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OU football: Sooners land 2019 defensive lineman Jacoby Jones

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OU football helmet at the Big 12 Media Days on July 16.

Oklahoma's 43 day drought on the recruiting trail is officially over. 

Class of 2019 defensive end Jacoby Jones announced his commitment to Lincoln Riley and the Sooners Sunday night. He becomes the 18th commitment to Oklahoma's '19 class. 

Jacoby Jones on Twitter

OUDNA @OU_Football #Blessed #JUCOPRODUCT

Jones, a native of St Louis, Missouri who plays at Butler Community College in Kansas, is the fifth defensive lineman to commit to OU for the upcoming recruiting class. He unofficially visited Norman for the June 28th recruiting barbecue, and then officially visited for the season opener against Florida Atlantic (63-14 win). 

Riley's newest commitment chose Oklahoma over offers from Texas, TCU, Oregon and Colorado. Jones hails from the same junior college as redshirt senior offensive linemen Ben Powers and Quinn Mittermeier. He is the only junior college player committed for the 2019 class. 

The Sooners sit at No. 6 in Rivals' team recruiting rankings, but are tied for second with Florida State in average star rating among all teams (3.88). 

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