Kobie McKinzie becomes 4th player to decommit Sunday from Oklahoma

Lubbock (Texas) Lubbock-Cooper four-star linebacker Kobie McKinzie became the fourth player to decommit from Oklahoma on Sunday after Lincoln Riley was hired away by USC.

“First of all I would like to thank the University of Oklahoma for recruiting me and allowing me to pursue my dreams at the next level,” McKinzie said Sunday night on Twitter. “With all of the coaching changes, and not being sure of who the next coach is going to be, I am going to decommit from the University of Oklahoma. This doesn’t chance how I feel about OU and Norman. They are both amazing.”

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— kobie (@kobiemckinzie26) November 29, 2021

The On3 Consensus – a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies – has Kobie McKinzie as the No. 181 overall recruit in the country.

His decommitment saw the Sooners drop from No. 6 to No. 7 in the On3 Consensus Team Recruiting Ranking. They now have 16 commits in the class.

The other three players to decommit from the Sooners are Los Alamitos (Calif.) Five-Star Plus+ quarterback Malachi Nelson, Miami Gardens (Fla.) American Heritage four-star wide receiver Brandon Inniss and Jacksonville Trinity Christian Academy four-star running back Treyaun Webb. All three are 2023 recruits.

Nelson is a particularly huge for loss for Oklahoma. He is the No. 3 player in the 2023 recruiting cycle and the No. 2 quarterback behind only New Orleans Isidore Newman’s Arch Manning.

“I want to start by thanking all the coaches and staff at OU for seeing enough in me and recruiting me to be a part of Sooner Nation,” Nelson told On3’s Hayes Fawcett. “One of the things that attracted me most to OU, other than the rich history and amazing fans, was the stability in the coaching staff and their ability to develop the QB position.”