As Thanksgiving week unfolded, Oklahoma eventually got the break it had been waiting for months. Just 12 hours after decommitting from the Badgers on Wednesday night, by the next morning, the Sooners’ long-running pursuit of St. John Neumann’s four-star wide receiver Jayden Petit finally paid off.

“Finally got it done,” Oklahoma’s General Manager Jim Nagy said on X.

Jim Nagy’s message proved how aggressively Oklahoma pursued Petit. For months, the Sooners’ staff had been deeply invested in this recruitment, maintaining constant communication, arranging multiple visits, and showing a level of patience that kept them alive even when Wisconsin appeared to have the upper hand. Reporters close to the program echoed just how heavy the push was.

“There was a lot of patience with the #Sooners

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