Oklahoma University has received their first commitment in the 2019 class with highly touted Denton Guyer PG De’Vion Harmon pledging to dawn the Crimson & Cream.
Harmon is the 5th 2019 TBB prospect to commit and he talks to texasboysbasketball.com about his decision. De’Vion chose Oklahoma over Texas, Oklahoma State, Marquette and Baylor.
“From the coaching staff all the way down to the city of Norman led me to want to go to Oklahoma,” Harmon said. “The city is great and everytime I go down there (Norman, OK) I get to do everything from playing video games with the guys on the team to watching football games and hanging out.
On Harmon’s last unnoficial visit to Oklahoma on Sept. 12, De’Vion talks about the effect it had on steering him to become a Sooner.
“In the last visit something clicked. I just kept thinking about it everyday and I came to the conclusion that I wanted to play at Oklahoma which has become a reality today.”
In our last conversation with Harmon he mentioned his strong relationship with the whole staff at Oklahoma from top to bottom. Harmon received weekly calls and texts. from Head Coach Lon Kruger and Associate Head Coach Chris Crutchfield.
“Coach Kruger and Coach Crutchfield pursued me hard. They made me a priority and even when the communication slowed down in some moments they would always try to check up on me,” Harmon said. “I build a strong, trustworthy relationship with them and I’m glad to be apart of the family.”
The staff first got a glance at De’Vion in January of his 8th grade year. Things have changed as he played the 3-spot at the time but two aspects of his game that has stayed with him as he was in the process of developing into a high major point guard has been his toughness and leadership qualities.
“I felt that I was a good leader at that time and I became a stronger leader since. Over time you are going to get better if you stay in the gym and work on your game but my pursuit of the game has allowed me to be where I am.”
The summer of his Freshman year, Harmon decided to put the cleats up and give up football to pursue his dream of basketball. A sense of urgency and mentality came to the Denton Guyer product the day he announced it.
“First I really love the game of basketball and although I liked playing football and I was good at it, I knew I wanted to pursue basketball in the long run,” Harmon said. “The day I made that decision, I knew I had to put in a lot of work in after the 5-6 months of playing football, now I got to be in the gym and just work!”
Harmon has big aspirations as a player in Oklahoma but he wants to be remembered not just as a great player that performs in the Lloyd Noble Center but leave a lasting impression as a great person.
I just want to be remembered that not only was I a good player but a great person. A person that likes to laugh, have a lot of fun and not just with my teammates but with everybody on the campus. I just want people remember me as a person that always has a smile in his face.”
Edited: AB
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