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Oklahoma football: Sooners’ 2022 recruiting cycle critical to future success

Apr 24, 2021; Norman, Oklahoma, USA; Oklahoma Sooners head coach Lincoln Riley speaks with the team after the spring game at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports

Oklahoma football recruiting is always integral to the program’s continued success. That’s why the 2022 cycle is a pivotal building block looking out the next two to three years.

Since Lincoln Riley became head coach in 2017, Oklahoma has had top-10 recruiting classes in three of the last five cycles. In the five years previous to that, the Sooners had no classes ranked in the top-10 nationally.