Oklahoma commit Raleek Brown hints at potential flip to USC
Four-star Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei wide receiver Raleek Brown has been committed to Oklahoma since February. But with the news that Sooners head coach Lincoln Riley will be the next coach at USC, Brown is a prime flip target for the Trojans.
USC‘s previous staff had already been pushing to land the four-star throughout this season, and he tweeted a message that is sure to get Trojans fans excited. The 5-foot-7, 170-pound speedster posted “Staying home?” with the eyeballs emoji soon after news of Riley’s departure for USC was announced.
Brown is the No. 55 prospect in the 2022 class, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He also ranks as the nation’s No. 5 wide receiver and the No. 2 player in California.
USC has continued pushing for Raleek Brown
He committed to the Sooners over offers from USC, Alabama, Georgia, Texas A&M and others. And as recently as last weekend, he was solidly committed to Oklahoma.
“I’m 100% locked in with them,” Brown told Joseph Hastings of Clemson Sports.
Brown said that three schools — Georgia, USC and Texas — had all been in contact with him recently, but he didn’t give any indication that he was seriously listening to them. But with Riley’s decision, that is all certain to change. Brown’s high school campus is a little less than an hour from Los Angeles. And he took both official and unofficial visits to USC this summer. Interim head coach Donte Williams, who could potentially be retained by Riley, stayed in contact with Brown throughout the high school season. And Brown even stirred up a little bit of controversy by wearing a USC sleeve during one of his games.
With the early signing period a little more than two weeks away, Brown could take another official visit to USC with the coaching change. Should be flip, he could be on the Trojans’ best recruiters locally, especially given how many elite prospects come from the Mater Dei program.