On Monday, Lance Leipold and the Kansas Jayhawks added a talented player through the transfer portal with the addition of Texas pass rusher Justice Finkley.
Finkley, a 6-foot-2 junior from Trussville, Alabama, spent the previous three seasons as a member of the Texas Longhorns.
In his three-year career in Austin, Finkley saw some decent action for the Longhorns. He recorded 26 total tackles, 2.5 sacks, and a forced fumble in three years of collegiate football.
Coming out of Hewitt-Trussville High School in the Class of 2022, Finkley was listed as a four-star prospect by the 247Sports index. He also checked in as the 10th-ranked player at his position and the sixth-ranked player in the state of Alabama.
With the addition, Kansas has now added a total of 22 different prospects through the transfer portal this offseason. The group checks in as the Big 12’s third-ranked group and the country’s 28th-ranked unit.
The transfer portal officially opened on Monday, December 9, 2024, and closed on Saturday, December 28, except 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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