Four-star athlete Jaquayln Crawford (Rockdale, TX) visited the Oklahoma Sooners for the first time this weekend, and came away very impressed.
“I had a great time,” Crawford said, via 247sports. “I loved it -- it was a great experience and I loved it. They let me know how much they wanted me, and I have a great interest in them. I was the first visitor to see their new facilities and that means a lot to me. It is not totally done yet, but what I saw was pretty cool.
“Coach, Dennis Simmons and Coach Lincoln Riley are good guys and they spent a lot of time telling me how they are going to use my assets. It was good to get a good feel how they work with guys year around, and I also got a good feeling how they work with guys academically as well. Just being around the facilities was great."
Crawford plays all over the field for his high school team, and while some schools are recruiting him as a cornerback, he wants to play receiver - and that's what the Sooners want him to be.
“I want to play offense and OU is recruiting me to play receiver. Coach Riley has told me that once I get established at receiver at OU, that if I want to play corner too, or if they need me to also play corner, that he wouldn’t care if I went both ways. That was pretty cool to because I just want to play and whatever they want me to do I'll do. If they felt it was quicker for me to get on the field by playing defense then I would play defense, but they are talking to me about playing receiver, and I feel that's my best position.”
As a junior, Crawford caught 54 passes for 1,133 yards and 14 touchdowns, while adding three more rushing touchdowns. He also returned three kicks (two punts, one kickoff) for scores.
Crawford said Texas and Oklahoma are the two schools he is most interested in, but "got a great feeling" about the Sooners during the visit.
The 5-foot-10, 161-pounder is ranked as the No. 8 athlete and No. 197 overall prospect in 247sports' Composite Rankings.
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