Five days after adding much-needed depth at wide receiver and defensive end with the commitment of Muskogee standouts Jameel Owens and Stacy McGee, the Sooners landed a pair of plug-and-play junior college transfers at safety and linebacker.
Mike Balogun and David Sims committed to Oklahoma on Sunday, hours after wrapping up official visits to Norman.
"I just liked how all the players and coaches were down to earth,” said Sims, a safety at Butte College in Oroville, Calif. "I played air hockey with (Brent) Venables. I played pool with (Bob) Stoops. It was cool. I felt like I made the right choice.”
Sims said he's preparing to start at safety, possibly filling the role of outgoing senior D.J. Wolfe, who enjoyed a career year in 2007.
"It looks like I'm going to start at free safety, return kickoffs and also punts next year,” Sims told the Chico Enterprise Record. "They told me they definitely want me on special teams, too.”
Balogun could be an even more important get for the Sooners.
The 6-foot-2, 250-pound linebacker from Scranton, Pa.'s Lackawanna College runs a 4.6-second 40-yard dash and is better in pass coverage than the Sooners' lone returning starter at linebacker, Ryan Reynolds.
"You don't go out and recruit a juco kid as a project,” said
