Oklahoma lands commitment from defensive lineman Floyd Boucard

Oklahoma’s journey into the SEC is complete, and in less than two months, the Sooners will take the field as SEC members. To prepare for the challenges ahead, Oklahoma had to become a better defensive unit. The most important part of this process was improving how the program recruited along the offensive and defensive lines.

Brent Venables and his defensive line coach, Todd Bates, have entirely different views of what their defensive lines need to look like, and their view matched the defensive lines you see across the SEC.

Teams need size up the middle at the point of attack to disrupt opponents’ efforts to run the ball or sit in the pocket to pick defenses apart in the passing game.

The Sooners continue to recruit the types of defensive linemen necessary, and it makes perfect sense why the Sooners pursued and ultimately earned a commitment from Rivals four-star defensive lineman Floyd Boucard.

Boucard hails from Canada but played his junior season at Mobile Christian in Alabama, where he registered 85 tackles, 27 tackles-for-loss, and 11 sacks. He plans to play for Miami Central High School in Florida for his senior year.

He has a non-stop motor and moves very well for someone who checks in at 6 feet, 3 inches and 315 pounds. He has terrific burst off the snap, and he could be a difference-maker lined up as a nose tackle, defensive tackle and even defensive end in three-man alignments.

His recruitment has seen a number of twists and turns. USC, Alabama and Miami all led at one point. Ultimately, Todd Bates and the Oklahoma Sooners earned the last laugh.

In the lead-up to his commitment, Boucard shared his favorite parts of being recruited by the Sooners. “The coaching staff has shown much love,” Boucard said. “I also like how they want to use me in their scheme.”

With his commitment, the Sooners have 22 commits for the 2025 recruiting class and remain steady at number nine in the class rankings.

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