On Tuesday, Chris Klieman and the Kansas State Wildcats brought a local prospect home in the transfer portal with the commitment of Alabama defensive end Jayshawn Ross.
Ross, a 6-foot-4 edge rusher from Kansas City, Missouri, committed to Alabama as a freshman, where he redshirted.
Coming out of High School, the Wildcats were heavily involved in his recruitment. Ross was an impressive player who received offers from 26 different programs, including Kansas State, Alabama, Michigan, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Iowa State, Notre Dame, Ole Miss, Tennessee, USC, and more.
Coming out of Liberty North High School in the Class of 2024, Ross was listed as a four-star prospect by the 247Sports index and the nation’s 169th-ranked player. He also checked in as the 15th-ranked player at his position and the sixth-ranked player in the state of Missouri.
With the addition, Kansas State has now added a total of 10 transfers and holds the Big 12’s 11th-ranked class.
The transfer portal officially opened on Monday, December 9, 2024, and will remain open until Saturday, December 28, with an exception for players on teams who play bowl games after the window closes. According to NCAA data, 2,273 FBS football players entered the transfer portal in 2023-24 school year, with 1,558 (68.5%) undergraduates and 715 (31.5%) graduate transfers. Of the entrants, 57% reported that they enrolled in another school, 8% withdrew their names from the portal, and 35% are still active, transferred to a non-NCAA school, or left their sport.
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