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Kansas Jayhawks Worth Keeping Tabs on in 2025 NBA Draft Cycle
The 2025 NBA Draft class is loaded with talent, one of the most exciting and alluring classes in recent memory. With generation talents littered at the top and enough talent that there can be confidence – at least at the moment – that each pick in June’s draft has a legitimate shot to be a contributor.
In the early portion of the College basketball season, everyone is frantically looking for what teams give them the most bang for their buck in watching and hunting draft talent. Look no furhter than the Kansas Jayhawks.
While the Jayhawks have interesting veterans like Dajuan Harris, KJ Adams and Hunter Dickinson who all have their own deficiencies and are liking hurling toward fantastic college careers that in the NBA lead to a G League contract hoping to become another chapter of the storybook pipeline – Kansas also has first round talents waiting in their wings.
Sure Dickinson’s post play and shooting makes him appealing but his defense leaves plenty to be desired at the next level. While Harris has the defensive chops and motor, his size concerns, inability to score and inconsistent table setting likely rule him out from the NBA’s radar. For Adams, he would need the perfect spot looking for a modern small ball five and to greatly improve his jumpshot which is tough to bank on.
Though, further down that KU roster you see AJ Storr and Zeke Mayo, a couple of players earning the Remy Martin treatment from Bill Self. Martin, a transfer from Arizona State spent most of the season coming off the bench for the Jayhawks despite being one of the team’s best scorers before eventually earning a starting spot and helping Kansas win a National Title.
Mayo and Storr each transfers from South Dakota State and Wisconsin respectively have started the season on the bench for Self. However, in the biggest game of the college season to take with the Jayhawks hosting the Tar Heels, both of them were keys to victory in Lawrence.
Storr finished with 13 points, two rebounds, two steals, a steal with Mayo chipping in 21 points, five rebounds, four assists and a trio of triples.
It shouldn’t be long until one or both of those transfers crack the starting five for Kansas, and each of them should have the a large enough body of work to make their way into the first round of the 2025 NBA Draft.
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Indiana’s portal haul continued to grow Sunday as multiple outlets reported the addition of Kansas State edge rusher Tobi Osunsanmi.
Osunsanmi has played in 36 games over the last four years and has 8.5 sacks and 12.5 tackles for loss. Most of that production came over the last two seasons. He has a total of 47 QB pressures during his college career.
In 2025 he played in six games and had 20 tackles, 6.0 tackles for loss and 4.0 sacks. He suffered a season-ending injury in October.
He saw action in all 13 games in 2024 as a reserve defensive end and on special teams, recording 19 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks and a forced fumble over 303 defensive snaps and 31 special teams plays.
In 2023 he saw time in all 13 games as a reserve linebacker, a rush end on passing downs and on special teams. He was tied for team-high honors with five tackles on kickoff coverage.
He played in four games in 2022 and preserved his redshirt.
The 6-foot-3 and 250-pound Osunsanmi has one year of eligibility remaining.
The Wichita, Kan. product (Wichita East H.S.) was regarded as the 232nd-best overall player in the nation for the Class of 2022 by 247Sports.
Osunsanmi will help fill the void left by outgoing edge rushers Mikail Kamara, Kellan Wyatt and Stephen Daley.
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LAWRENCE — The Division I transfer portal window for college football is open from Jan. 2 through Jan. 16, and that means Sunday is another chance for the Kansas football program to shape its roster.
The Jayhawks already gained one public addition earlier this offseason in Grand Valley State transfer Jibriel Conde — whose signing was announced Dec. 4. Conde, who is making the jump up from Division II, is a 247Sports-rated three-star defensive lineman in the portal and is listed by KU as a defensive tackle. On Saturday, a number of current Kansas players — including redshirt freshman quarterback Isaiah Marshall, redshirt sophomore wide receiver Keaton Kubecka and redshirt sophomore defensive tackle Blake Herold — also outlined in social media posts on X that they are locked in with the program for the 2026 season.
Marshall is set to compete for the starting quarterback job next season. Kubecka has the chance to step up into a more significant role at wide receiver. Herold is in line to be a key part of Kansas’ defensive line.
Those positives, though, don’t outweigh the fact that there has been a sizable group of players who have revealed their intentions to transfer away. Looking overall, when it comes to those whose decisions became public before and after the portal opened, the significant names to know include redshirt senior safety Lyrik Rawls, redshirt junior linebacker Trey Lathan and freshman quarterback David McComb. Lathan led KU in tackles in 2025.
Check in here for more updates during this transfer portal window about a KU team that finished 5-7 during the 2025 season, with transfer ratings as outlined by 247Sports.
Kansas football transfer portal additions
Jibriel Conde (3-star defensive lineman from Grand Valley State) — KU lists him as a defensive tackle
Kansas football transfer portal departures
Joseph Sipp Jr. (linebacker)
Jacoby Davis (cornerback)
Dylan Brooks (defensive end)
Jaidyn Doss (wide receiver)
Carter Lavrusky (offensive lineman)
Trey Lathan (linebacker)
Tyler Mercer (offensive lineman)
Harry Stewart III (running back)
Caleb Redd (3-star edge) — KU lists him as a defensive end
Aundre Gibson (3-star cornerback)
David McComb (3-star quarterback)
Kene Anene (3-star interior offensive lineman) — KU lists him as an offensive lineman
Laquan Robinson (3-star safety)
Jameel Croft Jr. (3-star cornerback)
Logan Brantley (3-star linebacker)
Greydon Grimes (3-star offensive tackle) — KU lists him as an offensive lineman
Jon Jon Kamara (3-star linebacker)
Lyrik Rawls (3-star safety)
Damani Maxson (3-star safety)
Jaden Hamm (tight end)
Bryce Cohoon (wide receiver)
JaCorey Stewart (linebacker)
Johnny Thompson Jr. (running back)
Efren Jasso (punter)
Jordan Guskey covers University of Kansas Athletics at The Topeka Capital-Journal. He was the 2022 National Sports Media Association’s sportswriter of the year for the state of Kansas. Contact him at jmguskey@gannett.com or on Twitter at @JordanGuskey.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – Hundreds of people packed the Gem Theatre over the weekend to celebrate Kwanzaa.
The celebrations run nightly through January 1. Each night highlights a different core value, including unity, cooperation and faith.
The event features local vendors and performances. Organizers say it’s a great way to start the new year.
The Kwanzaa celebration is free and open to everyone.
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