Offseason Roster Thread
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@SlimShaddy54 they’d take another young guy if the fit was there
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Crystal ball for Trey Lathan to Kansas. Would be a great get for us.
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Sitting good with Hunter Higgins too going to announce on the 15th. Looks like going to come down between us and Wisc , got a CB for him also
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Lathan to Kansas. Just read that he entered the portal AFTER playing in WVU’s bowl game. That is a GREAT sign.
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@Jhawk69 Big time get. played like the third most snaps, just a very solid LB, get’s down hill really good, gave us fits this yr got two yrs of eligibility -Line backing group shaping up nice
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Love the activity in these offseason football threads. Feel like i know the pulse of where we are. Also, glad this team has a pulse. Fair to say at this point that Kansas football is … reloading not rebuilding?
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@Jhawk69 said in Offseason Roster Thread:
Lathan to Kansas. Just read that he entered the portal AFTER playing in WVU’s bowl game. That is a GREAT sign.
Very good get. Linebacker room looks super solid. Front 7 should be solid, imo.
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@Kcmatt7 said in Offseason Roster Thread:
@Jhawk69 said in Offseason Roster Thread:
Lathan to Kansas. Just read that he entered the portal AFTER playing in WVU’s bowl game. That is a GREAT sign.
Very good get. Linebacker room looks super solid. Front 7 should be solid, imo.
Agreed. Probably need one more DE but other than that I’m happy with where we are on defense.
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Offseason Roster Thread:
@Kcmatt7 said in Offseason Roster Thread:
@Jhawk69 said in Offseason Roster Thread:
Lathan to Kansas. Just read that he entered the portal AFTER playing in WVU’s bowl game. That is a GREAT sign.
Very good get. Linebacker room looks super solid. Front 7 should be solid, imo.
Agreed. Probably need one more DE but other than that I’m happy with where we are on defense.
Ben Bell?
Edit: He’s visiting Ole Miss, so maybe not.
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We also need a punter.
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We now have a punter. Based on stats alone he looks like an upgrade over Greaves.
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Based on numbers, he is a clear upgrade over Greaves.
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@Jhawk69 said in Offseason Roster Thread:
We now have a punter. Based on stats alone he looks like an upgrade over Greaves.
I like that we have committed to the rugby punter though. Prefer it for CFB. I don’t like having backup OL chasing after the Reggie Bush’s or Tyreek Hill’s of the world.
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Auburn transfer Laquan Robinson commits to Kansas. He is a safety.
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Apparently he may have moved to linebacker while at Auburn. He has 2 years of eligibility.
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@KirkIsMyHinrich Another good add
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@KirkIsMyHinrich said in Offseason Roster Thread:
Apparently he may have moved to linebacker while at Auburn. He has 2 years of eligibility.
I’m guessing depth/special teams
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I feel better about week 0 now https://x.com/mzenitz/status/1878218088178450761?s=46&t=c0LiaNrxev6XfT7LIH8dAQ
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For anyone interested, here’s what I have for next year’s football roster so far. 83 scholarship players. 40 offense, 41 defense, and 2 special teams. 21 portal commits coming in. 9 portal commits leaving. And this assumes Daniel Hishaw will be back.
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Here are portal commits
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@KirkIsMyHinrich Thanks for putting this together, very helpful.
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@AsadZ Yep, no problem.
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I really like our defense.
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Texas DE Justice Finkley to KU. Fills a position of need. He has 1 season of eligibility.
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He’s 6’2’’, 250 lbs, so I expect him to fill the SDE position replacing Jereme Robinson. Dean Miller would be the other starter at DE.
Reading comments from Texas fans, it sounds like he was a good player but he was just getting passed on the depth chart by 1st round NFL draft picks and freak athletes. He also seems to be a very high character guy.
Pretty happy with our DE room right now.
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@KirkIsMyHinrich I think I like this
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@KirkIsMyHinrich you know it’s crazy and yes I know - -I know some of these guys didn’t take a lot of snaps BUT think back 4-5 years ago we couldn’t even gt a sniff from players like the one’s we have joining our program now- - -a lot of snaps or not. I mean we just this yr alone got two transfers from Alabama, a guy from Auburn – This guy from Texas- -Hell even our boy from S Carolina to name just a few, it’s just another sign of how this team and our perception from others have changed. Other players see how the program is changing.& they want to be a part of that
Better High School recruits – A Coach who cares and can Coach- - A new Stadium- -we have really turned the corner, not quite 100 % quite yet but for sure on the way up. t
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@SlimShaddy54 said in Offseason Roster Thread:
@KirkIsMyHinrich you know it’s crazy and yes I know - -I know some of these guys didn’t take a lot of snaps BUT think back 4-5 years ago we couldn’t even gt a sniff from players like the one’s we have joining our program now- - -a lot of snaps or not. I mean we just this yr alone got two transfers from Alabama, a guy from Auburn – This guy from Texas- -Hell even our boy from S Carolina to name just a few, it’s just another sign of how this team and our perception from others have changed. Other players see how the program is changing.& they want to be a part of that
Better High School recruits – A Coach who cares and can Coach- - A new Stadium- -we have really turned the corner, not quite 100 % quite yet but for sure on the way up. t
Yes, despite a slightly disappointing season, it feels like we have some momentum going now in football and it’s starting to manifest in recruiting and the transfer portal. We have had a very successful portal so far this offseason with 22 commits and addressing a lot of positional needs after graduating 30 seniors. I suspect we will add a handful more players in the spring portal, and we might lose a few more as well. Daniel Hishaw hasn’t given a definite answer on whether or not he’ll be back. Greydon Grimes is still on the roster despite his father taking the OC job at Wisconsin. But we are in really good shape heading to the spring portal. Not really any needs, but potential wants for me would be multi year players at Safety, OL, TE, and WR.
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@KirkIsMyHinrich Our 2026 recruiting going really well to. I saw where we are getting a visit this weekend from a 4 8 running back out of Missouri - – -Dezephen Walker, also taking a visit to Nebraska.
Also saw we are getting a visit from the # 1 player out of Iowa – a WR Amarion Walker- - Hunter Huggins is suppose to announce on the 15th guess we were in the lead for him- - plus as of this moment JJ Dunnigan has verbally committed to us - long time to go on these guys and you know how they can change their minds at the drop of a hat but the Staff is tearing it up right now
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It’s almost as if no longer being a joke of a program is appealing to recruits
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@Jhawk69 said in Offseason Roster Thread:
It’s almost as if no longer being a joke of a program is appealing to recruits
PT available, proven they can develop guys to the NFL, financial investments in the program, and a coach who understands what it takes to win at this level while demanding it from fans and boosters.
I really think you see a Jayhawks team in the playoffs if LL stays here long term. Optimistic, yes. But with this conference the way it is, anyone could win it any given season.
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@BShark said in Offseason Roster Thread:
I really like our defense.
The front 7 on paper looks fantastic. I’m concerned I may have too high of expectations for them. Can’t say DK doesn’t have something to work with this season.
KU has the 2nd best Transfer class in the big 12 and we are getting for it to be pretty late in the process…
