There won’t be a break from Aussies kicking footballs in Boone Pickens Stadium.

Hudson Kaak, a 2023 prospect from Prokick Australia, announced his commitment to Oklahoma State on Sunday.

The Cowboys already have a pair of Australian ball booters on campus in punter Tom Hutton and kicker Alex Hale.

Like Hutton, Kaak is a former Aussie rules football player. Unlike Hutton, Kaak isn’t in his 30s. According to one Aussie rules website, Kaak is 21 years old. He played for the Murray Bushrangers in the NAB League, an under-18 team in Wangaratta, Australia.

Prokick Australia has made a name for itself turning Aussie rules football players into American football players. Prokick punters have won six Ray Guy Awards, an honor given to the best college punter, and saved Austrailians $45,000,000 in education fees since its founding in 2007. It’s the same program that got Hutton to Stillwater.

Hutton is entering his senior season with Oklahoma State. He has an extra year available because of the pandemic, but at 32 years old, it’s uncertain whether he will return to OSU for that extra season. In 2021 Hutton was an honorable mention for Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year, as voted on by the coaches.

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Mike Boynton and Co. added the second piece to the Cowboys’ 2022 recruiting class Sunday night when Jamyron Keller pledged to the Pokes over offers from Kansas State, SMU, Saint Louis and others.

The No. 159 player in the 2023 class, according to the composite rankings, Keller talked with PFB this past week to discuss his commitment to OSU, the Cowboys’ staff and who from his AAU team he has started recruiting to join him in Stillwater.

PFB: Why Oklahoma State?

Jamyron Keller: “Where do I start? The coaching staff was really transparent throughout the whole process. The campus-feel, the players, the opportunity there for me, the conference — it was kind of like utopia when I went. Everything felt good and felt like I had a purpose there. So, it was a really easy decision.”

PFB: What do you like about the coaching staff?

Keller: “Usually when you talk to coaches and they want you to come, they try to make it seem like something it’s not. The Oklahoma State coaches just kept it so real. Coach Rench [Terrence Rencher], Coach Boynton, everybody just kept me so real. It wasn’t like they were trying to sugarcoat anything. They were telling me how it was and how it was gonna be from Day 1.”

PFB: What kind of player is Oklahoma State getting in Jamyron Keller?

Keller: “A player who can do a little bit of everything. I feel like I’m the type of guy, like I’m just gonna fill in what the team needs — whether it be a point guard, whether I have to go get one off the dribble, I have to facilitate. I feel like I’m gonna be that missing piece.”

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One of the risers from the AAU season is going to be a Cowboy.

Jamyron Keller, a 6-foot-1 guard in the 2023 class, announced his commitment to Oklahoma State on Sunday night. From Killeen, Texas, Keller chose Oklahoma State over offers from Kansas State, Xavier, SMU, Wichita State and others. He is the No. 159 player in the 2023 class, according to the 247Sports composite rankings. ESPN lists Keller as a four-star recruit, while 247Sports and Rivals list him as a three-star prospect.

“The coaching staff was really transparent throughout the whole process,” Keller told PFB. “The campus-feel, the players, the opportunity there for me, the conference — it was kind of like utopia when I went. Everything felt good and felt like I had a purpose there. So, it was a really easy decision.”

Oklahoma State offered Keller in mid-June, and he took an official visit to Stillwater shortly after.

Keller’s stock started rising this summer with Drive Nation on Nike’s EYBL circuit. In EYBL events, Keller averaged 12.3 points, four rebounds and 3.5 assists in about 25 minutes a game while shooting 51% from the field and 34% from 3. Drive Nation won the Peach Invitational Tournament with Keller averaging 15.1 points, 4.4 rebounds and four assists a game that week. Keller told PFB it was at that tournament that he decided Oklahoma State was his choice and when he silently committed to the Cowboys with an OSU coach at all of his games.

Keller has a strong frame (linebacker playing football-esque), and he does a little bit of everything. There were games on the EYBL circuit that he would score in the 20s, and others where more of his focus was on ball distribution and he’d have six assists. His strength also allows him to rebound well for his size. In one game at the Peach Invitational, Keller had eight rebounds in 24 minutes on the floor.

“I’m just gonna fill in what the team needs — whether it be a point guard, whether I have to go get one off the dribble, I have to facilitate,” Keller told PFB. “I feel like I’m gonna be that missing piece.”

Keller joins Del City big man Brandon Garrison in Oklahoma State’s 2023 class. The two-man haul moves Oklahoma State up to No. 12 in the national rankings and fourth in the Big 12.

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Finally out of the shadow of Ben Roethlisberger, Mason Rudolph is battling for his first full-time starting gig in the NFL, and the Steelers’ three-way dance of a quarterback battle took center stage Saturday evening.

In Pittsburgh’s 32-25 victory against the Seattle Seahawks, Rudolph threw for 93 yards and a touchdown while battling with Mitch Trubisky and Kenny Pickett.

Entering his fourth year with the organization, Rudolph is a polarizing figure among the Steelers fan base after throwing for 2,366 yards, 16 touchdowns and 11 interceptions in his first three seasons while filling in sporadically for an injured Roethlisberger.

After Trubisky started Saturday’s game, Rudolph came in at the end of the first quarter. He was sacked and fumbled on his first play, but he was able to recover said fumble. But on his first pass attempt, Rudolph threw a dart to the back corner of the end zone to the Steelers’ second round pick George Pickens for a touchdown.

