OU Recruiting: Oklahoma TE Target Da'Saahn Brame is Getting Close to a Commitment

BROKEN ARROW, OK — In addition to being one of the nation’s best tight ends in the 2025 recruiting class, credit Da’Saahn Brame for his organization and time management skills.

During a trip to Tulsa last weekend to play in a 7-on-7 tournament, he added a stopover in for an unofficial visit to see Brent Venables and Oklahoma.

And?

“It was good,” Brame told AllSooners. “Went down this past Thursday for spring practice. It was good.”

Brame is a consensus 4-star tight end from Derby, KS. At 6-foot-6 and 235 pounds, Brame is rated as the No. 3 tight end in the nation by ESPN, No. 4 by 247 Sports, No. 4 by Rivals and No. 9 by On3.

He’s a priority recruit for Oklahoma — and many schools. Brame holds 35 total Division I offers. But he’s already narrowed it down to an impressive top five: Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Oregon, Tennessee and LSU.

Proximity certainly hasn’t hurt OU. Norman is just a 2 1/2-hour drive straight down I-35 from Derby.

“I’ve seen it, I want to say, a million times,” Brame said. “But getting to go back (was important last Thursday), talk to the coaches even more, building that relationship even more, talking to Coach V, Coach (Joe Jon) Finley, all those guys.“

The Sooners staged a mini-scrimmage, and Brame was impressed with Finley’s group overall and offensive coordinator Seth Littrell’s use of the tight end position.

They got a new transfer tight end, Bauer (Sharp), from Southeastern (Louisiana). He’s stud,” Brame said. “I feel like I play with a lot of similar qualities, and he was getting the ball a bunch in the little scrimmage they did. So that was definitely a really good thing to see for me.”

Brame is currently staying busy playing 7-on-7 and lining up official visits. So far he has scheduled trips to Ole Miss (April 12-14) and Oregon (June 21-23), but is still identifying dates for the other three.

“I’m gonna make a decision in July after I take all those official visits and kind of get that before the season starts,” he said.

Brame can expect another big season at Derby in 2024. As a junior, he caught 46 passes for 942 yards and 13 touchdowns in 13 games.

He’s fast and agile with very good hands and says he can split out or play in-line. But Brame is more physical than most high school tight ends, with a thick, powerful frame and the ability to overwhelm defenders at the point of attack. He might someday be one of the rare ones who can comfortably play at 260 pounds or even more.

That will largely depend on what his college coach wants and what kind of offense he plays in.

“All of them have similar qualities,” Brame said. “ … They all use tight ends quite a bunch — 12 personnel, split out to 10 personnel with two tight ends on the field. … They’re so similar.”

His decision will ultimately go far beyond whether he flexes wide or puts his hand in the dirt.

He said what he wants out of a school is ”a family feel. … That’s the biggest thing for me, going somewhere that feels like home for me.”

That’s another factor where Oklahoma may have a built-in edge. This week many Sooners are spending their spring break on a mission trip in either Brazil or Hawaii, part of Venables’ SOUL Mission initiative for building quality men off the field. It’s frequently mentioned by recruits as something that sets Oklahoma apart.

“It’s just really cool the culture they’re building there,” Brame said. “They’re really a family. It’s a really big family feeling there. That’s big for me as well.”

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