• 2 years ago
Oklahoma recruit Wyatt Gilmore talks about National Signing Day and his future with the Sooners.
Transcript
00:00 What's up everybody? John Hoover all Sooners all Sooners.com here
00:03 with a very special guest. It's National Signing Day. We're
00:06 bringing in some Sooners, some future Sooners. This one's
00:09 Wyatt Gilmore, defensive end edge rusher out of Rogers High
00:13 School in Rogers, Minnesota. Why appreciate you being on with
00:16 this at all centers. Yep, thanks for having me on John.
00:19 Absolutely so now here's the deal. You committed in June.
00:23 National Signing Day is here. We're six months down the road.
00:27 How's it feel man? It feels good to finally just have it pen to
00:31 paper and just have everything
00:32 official. You're going to be an early enrollee in 2024. Yep, I'm
00:37 going to go for the ball game too, so I'm going to leave right
00:41 after I sign. I'm going to go down to Oklahoma. No kidding,
00:44 you're going to be at the ball game. Well, good. Maybe we'll
00:48 bump into each other down there in San Antonio. Why? What's the
00:51 decision behind one enrolling early and two enrolling real
00:54 early? Getting started for the ball game? I just want to be the
00:57 first freshman there earlier. I can get to work to better.
00:59 So what are your goals now for your freshman season 2024? It's
01:02 good. I would assume it's going to be hard to stay patient as a
01:06 freshman. You want to get out there and play.
01:08 Yeah, right now I got a broken foot, so I'm just really looking
01:11 forward to getting that recovered and then we'll see
01:13 where I can go from there. But I definitely want to get some
01:16 playing time as a freshman. Yeah, so wow, broken foot.
01:19 You're probably going to miss spring.
01:20 Uh, I think I'll be back by March to be fully cleared to
01:24 play football, so I think it'll be there. That happened in a
01:27 game. Yeah. Wow, it's no way to go out, is it? I didn't go up.
01:33 I mean, I didn't go up because of it. I played a couple games
01:35 on it.
01:35 You know, I think you just made some fans in Oklahoma playing
01:41 games on the broken foot. That's what this fan base loves to hear
01:44 man.
01:44 I do what I got to do for my team.
01:47 That's right. So let's talk about Miguel Chavis and the
01:50 relationship that you built up with him over the over the past
01:53 year or so and what kind of guy he is. I know him as an OU
01:57 assistant coach, but I don't know him as my position coach.
01:59 You know, tell me about him.
02:00 I mean, the energy of that guy is unmatched anywhere in the
02:04 country. He's just he's the guy that I want to coach me and
02:07 leave me to be the man that I'm going to be one day.
02:09 He's printed up or I guess stitched up some Edgeman
02:15 mentality, T shirts and hats. Tell me about that. The
02:18 mentality that goes into that kind of thinking.
02:21 I mean, it's just a never give up attitude and just got to know
02:24 your job as an Edgeman. And I can't wait to get my hat. I
02:27 guess soon as I get down there, he's going to give me. Yeah,
02:29 so you'll see a picture of on Twitter.
02:31 So this the hat is that like a prize for when you sign?
02:35 It's just something all the edge all the edge guys get and it's
02:40 just you got to take pride in it.
02:41 It's a badge. It's a it's a trophy almost. Yeah, pretty
02:46 cool. So why how would you describe your game for Oklahoma
02:49 fans who have maybe only seen some highlights or some clips?
02:52 I'd say fast and physical and there's never going to be a
02:56 player going to see me walk in. I'm running and I'm full speed
02:59 at all times.
03:00 How have you been kind of keeping busy since the end of
03:03 the season with no rehabbing a broken foot has probably been
03:07 part of it.
03:07 Yeah, I mean, just pretty much been rehab and working on my
03:11 upper body and doing everything I can for my leg without
03:14 obviously using my foot like just doing like quad
03:16 extensions and all the machines.
03:19 OK, so working out a lot of working out you into the
03:21 playbook yet. They give you a playbook. Not yet. OK, that's
03:25 coming down the line. I'm sure. So what are you going to major
03:28 in? I don't know yet. I really don't got a particular interest
03:32 yet. Yeah, no hurry for that. Plenty of time. Do you have your
03:36 roommate picked out? Yeah, James Nesta.
03:38 James Nesta linebacker. Yeah, hopefully we'll talk to him soon
03:42 too. So the guys you're coming in with that are also edge man.
03:46 You've got Danny Akoya. You got Nigel Smith and then guys on
03:50 the interior. David Stone and Jaden Jackson. I mean that is
03:54 one of the most fearsome lines. Defensive lines that that you
03:57 can compile in college football. Tell me about getting to play
04:01 with some of those guys.
04:02 I mean, it's just going to be awesome. I ain't sharpens iron,
04:06 so we're all going to be competing for spots out there.
04:08 We're going to get better. It's going to be awesome.
04:11 That's why Gilmore class of 2024 man. Thanks for joining us
04:14 at all Sooners.
04:15 Appreciate it.