Oklahoma finds an in-state 4-sport athlete who seems almost too good to be real

Oklahoma fans won’t believe everything about homegrown Greydon Howell, even if they might have seen this before in Norman.

Howell on Friday earned an offer from the Sooners after an in-home visit and has also already drawn interest from Skip Johnson for OU baseball. On the football field, Howell could play quarterback, running back, wide receiver and safety at the college level, while also excelling in baseball, basketball and track as a four-sport superstar at Broken Bow High School in Oklahoma.

Sooners offer freak 2027 athlete Greydon Howell with resemblance to Kyler Murray

Thank you to @CoachEmmett for the great home visit! I am beyond blessed to receive an offer to @OU_Football‼️ @CoachVenables@BBSavageFB@CoachLang7@seancooper_C4@ParkerThune@Josh_Scooppic.twitter.com/tCl4SXXVCL

— Greydon Howell (@GreydonHowell4) January 31, 2026

Considering OU wide receivers coach Emmett Jones visited Howell when he got an offer, it looks like the Sooners want Howell as a receiver. However, Howell plays quarterback for Broken Bow and that’s the position he’s listed at by major recruiting services, which makes his recruiting ratings fairly inaccurate.

Rivals rates Howell, listed at 5-foot-11, as a three-star recruit and ranks him as the No. 51 quarterback in the 2027 class, but 247Sports has Howell unrated and unranked as a QB. Howell’s long list of offers, though, shows he’s grossly underrated. His offers include Arkansas, Auburn, Boston College, Miami, Oklahoma State, Stanford, UTSA and Tulsa…

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