The Oklahoma Sooners have been adding to their 2026 recruiting class this week on the defensive side of the ball. The class currently sits at six commitments, with four on offense and two on defense.
But OU could be closing in on a second quarterback in this class. They’ve been heavily pursuing Celina (Texas) High School four-star QB prospect Bowe Bentley ever since new offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Ben Arbuckle arrived in Norman. On Saturday, the Sooners got good news on that front.
Bentley has reportedly narrowed his recruitment down to two schools, according to On3 Sports’ Hayes Fawcett. The Sooners are in his top two, along with the LSU Tigers. Bentley is On3’s No. 5 QB in the 2026 class.
Both the Sooners and the Tigers have great recent history with star collegiate and professional quarterbacks. In Norman, Jalen Hurts, Kyler Murray and Baker Mayfield combined for five conference titles and four trips to the playoffs in five years from 2015 to 2019. In Baton Rouge, Jayden Daniels and Joe Burrow won Heisman Trophies and have joined the OU trio as NFL star QBs.
Bentley is a 6-foot-2, 200-pound passer who led the Bobcats to an undefeated 16-0 season and a state championship in Texas’ UIL Class 4A-Division 1 as a junior in 2024. He was reportedly interested in Georgia as well, but after the Bulldogs landed Jared Curtis, there was no room for him in Athens. Now, he’ll choose between Oklahoma and LSU to begin his college football career.
Of course, if the Sooners do land Bentley (or even if they don’t) it could mean that the QB they currently have committed, Mustang (Oklahoma) High School’s Jaden O’Neal could end up elsewhere. O’Neal pledged to former OC/QBC Seth Littrell, but he’s stayed locked in with the Sooners.
But with Arbuckle’s heavy pursuit of Bentley, O’Neal has been looking around, at places like…
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Publish date : 2025-05-17 20:13:00
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