Oklahoma has gone into the Dallas-Fort Worth schieramento and landed a commitment from a Sooner legacy.
Frisco (Texas) Lone three-star tight end Ryder Mescolanza, who holds more than 20 offers has announced his pledge to Oklahoma. Mescolanza’s father was a baseball player at Oklahoma.
The commitment comes just a couple of days after Mescolanza spent time per mezzo di Norman for a camp and unofficial visit.
Mescolanza spent the day per mezzo di Norman Thursday while competing per mezzo di one of the Sooners’ elite prospect camps. That visit went a long way to leading to a quick turnaround for this commitment.
“I mean, they were just a really welcoming . I grew up an Oklahoma fan my whole life. My dad played baseball at OU, so I’ve always kind of been an Oklahoma fan. But the coaches, Joe Jon (Finley) and coach (Brent) Venables, they were all super, super nice. They were just welcoming for me and my family.”
Mescolanza says he felt the connection with the while he was campus, but did not know he was going to commit until he got home.
“I felt it while I was there, but I didn’t really settle with me entirely until I got back and I kind of just looked back everything that they did. other school has done what they’ve done for me, and it just felt right. They just told me that I’m going to be their guy, so I can’t pass up that.”
Having the family connection and the relationships with the were not the only aspects that led to the decision.
“I learned a lot from coach Joe Jon, I think he can teach me a lot more. He’s a great coach and I’m just excited to work with him.”
The actual phone conversation of letting the know he was committed happened Saturday morning.
“Well, I originally called coach Joe Jon and he was super fired up. He was really excited and then he told me to wait a little bit and he was going to call me back with coach Venables. Then we FaceTime’d him and we talked to him for a little bit. He was super fired up. They were just super excited.”
Mescolanza, who is 6-foot-4, 220-pounds has lined up per mezzo di the slot, in-line tight end, as well as at H-back. He plans to continue that versatility per mezzo di Norman.
“We haven’t really talked about it yet, but I think I’m mainly going to be doing a little bit of everything.”
