaluated and ready to move on, so there is strength in numbers and finding good players that other schools don’t. The staff is hoping West Georgia defensive end Malik Charles is one of those. However, Charles’ offers included Texas Tech, Arizona State, Nebraska, Georgia Tech, California, Texas A&M, and Mississippi State. 

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The 6-5, 255 pound Charles was on on a vist at Oklahoma State from Sunday afternoon until Monday afternoon. The visit included full tour and meeting with the coaches. He met with head coach Mike Gundy and also did the photo shoot as well.

Charlies is a big defensive end but is athletic. Last season at West Georgia, he was part of a defense that limited opposing offenses to 364.8-yards per game total offense and 140.9-yards rushing with an average of just 3.5-yards per carry. Charles played all 11 games and had 33 tackles, 21 unassisted tackles, 10 tackles-for-loss (57-yds.) and seven sacks (50-yds. lost). He had two passes deflected and three quarterback hurries. 

He played at Northern Arizona as a freshman and played in 11 games with four total tackles and a tackle-for-loss.

Charles came out high school from the Arizona Compass Prep Academy, where he played football, basketball, and volleyball.

He has three years to play two seasons and he will be at the defensive end position with new coach Ryan Osborn.  

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Malik Charles Gives Oklahoma State More Size at Defensive End

2,137 Views | 10 Replies | Last: 2 hrs ago by RodeoPoke
NJAggie
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Welcome aboard Cowboy!!!
Joe Khatib
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Yup looks like we got him!
PokeSmot75
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Looks like a solid get. Just saw that Stribling signed with Ole Miss. Best of luck to him! Hopefully his final season plays out better than Sanders' did there.

Here's to hoping that this three-ring circus that is masquerading as college athletics will someday have a governing board or at least some regulations to put an end to this insanity.
Eddy Hackleman
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Good stuff...
TUSKAPOKE
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Welcome Cowboy! GO POKES!!!
RodeoPoke
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PokeSmot75 said:

Looks like a solid get. Just saw that Stribling signed with Ole Miss. Best of luck to him! Hopefully his final season plays out better than Sanders' did there.

Here's to hoping that this three-ring circus that is masquerading as college athletics will someday have a governing board or at least some regulations to put an end to this insanity.
sadly I think that armature hour is over forever, welcome to the new semi-pro league.

America does not like armature athletics, and the big problem for college athletics is that so many labor laws already exist that are beyond the reach of any "board".

The courts (and players) did this, and a governing board cannot change labor laws.

The best we can hope for, IMO, is that players will not be designated as employees (hmmm, or maybe that would actually be better cause then we could have a price list per position, as job grades currently are used for most of working America)

NJAggie
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RodeoPoke said:

PokeSmot75 said:

Looks like a solid get. Just saw that Stribling signed with Ole Miss. Best of luck to him! Hopefully his final season plays out better than Sanders' did there.

Here's to hoping that this three-ring circus that is masquerading as college athletics will someday have a governing board or at least some regulations to put an end to this insanity.
sadly I think that armature hour is over forever, welcome to the new semi-pro league.

America does not like armature athletics, and the big problem for college athletics is that so many labor laws already exist that are beyond the reach of any "board".

The courts (and players) did this, and a governing board cannot change labor laws.

The best we can hope for, IMO, is that players will not be designated as employees (hmmm, or maybe that would actually be better cause then we could have a price list per position, as job grades currently are used for most of working America)


Believe me I'm not in favor of them being employees and I dislike pro Sports unions, but they do seem to be the only legal way to cap the craziness. Nothing can fully cap NIL, but a bargaining agreement allows for a salary cap and can define NIL. It would also allow you to sign kids for multiple years if you got it in the contract. That would at least allow for schools with less money to be able to sign diamonds in the rough and get them for more than one good year.
PokeSmot75
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NJAggie said:

RodeoPoke said:

PokeSmot75 said:

Looks like a solid get. Just saw that Stribling signed with Ole Miss. Best of luck to him! Hopefully his final season plays out better than Sanders' did there.

Here's to hoping that this three-ring circus that is masquerading as college athletics will someday have a governing board or at least some regulations to put an end to this insanity.
sadly I think that armature hour is over forever, welcome to the new semi-pro league.

America does not like armature athletics, and the big problem for college athletics is that so many labor laws already exist that are beyond the reach of any "board".

The courts (and players) did this, and a governing board cannot change labor laws.

The best we can hope for, IMO, is that players will not be designated as employees (hmmm, or maybe that would actually be better cause then we could have a price list per position, as job grades currently are used for most of working America)


Believe me I'm not in favor of them being employees and I dislike pro Sports unions, but they do seem to be the only legal way to cap the craziness. Nothing can fully cap NIL, but a bargaining agreement allows for a salary cap and can define NIL. It would also allow you to sign kids for multiple years if you got it in the contract. That would at least allow for schools with less money to be able to sign diamonds in the rough and get them for more than one good year.


Right. Imagine what a crap show the NFL would be if it had multiple free agency periods in the same year including right before the playoffs, no contracts, and no salary cap??? Plus the amount you can spend on your team's salary is essentially what the fans of your team are willing to provide.

Well that is basically what we have now in college football. It's not sustainable.


Joe Khatib
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NJAggie said:

RodeoPoke said:

PokeSmot75 said:

Looks like a solid get. Just saw that Stribling signed with Ole Miss. Best of luck to him! Hopefully his final season plays out better than Sanders' did there.

Here's to hoping that this three-ring circus that is masquerading as college athletics will someday have a governing board or at least some regulations to put an end to this insanity.
sadly I think that armature hour is over forever, welcome to the new semi-pro league.

America does not like armature athletics, and the big problem for college athletics is that so many labor laws already exist that are beyond the reach of any "board".

The courts (and players) did this, and a governing board cannot change labor laws.

The best we can hope for, IMO, is that players will not be designated as employees (hmmm, or maybe that would actually be better cause then we could have a price list per position, as job grades currently are used for most of working America)


Believe me I'm not in favor of them being employees and I dislike pro Sports unions, but they do seem to be the only legal way to cap the craziness. Nothing can fully cap NIL, but a bargaining agreement allows for a salary cap and can define NIL. It would also allow you to sign kids for multiple years if you got it in the contract. That would at least allow for schools with less money to be able to sign diamonds in the rough and get them for more than one good year.
Bingo NJAggie, has to be set up like the NFL to rein it in!!!
RodeoPoke
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Joe Khatib said:


Bingo NJAggie, has to be set up like the NFL to rein it in!!!
But then, being set up like the NFL is never going to happen because college athletics is nothing like the NFL, aside from they both play football.

The NFL is a league of owners in business for personal profit, while the NCAA is largely an association of not-for-profit organizations. Aside from avoiding politics, the differences are enormous.

I don't have the answers, but it's much more complicated than simply saying "just do what the NFL does".

The NCAA is simply too large (too many schools) to be even closely managed like the NLF (ignoring for a moment the legal issues)

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