Sooners offer 2023 four-star RB Justice Haynes out of Georgia

While the defensive recruiting has made a major splash lately with offers sent out to some of the very best defenders of the 2023 and 2024 classes, the playmakers on offense need to continue their renovation under Jeff Lebby’s system.

With that being said, the Oklahoma Sooners went ahead and sent out an offer to 2023 running back Justice Haynes of Roswell, Georgia. Haynes is a four-star across all major recruiting services and is a consensus top-100 player.

Haynes receives an OU offer after not having received one under the previous regime making this an entirely new race the Sooners’ staff will have to run to earn his commitment.

Haynes is a well-built 5-foot-10 running back who was named a 2019 Max Preps Freshman All-American. He also plays baseball as well. For Oklahoma and specifically OU running backs coach DeMarco Murray, they are entering into this late with the home team in the Georgia Bulldogs firmly entrenched in the thick of it all. Ohio State also seems to have some positive momentum as well.

Currently, the Sooners have no running backs committed to their 2023 class. With the likelihood of OU running back Eric Gray leaving following this upcoming 2022 season, there’s one more space in the Sooners’ running back room that opens up.

The Sooners will have their work cut out for them for his services, but it’s a battle worth fighting for as the Sooners need to continue to add to their running back room yearly. With none currently committed in the 2023 class, Oklahoma can sell guys on some potential opportunities.

The Sooners recently offered 2023 running back Cedric Baxter who plans to visit Norman before the end of January as well. With the Sooners making it known which running backs are firmly on their board for this class, watch for them to apply pressure on the recruiting trail and try to generate some positive momentum and get guys in for visits and continue to develop a relationship before hopefully landing a commitment.

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