Rudolph then led an 81-yard drive that ended in a field goal before a three-and-out in his third drive.

Pickett, the Steelers’ first round pick, played the entire second half. Here is a look at how Pittsburgh’s QBs stacked up statistically with each other.

Rudolph wasn’t the only former Cowboy playing well in black and yellow Saturday night, though. Jaylen Warren had six carries for 34 yards and caught four passes out of the backfield for 30 yards and a touchdown.

An undrafted free agent after an impressive season in Stillwater, Warren played in the second and third quarters. In the 81-yard drive that Rudolph led which ended in a field goal, Warren had a 10-yard catch-and-run from Rudolph, and Warren had a 13-yard run. He fumbled on that 13-yard run, but the Steelers recovered.

Warren’s touchdown reception came in the third quarter from Pickett. The throw was high, but Warren stretched and brought it down and fought past a pair of Seahawk defenders at the goal line.

The Steelers play the Jaguars next Saturday before the first round of roster cuts on Aug. 23. Rudolph is in a tough spot with the Steelers using their first round pick on Pickett and signing Trubisky to a two-year, $14.3 million contract this offseason. But, Rudolph has battled in camp thus far, playing just as well as the other two QBs.

Warren has impressed all camp, and was probably the Steelers’ most dynamic running back Saturday with his ability to produce in the run game and passing game despite being an undrafted free agent.

STILLWATER — Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy and players Dominic Richardson, Jaden Bray, Korie Black and Thomas Harper met with reporters Saturday in the Sherman E. Smith Training Center to discuss fall camp and the upcoming season. Here are videos from those interviews.

Thanks for stopping by – here’s your daily dose of Oklahoma State sports news.

OSU Bullets

• OSU held media availability on Saturday and it s

• Mike Gundy was asked about the Cale Gundy situation. [PFB]

• Some not-great news came out from OSU’s media day. Blaine Green is out indefinitely. [PFB]

• But OSU’s receiver corps is deep and talented, which should give Spencer Sander more options this fall. [PFB]

• Kendal Daniels’ ceiling is high. [The Oklahoman]

• A couple of Cowboys made plays Saturday night.

Non-OSU Bullets

• The crazy story of an Air Force captain who was missing for 35 years. [SF Gate]

• An old one, but a good one on Validation. [Seth’s Blog]

Mike Gundy on Saturday addressed Cale Gundy’s recent resignation from Oklahoma following the use of inappropriate language, quipping with reporters that the whole episode with his younger brother will one day be great content to relive but choosing not to delve deep into the situation.

“It gave me enough information for a good chapter in my book whenever I retire,” said Gundy.

Cale’s life work, more or less, has been at the University of Oklahoma, where he first played in college in the early 1990s. He then returned as a staffer in 1999 (following a brief GA stint in 1994) and had been with the Sooners since.

That experience at such a prolific program, and Cale’s successes as both a coach and recruiter, naturally has led to some curiosity about where he may land next — and whether his brother could offer him a soft landing spot. That hasn’t been discussed, however, according to the elder Gundy.

“We hadn’t even talked about that,” said Mike Gundy.

Given how Cale’s time at OU came to an end, it wouldn’t be surprising to see him perhaps take some time off to recharge and maybe rehab some of his image.

Good coaches are hard to come by, though, so even one roiled in controversy may not be on the open market too long. It just doesn’t sound like OSU — at least right now — is interested.

“He’s got several other options right now that he’s looking at,” added Gundy. “I haven’t talked to him about that.”

OSU sophomore pass-catcher Blaine Green, a receiver who split time at Cowboy Back last season and who recently made the position switch full-time, is out indefinitely with a wrist injury, Mike Gundy revealed Saturday morning in a press conference with reporters. The extent of the injury and how much time he’ll miss is not yet known.

“The only issue we’ve had injury-wise was that [Blaine Green] had a wrist,” said Gundy. “We’ll know more about it later as we move along. He’s not practicing with us. Other than that, we’re doing really well from that standpoint.”

Green and his twin brother, Bryson, were cornerstone pieces of OSU’s highly-touted 2021 recruiting class. Bryson was the third-highest ranked recruit in the class, which ranked 31st nationally, and Blaine — a three-star recruit who had an 88.17 rating in the 247Sports Composite, just shy of four-star status — was the sixth-highest ranked of the 21-man signing class.

Green was one of four WR signees in the 2021 class. He led that quartet with 314 yards receiving on 21 receptions as a true freshman last season. He played in spots at receiver but really left his mark and opened up OSU’s offense when he ran routes as a Cowboy Back.

“He came in as a receiver, was recruited as a receiver, and all of a sudden, he finds himself at 225 pounds and he’s a biscuit away from a tight end,” OSU offensive coordinator Kasey Dunn said earlier this week. “We talked to him about it, and he was receptive, but at the same time, a little bit hesitant. We got him in the TCU game, and all of a sudden, he’s catching the ball, making plays, making a difference for us, the offense is clicking like you want it to, and he was a huge part of that.”

OSU has a lot of talent at the Cowboy Back position but no one quite as capable as a receiving threat than Green. The position group also includes DE-turned-TE, Braden Cassity, Quinton Stewart, Luke McEndoo and 2022 signee Tabry Shettron.