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Tulsa welcomed eight newcomers who enrolled and began classes on campus this week. Wide receiver Jameel Owens transferred from Oklahoma. Junior college transfers Darrell Zellars (DL) and Milton Howell (ATH) arrived, as did four grayshirts from Oklahoma who signed letters of intent last February -- TE Greg Brown (Bixby), OL Stetson Burnett (Lawton MacArthur), LB Shawn Jackson (McLain) and OL Brian Mincher (Jenks). High school linebacker Donnell Hawkins graduated in December from Copperas Cove (Texas) and is also on campus.
Going through spring drills will be invaluable, especially for Zellars and Howell.
"(Zellars and Howell) are guys that could come in and be impact players," TU coach Todd Graham said. "We don't sign many junior college guys here. We'll have a handful of them (in this class). It's hard to find the fit academically, but we feel good about the ones that we have."
TU also has verbal commitments from junior college transfers Derrick Hall (ATH) and Tyrunn Walker (DE).
The rankings
Rivals.com: tied for fourth place with SMU in Conference USA, 67th overall
Scout.com: seventh overall in Conference USA, 89th overall
Signing day countdown
Tulsa has received 22 commitments this season, with three of the recruits already on campus.
With the grayshirts now on campus, there is only room for one or two more players.
TU will continue to welcome visitors to campus and the final Saturday before the Feb. 3 signing day will be a day for walk-ons to get looks by the coaching staff.
"We are really trying to build the walk-on program," Graham said. "We feel like we offer an opportunity to get a look.
"The walk-on program is something that Coach (Bill) Blankenship has worked and it's been very productive for us. Every year, we've had a couple of (walk-on) kids placed on scholarship."
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