Sooners projected to land 2026 4-star safety out of Texas

With football underway and the 2025 recruiting class pretty well wrapped up, Oklahoma recruiting turns its attention to the 2026 recruiting class.

Currently, the Sooners have three players pledged for 2026 in four-star quarterback Jaden O'Neal, four-star running back Jonathan Hatton, and four-star tight end Ryder Mix, a teammate of Deck at Frisco Lone Star. Those three commitments have the Sooners inside the top 10 in the early going and they have a shot at another blue-chip prospect in the cycle.

Josh McCuistion of Sooner Scoop and On3 logged a prediction on Friday favoring Oklahoma for four-star safety Jordan Deck. Deck is considered the No. 167 player in the country by 247Sports and the No. 256 player in the nation by On3. Both recruiting sites view Deck as a top 20 safety in the class while Rivals puts him No. 32 at the position.

Deck holds offers from Power 4 schools Arkansas, Baylor, Houston, LSU, Miami, Michigan, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Ole Miss, Penn State, Pitt, Texas A&M, and Wisconsin.

Deck is 6-foot-3 and weighs 180 pounds, providing good size to the back end of a defense. He does a good job utilizing his length in coverage to challenge wide receivers at the catch point. He shows off good hands when he gets an opportunity to make a play on the football.

As a tackler, Deck does a good job of getting his pad level lower to create leverage on smaller running backs and wraps up consistently.

For Frisco Lone Star, he plays a lot in single-high and two-high safety looks and looks comfortable playing in man coverage and zone. He does a good job reading the quarterbacks eyes while staying aware of the receivers in his area.

With his size and length, Deck could be used in a traditional safety role or play the cheetah position in Zac Alley’s defense.

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