Oklahoma recruit KJ Daniels talks about National Signing Day and his future with the Sooners.
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00:00 What's up everybody? John Hoover all Sooners allsooners.com here with the
00:04 special guest signing day is coming at us 1000 miles an hour. So we are in
00:09 today with the one and only KJ Daniels Bowling Green High School,
00:13 Franklinton, Louisiana.
00:15 He is a fast, fast, fast wide receiver. You guys and he's gonna make a
00:20 difference for the Oklahoma offense. KJ, thanks for joining us. Appreciate it.
00:25 It's sure you've been committed since April. Now it's a long time. I think
00:31 you were the third member of this class behind Jeremiah Newcomb and Michael
00:35 Hawkins. So what's it like to finally have this day get here for you?
00:39 It's crazy, man. Like the moment I came to Oklahoma, it was all site. I
00:45 wanted to go there. And yeah, I mean, like it's just a dream come true to
00:49 play at this type of levels.
00:53 So the I guess what was it about? Oh, you that made you pull the trigger
00:58 that quickly that early in your in your recruiting process. Was there
01:01 something specific about Oklahoma or the coaching staff? Coach Jones, Coach
01:05 Venables or or was it just kind of the whole thing?
01:07 The whole thing really. But the main point was, um, when I last time I
01:14 visited for the official, um, close week.
01:18 Now this is in March when I visited Coach V has invited me to the his
01:22 office. And we was talking and he gave me a coin.
01:26 It was like a like a like a poker court or whatever. He will catch it in.
01:33 And then we had a long talk that really got my interest there. And I was just
01:38 like, I want to play for Brad Bittles. So the poker chip worked on you, huh?
01:44 Yeah, that's pretty powerful stuff the way he the way he describes it. What
01:48 was it about that in particular and that talk that that you talked about? Um,
01:53 did you guys exchange ideas about what your future was? Or was it less
01:58 specific than that?
01:59 Oh, yeah, we asked about the future about us going to the SEC and stuff.
02:04 And him telling me I can bring a lot to the table since so kind of a dynamic
02:10 player. So yeah, he had a long time. It was a good time. And I really got most
02:16 of my interest and I was ready to commit there. Wow.
02:19 So, okay, so how's your relationship maybe with Emmett Jones kind of evolved
02:24 over the past few months? Yeah, it's good. It's really good. I like I'm
02:31 really gonna fit because I really like coach. Now you're coming in next, not
02:37 next winter semester, but you're coming in in the summer, right? Yes, sir. Okay,
02:43 so what are your goals going to be for your freshman season? Do you think?
02:46 Uh, I'm gonna just come to compete my freshman season and I want to play so
02:53 I'm coming hard to show it and then I just put on a few more pounds and get
02:58 a little stronger. Yeah, I'm gonna be ready. I'm ready for it. You're gonna
03:03 be able to do that working out. I guess you're gonna run track.
03:06 Uh, yes, I probably will.
03:09 You're gonna be able to put those few pounds on during the spring off season
03:16 and before you get there in the summer. Oh, yes, sir. Okay.
03:20 Sounds like a lot of hard work. How would you, K. J. How would you describe
03:26 your game?
03:26 Oh,
03:28 like a tank deal.
03:31 I said I put a tank down in Hollywood when he was there. Yes, sir. Okay, so a
03:37 lot of speed. Is it a lot of speed? Yeah. Do you? It's nothing. I mean,
03:43 you're gonna get there in the summer, but I'm just curious. I'm asking
03:45 everybody. Do you know who you're gonna room with yet? Uh, I think that's
03:50 right now. Zion Raggans
03:52 isn't. Okay, that's what I was gonna ask you about. Next. You got Zion Kearney,
03:58 Donna Raggans, Yvonne carry on. Tell me about this wide receiver class coming
04:02 in, man. Some talented kids coming into this class. Oh, yeah, they're ready.
04:06 They're ready to win. They're ready. All of my height up ready to get there,
04:10 and they all just so like so real love to each other. And, yeah, I'm ready to
04:16 get there. I'm curious. Do you guys ever communicate with each other on
04:20 social media or text or whatever? Um, about, you know, you watch a game and
04:25 you see somebody go for 70 yard touchdown and you get on there and say
04:28 that's gonna be me in two years or whatever.
04:30 Yeah, we have a group chat. You know, we can test her by everything. Just
04:35 thinking about the future and all that. Yeah, yeah. Hard not to. Let's let's
04:42 talk about your quarterbacks. You're coming in with Brendan Zurbroek out of
04:45 Ohio and Mike Hawkins out of Frisco. How excited are you and maybe the group to
04:50 get to work with those guys? Finally, it's amazing because they're really
04:54 good. It's really good quarterbacks like top tier. So I don't really
04:58 experience the quarterback like that. Good. So like I'm ready for it. I know
05:03 they could get it to me to ease. So I'm really ready for it. Now, when you get
05:08 there, the starter is already gonna be Jackson Arnold, former five star. How
05:12 much fun is it gonna be? Catch passes from him in that offense?
05:15 Crazy, but I'm just I'm so ready for it. It's crazy. I'm ready.
05:24 Okay, but you're not gonna be here till next summer, so you gotta be patient.
05:28 Yeah, it's gonna be tough. That's the bad part. That's the bad part. Well,
05:34 signing day is here. So you got that part out of the way. K. J. Daniels
05:37 class of Oklahoma's class of 2024. Thanks for joining us at all Sooners,
05:41 man. Is there for sure? I appreciate for being here.