2026 Recruiting Class

Transitionary Period

UPDATE: 12.2.25 7:46pm — as expected, it was not great for North Texas. Eric Morris flipped his commits from NT to OSU early. As expected, Thorton, Farsee, Evans, Brown, Vehrs, and Wier all committed to Oklahoma State this morning. It was quick. AD Jared Mosley mentioned that it was expected, and the plan was that the new coach would build and aim for the portal.

---

It’s (early) National Signing Day.

The calendar is crazy, and coaches and staffs are moving all over the place. Existing staffs and new ones are vying for players all over — even the ones that are hard commits. Some offers are being pulled. Morris said this week, “I recognize that some guys were getting ready to sign at North Texas thinking I was going to be there.”

It’s a wide open time. “Not ideal is an understatement,” added Morris.

The out-going staff did well to build from the high school ranks. Landon Sides, Mestemakers, Wyatt Young, Caleb Hawkins, and others are (extremely) valuable members of the team. You can build via the HS ranks — especially as everyone is looking portal-first seemingly.

Again, here are the guys listed as ‘committed’ according to the major recruiting services that we expect or were expecting until Eric Morris accepted the job at Okie State, and Neal Brown took over yesterday:

• Jabarie Thorton - 247 - on3 - WR - Hewitt, TX - 5'10" 175lbs - Committed Nov 2
  
  Interestingly, he decommitted from Oklahoma State after Gundy’s firing. He hasn’t said anything publicly since Morris’ job change.
  

• Daniel Berry - 247 - on3 - WR - Plflugerville, TX - 5'9" 170lbs - Committed May 5
  
  He re-opened his recruitment on December 1. He previously had Texas State, Jax State and UTEP offers.
  

• O’Ryan Mosley - 247 - on3 - IOL - Houma, LA - 6'3" 320 - Committed June 23
  
  Flipped to Okie State.
  

• Broderick Vehrs - 247 - on3 - QB - Chandler, AZ - 6'0" 185lbs - Committed July 4
  
  He had some UNI, NAU offers. No change evident, but he had a lot of Morris-love tweets.
  

• Cason Applewhite - 247 - on3 - EDGE - Palestine, TX - 6'3" 230lbs - Committed June 24
  
  He had offers from UTSA and SFA. He hasn’t been super active on social media.
  

• Mark Brown - 247 - on3 - S - Corsicana, TX - 6'1" 190lbs - Committed June 21
  
  He had offer from Washington St, UTEP, and ULL. No word on his future.
  

• JT Weir - 247 - on3 - WR - Sammamish, WA - 5'9" 155lbs - Committed November 23 - JUCO
  
  He has a brother at Wazzu, had offers from Ball State, UIW, Kennessaw St.
  

• Jaqwon Evans - 247 - on3 - OT - Shawnee, OK - 6'5" 295lbs - Committed June 21
  
  All the Oklahoma guys are watched closely obviously, but the offer list is full of lower-level programs.
  

• Jerious Singletary - 247 - on3 - EDGE - Huntsville, TX - 6'1" 300lbs - Committed August 10
  
  He’s listed as a TE on 247, and an EDGE on rivals/on3. He had offers from Houston, stAte, and ULL. Also, Wazzu, TxSt, and UTEP. No indications on the job change affecting him.
  

• Damien Chisum - 247 - on3 - IOL - Texarkana, TX - 6'3" 275lbs - Committed April 17
  
  Baylor, smoo, Houston, Texas St are all interested. No indication he’s changing as of now.
  

• Nygel Farsee - 247 - on3 - DL - Little Rock, AR - 6'2" 305lbs - Committed June 21
  
  Arkansas State was interested, Alcorn State, Sac State as well. He still looks committed, and set his signing day for the 4th.
  

• KC Ekwu - 247 - on3 - OT - Sunnyvale, TX - 6'5" 300lbs - Committed August 10
  
  His twitter header is still an NT picture
  

• Jayden Flournoy - 247 - on3 - CB - 6'0" 182lbs - Committed November 23
  
  He flipped to Texas State.

  ---

I expect changes. Eric Morris had installed his GM in Oklahoma State for a week or so. Neal Brown was officially announced on the 2nd, and a front office staff is yet to be defined. I’m sure all of these conversations were being had at the moment.

On the Monday press conference with Jon Sumrall, he mentioned how he had talked with both the Tulane class and Florida class to try keep them where they were headed. Morris has already pulled commits from some Oklahoma State guys, while Louisiana Tech’s Sonny Cumbie mentioned this week that he was looking to re-open recruiting for guys he “finished second on.”

Throughout the day, MGN will update this post, the comments section, and for subscribers — the forum.