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It’s been 92 days since we posted our first check-in on the 2019 Kansas football recruiting class. It’s a good news/bad news kind of deal. The good news is, the class has doubled in size over the past three months. The bad news is twofold: 1) The class went from one player to two players, and 2) the player they had three months has decommitted.
Here are the players KU currently has (non-binding) verbal commitments from:
2019 KU FB Commits
Name | LOI | Juco | Pos | Size | 247 | Rivals | Hometown | Other Offers |
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Name | LOI | Juco | Pos | Size | 247 | Rivals | Hometown | Other Offers |
Cole Mueller | RB | 6'0" 192 lbs | *** | ** | Wentzville, MO | |||
Clay Cundiff | TE | 6'4" 230 lbs | *** | *** | Wichita, KS | Ill St, UNI, SDak, SDakSt |
Here are KU’s decommits; so far, it’s just the one player:
2019 KU FB Decommits
Name | LOI | Juco | Pos | Size | 247 | Rivals | Hometown | Other Offers |
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Name | LOI | Juco | Pos | Size | 247 | Rivals | Hometown | Other Offers |
Lance LegeGendre | QB | 6'2" 205 lbs | **** | **** | New Orleans, LA | LSU, Bama, FSU, UGA, Tenn, A&M |
Obviously, David Beaty has a lot of work to do. Despite his claims to the contrary, it’s pretty obvious that Beaty’s perceived lack of job security has affected Kansas on the recruiting trail. The Jayhawks have the fewest number of verbals so far in the Big 12. K-State is close with six, but every other Big 12 team has 15 or more verbal commits for the 2019 class.
In fact, only four other P5 schools that have fewer than 10 commits at point: Maryland, UCLA, Utah, Washington State.
Per 247Sports, the following are players that have shown reciprocal interest in KU.
2019 KU FB Interest List
Name | LOI | Juco | Pos | Size | 247 Rank | Rivals | Hometown | Other Offers |
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Name | LOI | Juco | Pos | Size | 247 Rank | Rivals | Hometown | Other Offers |
Noah Cain | RB | 5'10" 212 lbs | **** | **** | Bradenton, FL | Aub, LSU, OSU, OU, PSU, UT, 21 more | ||
Titus Swen | RB | 5'10" 205 lbs | *** | **** | Haslet, TX | ASU, SMU | ||
John Branham Jr | RB | 5'10" 218 lbs | *** | *** | Columbus, OH | Pitt, BC, Cinci, GT, UK, Tol, EMU | ||
Elijah Higgins | WR | 6'3" 214 lbs | **** | **** | Austin, TX | UF, OSU, Stan, UT, 35 more | ||
Cameron Coleman | WR | 5'10" 184 lbs | **** | **** | St. Louis, MO | Mizz, Neb, Syr, Tenn, 7 more | ||
Tahj Washington | WR | 5'10" 170 lbs | *** | ** | Marshall, TX | ULL, Mem, USM, Tulane, Tulsa, AF | ||
Ira Henry | OL | 6'5" 320 lbs | *** | *** | St. Louis, MO | Illini, Mizz, Ole Miss, 22 more | ||
Marquise Simmons | OL | 6'4" 310 lbs | *** | *** | St. Louis, MO | ISU, Syr, UNM, Tex St | ||
Derrick Hall | DE | 6'3" 216 lbs | **** | *** | Gulfport, MS | Aub, Miss St, FSU, 11 more | ||
Wardalis Ducksworth | X | DE | 6'3" 235 lbs | *** | Ellisville, MS | Ole Miss | ||
Peyton Powell | ATH | 6'2" 182 lbs | **** | *** | Permian, TX | OSU, OU, TCU, Ttech, 18 more | ||
Keontae Burns | ATH | 6'3" 177 lbs | *** | *** | Pittsburg, TX | Ark, Bama, Bay, Minn, Neb, 14 more |
Firing Beaty will be much easier despite the buyout if things don’t pick up on the recruiting trail - and pick up quickly.