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For months, Watch List linebacker Cameron Hampton (Dallas/Carter) has said OU is his favorite school and Sooners linebackers coach Tim Kish is his favorite coach.

And then he took an unofficial visit to Texas A&M last weekend. Now it’s the Aggies out in front and Kevin Sumlin who is his favorite coach. The recruiting momentum for A&M is simply not coming to a stop anytime soon.

“He came down a week before, and it was a great visit,” Hampton said. “He gives it to you straight up where he sees you fit and how much he wants you. He thinks I can play a major role in his defense. He’s now my No. 1 coach on my list. The visit there was great, because I knew so many of the players already.”

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HOUSTON -- ESPN Watch List tight end Koda Martin won't be attending the AT&T Cotton Bowl, but he'll be watching it closely. So closely that the Manvel (Texas) High School tight end joked with coaches from the Oklahoma and Texas A&M's staffs that the winner of the game would also be the winner of his services.

"It'll be a great game," Martin said. "I told both sets of recruiting coaches that whoever won, I'd commit to, just as a joke, kind of like flipping a coin. It'll be a good game and it'll be fun to watch."

While Martin meant the comment in jest, he is serious about those two schools. The Sooners and the Aggies are his top two at the moment and it appears he'll choose between the two when making the decision on his college destination.

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In his head, three-star athlete Dominique Alexander (Tulsa, Okla./Booker T. Washington) was already an Oklahoma commit when he visited OU two weeks ago for the game against Notre Dame.

Alexander, who was committed to Arkansas at the time, had an incredible first experience at OU and eventually switched his commitment last week to the Sooners.

Even though he felt like he was an OU kid two weeks ago, there was no feeling about it Saturday against Baylor. Alexander is OU all the way and couldn’t be happier about it.

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For Houston Lamar safety John Bonney, this year has been a little bit of an adjustment.

The 2014 prospect, who traditionally plays safety, has spent a lot of time at cornerback this year. The transition hasn't been much trouble for the 6-foot, 175-pound prospect -- he has three interceptions in the Redskins' first five games.

"This year is the first year that I've played corner as much as I have," Bonney said. "I've been playing about 60 percent corner and 40 percent safety. I like it. They're putting me on the best guy who is the biggest threat. They'll put me on him and have me be aggressive and go one-on-one."

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The Longhorns have already targeted their top inside linebacker prospects for 2014 in ESPN Watch List members Raekwon McMillan, Hoza Scott and Zac Whitley.

But there are a few others worth keeping an eye on, which includes tackling machine James David (Rockdale, Texas/Rockdale). David (6-foot-2, 217) had a breakout sophomore season with 118 tackles and has continued his strong play in the early part of this season. Last week against Hillsboro, David claims to have had at least 20 tackles, three forced fumbles and a pass deflection.

Those types of numbers have gotten the attention of a few of the Longhorns’ conference foes, in particular Baylor and Oklahoma, which have both offered. Washington has as well, but those three certainly won’t be the last.

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It wasn't as if linebacker T.J. Ponds (Wagoner, Okla./Wagoner) was going to turn down the invitation, but he thought it was a little strange that he was invited to Oklahoma’s junior day last weekend.

Ponds has always shown a strong interest in Oklahoma, but the Wagoner-OU connection had been former defensive coordinator Brent Venables and former defensive backs coach Willie Martinez.

Going into the event, Ponds said he had not yet spoken with new linebackers coach Tim Kish. One of Ponds’ goals was to get to know Kish and he feels he was able to do just that.

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Linebacker Raaquan Davis (Heath, Texas/Rockwall-Heath) has been adamant about not having a list of favorites. He wants to let the recruiting process play itself out before starting to dwindle down his list of schools.

Following a positive experience at Oklahoma’s junior day Saturday, however, Davis admitted the Sooners will definitely be on that short list.

One of the biggest things Davis wondered about was where he would fit in on the Sooners defense. He’s not worried about that anymore.

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