On Tuesday, Lance Leipold and the Kansas Jayhawks made a massive splash in the transfer portal with the addition of an in-conference transfer.
Former West Virginia linebacker Trey Lathan elected to leave the West Virginia Mountaineers this offseason to head to Lawrence, Kansas, as a Jayhawk.
Lathan, a 6-foot-1 junior from Goulds, Florida, spent the previous four seasons as one of West Virginia’s leaders on defense. The Florida native recorded 112 total tackles, two pass breakups, two sacks, and two forced fumbles during his time in Morgantown.
Coming out of Gulliver Prep in the Class of 2022, Lathan was listed as a three-star prospect by the 247Sports index and the nation’s 457th-ranked player. He also checked in as the 42nd-ranked player at his position and the 51st-ranked player in the state of Florida.
With his commitment, Kansas has now added a total of 19 prospects in the transfer portal this offseason, giving them the Big 12’s fifth-ranked incoming 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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