Oklahoma Leads Early Race for 2028 Four-Star Receiver Dedrick Kimbrough

What Happened

Oklahoma is the early favorite to land four-star wide receiver Dedrick Kimbrough, a member of the 2028 recruiting class from Alabama. Rivals recruiting expert Steve Wiltfong has logged a prediction for the Sooners. Kimbrough holds an offer from Alabama and is also high on Notre Dame, Florida and Miami. Oklahoma wide receivers coach Emmett Jones has led the Sooners’ recruitment, with Jim Nagy also involved. Kimbrough’s recruitment remains open, and no official school comment was included in the supplied material. Oklahoma is pursuing him as part of a broader effort to add and develop high school playmakers.

Why It Matters

• A Kimbrough commitment would give Oklahoma an early four-star piece for its 2028 receiver group instead of relying on the transfer portal for every key playmaker.
• The recruitment gives Emmett Jones and Jim Nagy another chance to build Oklahoma’s receiver room through high school development.
• Alabama, Notre Dame, Florida and Miami remain part of the recruiting picture, so Oklahoma’s current lead carries limited weight this early.

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Oklahoma gets credit for building an early relationship with Kimbrough and for making high school development part of the roster plan. The task now is maintaining that lead through a long 2028 cycle while competing with Alabama, Notre Dame, Florida and Miami. This moves Oklahoma to the front of the line, not across the finish line. The next test is whether Kimbrough continues to place the Sooners ahead of those other programs in future recruiting updates.(Josh has not yet commented.)

What's Next

• A future 2028 recruiting update on Kimbrough’s visits or continued school preferences; no date was provided in the supplied material.