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Here is where Kansas State football’s top 2024 NFL Draft prospects rank at their positions

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April 24, 2024

Here is where Kansas State football’s top 2024 NFL Draft prospects rank at their positions

Barring a major surprise, don’t look for any Kansas State football players to go off the board Thursday in the opening round of the 2024 NFL Draft.

That said, as many as four Wildcats could hear their names called — including two in Friday’s second or third rounds — before it is all said and done on Saturday.

The festivities get underway at 7 p.m. Thursday from Detroit, with ABC and the ESPN networks providing live television coverage. The second and third rounds take place starting at 6 p.m. Friday, with rounds 4-7 scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday.

K-State offensive lineman Cooper Beebe and tight end Ben Sinnott both are likely to go Friday, while offensive lineman and defensive end/edge Khalid Duke are projected as possible Saturday selections. The mock drafts often provide the more accurate forecasts because they factor in runs at certain positions.

But another measuring stick is how the individual players stack up with other prospects in their respective position groups. So, here is a look at how several entities rank the Wildcats next to their peers and also overall in the draft class.

Note: Overall prospect ranking is not a prediction of the player’s draft position.

Where will Kansas State football TE Ben Sinnott go in 2024 NFL draft? Some projections

Where will Kansas State football OL KT Leveston go in 2024 NFL draft? Some projections

Where will Kansas State football DE Khalid Duke go in 2024 NFL draft? Some projections

OG Cooper Beebe

ESPN: No. 2 guard, No. 79 overall

CBS Sports: No. 5 Interior OL (No. 3 guard), No. 81 overall

WalterFootball: No. 5 guard (draft round 2-3)

Sporting News: No. 5 guard, No. 77 overall

It is interesting that Beebe’s overall rankings do not typically reflect his projected draft position of second or early third round. Also, some position rankings lump guards and centers together as interior linemen.

TE Ben Sinnott

CBS Sports: No. 2 tight end, No. 54 overall

ESPN: No. 2 tight end, No. 94 overall

Sporting News: No. 3 tight end, No. 78 overall

WalterFootball: No. 4 tight end (draft round 3-4)

Sinnott’s stock has continued to go up, especially after a strong showing at the NFL Combine. But his draft ceiling most likely is early third round.

OL KT Leveston

ESPN: No. 12 guard, No. 194 overall

WalterFootball: No. 21 tackle (draft round 3-5)

Sporting News: No. 20 guard, No. 216 overall

CBS Sports: No. 28 tackle, No. 315 overall

Leveston started at left tackle for K-State the past two seasons, but he may be better suited to play guard in the NFL, as reflected in some of the rankings.

DE/Edge/LB Khalid Duke

WalterFootball: No. 23 defensive end (draft round 4-6)

ESPN: No. 25 edge, No. 237 overall

CBS Sports: No. 20 linebacker, No. 247 overall

Finding the right NFL fit will be important for Duke, who has been ranked variously as a defensive end, edge rusher or outside linebacker. His professional future, at least initially, will be as a pass rush specialist.

Arne Green is based in Salina and covers Kansas State University sports for the Gannett network. He can be reached at agreen@gannett.com or on Twitter at @arnegreen.

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Doe v. State of Kansas | American Civil Liberties Union

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March 3, 2026

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Doe v. State of Kansas | American Civil Liberties Union

In early 2026, the Kansas state legislature passed SB 244, a law which prohibits transgender people from using public restrooms on government property that align with their gender identity and establishes a private right of action that allows anyone who suspects someone is transgender and in violation of the law to sue that person for “damages” totaling $1,000.

The law also invalidates state-issued driver’s licenses with updated gender markers that reflect the carrier’s gender identity. In February 2026, transgender people across the state received letters from the state Department of Revenue’s Division of Vehicles informing them that their driver’s licenses “will no longer be valid,” effective immediately. SB 244 also prohibits transgender Kansans – or those born in Kansas – from updating the gender marker on state-issued birth certificates and driver’s licenses in the future.

The same day SB 244 went into effect, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Kansas, and Ballard Spahr LLP filed a lawsuit challenging SB 244 in the District Court of Douglas County on behalf of two transgender men who had their driver’s licenses invalidated under the law. The lawsuit charges that SB 244 violates the Kansas Constitution’s protections for personal autonomy, privacy, equality under the law, due process, and freedom of speech.

“The invalidation of state-issued IDs threatens to out transgender people against their will every time they apply for a job, rent an apartment, or interact with police,” said Harper Seldin, Senior Staff Attorney for the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Rights Project. “Taken as a whole, SB 244 is a transparent attempt to deny transgender people autonomy over their own identities and push them out of public life altogether.”

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Kansas City man sentenced for cocaine trafficking, possession of illegal firearm

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March 3, 2026

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Kansas City man sentenced for cocaine trafficking, possession of illegal firearm

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – A Kansas City man was sentenced in federal court for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy and possession of an illegal firearm.

According to the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, 22-year-old Antoine R. Gillum was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison without parole.

His sentencing stems from a June 2024 incident in a metro gas station. KCPD investigators contacted Gillum inside and found that he had discarded a 9 mm pistol in an aisle between the merchandise. He also discarded a pill bottle containing multiple illegal substances: cocaine base, oxycodone/acetaminophen and oxycodone.

Officers searched the vehicle Gillum had arrived in and found approximately 32 grams of cocaine base.

On May 6, 2025, Gillum pleaded guilty to one count each of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica Jennings. It’s a part of ‘Operation Take Back America,’ a nationwide Department of Justice initiative to eliminate cartels and transnational criminal organizations.

No further information has been released.

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