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Oklahoma Sooners Football Recruiting: Illinois presents an interesting recruiting storyline

The Oklahoma Sooners made a splash in St. Louis in the 2018 recruiting cycle, earning signatures from blue-chip defensive linemen Ronnie Perkins (Lutheran North) and Michael Thompson (Parkway North). That momentum appeared to be carrying over into the 2019 class in a big way, but OU may be facing a temporary roadblock in the form of an unlikely recruiting foe — the Illinois Fighting Illini. This became abundantly clear on Friday morning when five-star athlete and OU target Isaiah Williams released this video on Twitter:

Now, part of what came into play here is that he’ll apparently be getting a look at QB, but the biggest factor here is a man by the name of Cory Patterson.