Receiver and cornerback Isaac Stoops, the son of former Oklahoma Coach Bob Stoops, will arrive in Fayetteville on Saturday for an unofficial visit in hopes of learning more about Arkansas. The Stoops reside in Norman, Oklahoma. Afterward, he took a series of photos with his family and chatted easily with those around him, free of having to worry about finishing off a recruiting class and waiting anxiously for letters of intent to roll in. The Oklahoma Sooners have now landed two of Bob Stoops’ sons after Isaac Stoops committed as a walk-on Saturday. The Stoops twins, sons of former Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops, will be preferred walk-ons at OU. Drake Stoops caught two touchdown passes, but Norman North fell to … But Riley said the preferred walk-on program was an important piece of the recruiting puzzle. Both Stoops twins had a chance to go off on their own and in a place where their father's legacy wouldn't be such a part of the football program. “We understand the quality of players that you can get there,” Riley said. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Bob Stoops and his wife, Carol Stoops, have three children: Drake, Mackenzie and Isaac. Drake is a receiver and Isaac played both cornerback and receiver for the Timberwolves. An Oklahoma City native, Aber graduated from Northeastern State. "You have good friends. “Yeah, he can be a pain in the butt sometimes and I can be more easy to get along with but he's a good dude.” Isaac Stoops said of his twin brother, Drake. “I've always watched what 80,000 people looks like, seeing what Power Five football looks like at a high level, a successful level,” Drake said. “I love the coaching staff there. Ryan Aber has worked for The Oklahoman since 2006, covering high schools, the Oklahoma City RedHawks, the Oklahoma City Barons and OU football recruiting. https://twitter.com/IsaacStoops3/status/957416900060962819, Given the legacy Bob Stoops left as the former head coach of the Sooners, it’s hardly surprising his sons want to play for Oklahoma. Drake gave his commitment in early January. They have three children: a daughter, Mackenzie, who now attends the University of Oklahoma, and twin sons, Isaac and Drake. And he's done that since seventh grade just because I'm like that. This past year at Norman High School, Isaac Stoops was a productive two-way player as a defensive back and receiver. Isaac Stoops is No Longer Playing Football… The 2018 offseason was an exciting one for the Sooners, as Oklahoma reeled in an elite recruiting class. Check out Isaac Stoops' high school sports timeline including game updates while playing football at Norman North High School from 2014 through 2018. SB Nation is the largest independent sports media brand, consisting of SBNation.com, MMAFighting.com and over 300 fan-centric team communities. Drake isn't going to argue too much. Sooners coach Lincoln Riley could not speak about the twins by name — coaches can't comment on players until they've either signed (walk-ons don't officially sign) or they're on campus. Stoops, who retired from Oklahoma in 2017, has since gotten back into coaching, taking a job with the XFL. As one of six children, Bob grew up with love and enjoyment of playing soccer, as his father Ron Sr. worked as a defensive coordinator at Cardinal Mooney High School. Drake Stoops’ final prep campaign won over the Hawkeyes, who offered him a scholarship on Dec. 3. Since the day Bob Stoops retired as Oklahoma's football coach on June 7, 2017, Carol Stoops has helped guide her husband through post-coaching life. Their father tried to blend in both before the ceremony and after, though the face of Oklahoma football for nearly two decades doesn't exactly get to fall into the shadows in Norman. Last year, at a team meeting, they shared a chair, jostled for room, and pretty soon began wrestling on the floor. “But he's the one that before games I'll forget socks or I'll forget an undershirt and he will have packed extra. High school coaches at Norman North and Cascia Hall know there are advantages to coaching the children of collegiate coaches. Wednesday was a different kind of signing day for Bob Stoops. The players dissolved into laughter. They have been blessed with three children, a daughter Mackenzie and twin sons Isaac and Drake. [PHOTO BY CHRIS LANDSBERGER, THE OKLAHOMAN], Ryan Aber has worked for The Oklahoman since 2006, covering high schools, the Oklahoma City RedHawks, the Oklahoma City Barons and OU football recruiting. Isaac had scholarship offers from Army, Central Oklahoma, Drake and a few others but is off to Norman to be a Sooner.”