OU basketball lands Derrion Reid, continues portal success

Just call OU basketball head coach Porter Moser… well, Portal Moser this offseason. Because whoever OU has been targeting as its top priorities, it has worked.

The Sooners have added their fourth transfer portal piece as former Alabama forward Derrion Reid has announced his commitment to OU.

Derrion Reid (Alabama, F, 3 seasons)

6-8, 220

6.0 points per game, 2.8 rebounds, 14.1 minutes

Another massive recruiting victory by Moser and the staff. Reid was a McDonald’s All-American coming out of high school and felt like he would be a cornerstone for the Crimson Tide.

After hitting the portal, it looked like it might be North Carolina State. But following a visit to OU last Tuesday, everything started to trend toward the Sooners.

OU kept working behind the scenes to make this happen. It felt like everything culminated over the weekend where you started to hear the whispers of the Wolfpack fading and Sooners surging.

Turns out that was indeed the case.

It will be interesting to see what OU chooses to do with Reid. He is someone who could be the power forward. There have been talks of him playing the wing position as well. Reid brings a lot of versatility. And a healthy Reid gives OU fans even more reasons to be excited.

Regardless of position, the Sooners were able to land an elite portal prospect, No. 1. And No. 2? Maybe get him for more than one season.

Reid has three seasons of eligibility. Could be a cornerstone going forward.

OU transfer portal additions

Xzayvier Brown (St. Joseph’s, G, 2 seasons)

6-2, 175

17.6 points per game, 5.2 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 42% FGs, 90% FT

Doesn’t matter that everybody knew this was coming for more than a week. There’s just a certain feeling of relief and excitement when it is actually announced. Brown was huge for St. Joe’s during his two seasons there, and he adds to what is already a pretty solid guard rotation. The belief remains his stepfather, Justin Scott, will be coming along, filling out the assistant coach spot vacancy. That has still not been announced by OU, but the dots keep connecting in the right direction. He was one of just five players nationally this past season to average at least 17.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game.

Nijel Pack (Miami, G, 1 season)

6-0, 185

13.9 points per game, 4.3 assists, 3.0 rebounds

Pack only played nine games last season for the Hurricanes. His departure from Kansas State to Miami was one of the benchmark moments in the portal/NIL. Pack was down to four schools with OU, KSU, Kansas and Indiana. He was leading the team in scoring averaging 13.9 points per game before injuring his foot Dec. 10 against Tennessee, and is expected to seek a medical hardship waiver to play his sixth season in college. In 122 games, he has knocked down 313 3-pointers while shooting just above 40 percent. Two in one day? That’s how you get on the transfer portal board. Pack and Davis committed the same day.

Tae Davis (Notre Dame, PF, 1 season)

15.1 points per game, 5.3 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 48% FGs

6-9, 208

A Power 4 transfer? Check. A big man Power 4 transfer? Oh yea, there was no way OU wasn’t going to at least make its pitch. Davis showed up at OU early in the process, and the Sooners made him a massive priority right from the jump. He started his career at Seton Hall and is someone who has shown the steady development and improvement with every season. OU has plenty of spots to fill in the frontcourt, and Davis is a tremendous starting point.

Davis scored in double figures in 27 of 33 contests in 2024-25 (including in 14 straight games). He had eight performances of 20-plus points. That included a career-high 27 points against Buffalo (made 12 of 13 free throw attempts) and at Georgia Tech (was 9 for 10 at the line). He also scored 26 points against Boston College. Davis scored 22 against national runner-up Houston. And he, after all, earned a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds against Dartmouth.