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Oklahoma football: A look back at the 2015 recruiting class

By Christopher Dukes

NEW ORLEANS, LA - JANUARY 02: Dede Westbrook #11 of the Oklahoma Sooners is tackled by Stephen Roberts #14 of the Auburn Tigers during the Allstate Sugar Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on January 2, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LA - JANUARY 02: Dede Westbrook #11 of the Oklahoma Sooners is tackled by Stephen Roberts #14 of the Auburn Tigers during the Allstate Sugar Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on January 2, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) /
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SYRACUSE, NY – NOVEMBER 09: P.J. Mbanasor
SYRACUSE, NY – NOVEMBER 09: P.J. Mbanasor /

No. 20 – P.J. Mbanasor | cornerback | Original rank: No. 11

This 6-foot-1, 180-pound cornerback prospect came to Oklahoma with a ton of hype. He was from the same Pflugerville Hendrickson High School as Semaje Perine and chose the Sooners over powerhouses like LSU, Notre Dame and Ohio State. His biggest problem may have been getting thrown into the fire too early. He was burned frequently in his two early-season starts and never seemed to recover his confidence. He ended up redshirting the following year then transferring to Louisville. Here’s hoping for his sake he can continue to improve going into his senior year and live up to the potential everyone saw in him coming out of high school. Grade: Bust

No. 19 – Dahu Green | wide receiver | Original rank: No. 15

At 6-foot-4 and 175 pounds out of Dallas, Green was part of a taller crop of wide receivers recruited under Josh Heupel‘s last class. Green redshirted his first year at Oklahoma before finding the field in a backup role in 2016 before transferring to Arkansas State during the summer of 2017. Unfortunately he missed all of the 2018 season with a broken ankle. He’s hoping to make his mark in what will be his last chance in 2019. Grade: Bust

No. 18 – Ricky DeBerry | linebacker | Original rank: No. 2

This 6-foot-1, 235-pound prospect out of Virginia seemed very close to a can’t-miss talent coming out of high school He was big, fast and strong, but for some reason he never could quite fit into the Sooners’ scheme. He made one start and recorded five tackles before being moved to H-back with a chance to follow Dimitri Flowers as the Sooners’ next big, athletic pass catcher out of the backfield, but couldn’t beat out Carson Meier for the job. DaBerry went on to become a starter and major contributor at Towson. As a guy who managed to make a start and stay with the program long enough to grad transfer out, he grades out as a contributor. Still, one can’t help but wonder if his talents were fully utilized at Oklahoma.  Grade: Contributor

No. 17 – Will Sunderland | defensive back | Original rank: No. 3

A highly-touted homegrown (Midwest City, Okla.) defensive back talent, Sunderland is perhaps best remembered for a diving interception on the sideline against Texas in 2016. While the play showed the 6-foot-4 safety’s potential, it turned out to be the biggest play of his Oklahoma career as he would run into legal trouble the following offseason, the summer before he was projected to become a full-time starter. He has gone on to become a regular contributor at Troy and still has his senior year to live up to the big expectations he had coming out of high school. As for his evaluation in the 2015 retrospective, he did just enough to avoid the “bust” moniker. Grade: Contributor

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