. The boys try to be good. Stoops' kids -- his daughter Mackenzie, and twin sons Isaac and Drake -- are regular visitors at practice. “I might be the troublemaker, honestly,” Drake said. Bob Stoops Bio The former Sooners coach was born Robert Anthony Stoops on September 9, 1960, in Youngstown, Ohio. — Isaac Stoops⚡️ (@IsaacStoops3) January 28, 2018. Drake Stoops (12) Wide Receiver - 2020 An Academic All-Big 12 First Team honoree … played in 10 games and made seven starts … missed season opener vs. Missouri All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. But Wednesday morning, in his first signing day since retiring from coaching last summer, Stoops was almost just another parent in the crowd, sitting on the front row — his wife Carol a row behind him — as he watched his sons go through the ceremony. For more high school stories, stats and videos, visit http://usatodayhss.com. “But he's the one that before games I'll forget socks or I'll forget an undershirt and he will have packed extra. As noted by ESPN’s Tom VanHaaren, “Isaac turned down scholarship offers, choosing instead to play for his father’s former school. He then officially visit the school this past weekend. In case the connection isn’t clear, Drake — a 5-foot-9, 165 pound walk-on from Norman North High School — is the son of coaching legend and all-time Oklahoma wins leader Bob Stoops. Facebook Oklahoma has a history of regularly making use of walk-ons in major roles. He always has my back.”. Stoops's younger brother, Mike, is the former defensive coordinator for the Sooners and was previously head football coach at the University of Arizona. They snagged a three star in Drake Stoops, a player with offers from multiple schools, including Iowa, as a preferred walk-on. Before joining The... Stoops brothers take separate paths to the same destination: OU, OSU football: Final two signees fill needs, add flavor, National Signing Day: John Marshall's Nigel Brannon sticks with Memphis, Oklahoma State Cowboys' 2018 signing class breakdown, Oklahoma Sooners' 2018 signing class breakdown. Drake Stoops plays wide receiver for the 2020 Oklahoma Sooners. Stoops twin sons — Drake and Isaac — are starters for Norman North. Latest on Oklahoma Sooners wide receiver Drake Stoops including biography, career, awards and more on ESPN We present them here for purely educational purposes. Despite their differences, though, and the insistence that they treat their college decisions as individual choices rather than a collective one, both affirmed their commitments to become preferred walk-ons at the University of Oklahoma during a ceremony at Norman North on Wednesday. In addition to Baker Mayfield's rise from two-time walk-on to Heisman Trophy winner, the starting center for much of the last two seasons — Erik Wren — started off as a walk-on, while fullback Jaxon Uhles also was a walk-on before earning a scholarship. They have three children together, Mackenzie, 21, a student at the University of Oklahoma and 19-year-old twin sons Isaac and Drake. But both — independently — decided that they didn't want to run from that and, eventually, decided to play together instead of splitting up for college. Believe it or not, Drake is quite the football player. For the last 30-plus years, Stoops has spent the first Wednesday in February as a college football coach, the last 19 as the head coach at Oklahoma. “That was something that our staff decided we really needed to put great effort into and I think we've got a really strong class of guys coming in that could have played football a lot of places and these are all guys that are going to have a chance to impact our program in a lot of different areas in the future.”, Norman North's Drake and Isaac Stoops, from left, on Wednesday affirmed their recent decisions to go to Oklahoma as preferred walk-ons. Before joining The... Isaac Stoops said of his twin brother, Drake. https://sportsnaut.com/oklahoma-now-stoops-twins-isaac-stoops-commits-walk Previously, Drake Stoops committed as a preferred walk-on, and now his twin brother is joining the program as well.