4-star EDGE Danny Okoye sets Texas official visit

Tulsa (Okla.) NOAH Homeschool four-star EDGE Danny Okoye is taking an official visit to Texas from June 16-18. He announced the news on Sunday over Twitter.

Okoye is the No. 168 overall prospect and No. 10 EDGE in the 2024 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He is also the No. 1 player in Oklahoma.

On3 rates Okoye higher than other recruiting services, according to the Industry Comparison. Per the 2024 On300, he is the No. 63 overall prospect and No. 6 EDGE in the country.

The 6-foot-5, 230-pound pass rusher included the Longhorns among his top 10 schools. Alabama, LSU, Texas A&M, Colorado, Tennessee, Oregon, Georgia, Nebraska and Oklahoma are the others.

“It’s really going to be the environment and how I can see myself fitting into it,” Okoye told On3’s Chad Simmons on May 20. “The players are important, the coaching staff and the way the staff is communicating with the athletes that are on campus and the way the coaches are talking to the other recruits who might be there along with me. I am also looking at the scheme that the coaches talk about having me in defensively. There are a lot of different factors that I’m going to have weigh and see whether or not I can see myself being in that program for four years once I graduate.”

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Texas’ 2024 recruiting class is currently No. 48 in the 2024 On3 Industry Team Recruiting Rankings and No. 14 in the SEC. The Longhorns’ group contains three players: Houston (Texas) Clear Lake four-star cornerback Hunter Moddon, Cypress (Texas) Cy-Fair three-star quarterback Trey Owens and Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) St. Thomas Aquinas three-star kicker Michael Kern.

“I like the coaches who show interest in me and they care enough about me as an athlete to tell me how they would use me, not just that they need me,” Okoye said. “A lot of people say, ‘Oh, we need you on our defense. We see you as a good athlete.’ But then you ask them, ‘Okay, what kind of defensive scheme, what kind of situations would you put me in where I can make an impact on your team?’ Once you ask them that, they don’t really have a fast answer.

“So, I like a coach who knows what he wants from me and can give me a task to execute without me having to go in there and wonder what I have to do to make an impact.”