Highest-rated Class of 2026 football recruits from Kansas

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- National rank: #2,585 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #7
- College: Oklahoma
- Offers: Oklahoma, Texas Tech
- High school: Blue Valley Northwest (Overland Park, KS)
#18. Trace Rudd (K)
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- National rank: #2,411 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #153
- College: Pittsburg State
- Offers: Pittsburg State
- High school: Gardner Edgerton (Gardner, KS)
#17. Syre Padilla (RB)
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- National rank: #2,059 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #208
- College: New Mexico
- Offers: New Mexico, South Dakota
- High school: Beloit (Beloit, KS)
#16. Brody Litton (DL)
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- National rank: #1,276 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #69
- College: Kansas
- Offers: Kansas, Iowa State, Liberty
- High school: Northwest (Wichita, KS)
#15. Jaylen Mason (QB)
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- National rank: #1,229 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #70
- College: Iowa State
- Offers: Iowa State, Wake Forest, Army, Illinois State, Lindenwood
- High school: Shawnee Mission South (Overland Park, KS)
#14. Drake DeBaun (TE)
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- National rank: #1,121 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #89
- College: Kansas State
- Offers: Kansas State, Rice, Arkansas State, Cornell, Illinois State
- High school: Blue Valley West (Stilwell, KS)
#12 (tie). Lawson McGraw (ATH)
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- National rank: #1,121 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #92
- College: Kansas State
- Offers: Kansas State, Arkansas State, Iowa State
- High school: Mill Valley (Shawnee, KS)
#12 (tie). Lamarcus Barber (IOL)
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- National rank: #1,013 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #144
- College: Kansas
- Offers: Kansas, Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma State
- High school: Shawnee Heights (Tecumseh, KS)
#11. Tyren Parker (WR)
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- National rank: #848 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #48
- College: Colorado State
- Offers: Colorado State, Oregon State, Arizona, Marshall, New Mexico
- High school: Pratt (Pratt, KS)
#9 (tie). Arley Morrell (TE)
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- National rank: #848 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #116
- College: Kansas
- Offers: Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State
- High school: Ottawa (Ottawa, KS)
#9 (tie). Nate Sims (WR)
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- National rank: #815 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #63
- College: Kansas
- Offers: Kansas, Illinois, Iowa State, Kansas State, Michigan
- High school: Lawrence (Lawrence, KS)
#8. Josh Galbreath (ATH)
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- National rank: #810 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #61
- College: not committed
- Offers: Arkansas, Arkansas State, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State
- High school: Northwest (Wichita, KS)
#7. Johnmichael Fountain (LB)
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- National rank: #694 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #59
- College: Clemson
- Offers: Clemson, Arkansas, Duke, Florida State, Iowa
- High school: Lawrence Free State (Lawrence, KS)
#6. Braden Wilmes (OT)
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- National rank: #580 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #57
- College: Kansas
- Offers: Kansas, Arkansas, Iowa State, Kansas State, Marshall
- High school: Maize South (Wichita, KS)
#5. Hunter Higgins (Edge)
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- National rank: #382 (4 stars)
- Position rank: #30
- College: not committed
- Offers: Arkansas, Auburn, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State
- High school: Derby (Derby, KS)
#4. Maxwell Robinson (IOL)
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- National rank: #310 (4 stars)
- Position rank: #29
- College: Kansas
- Offers: Kansas, Arkansas, Duke, Kansas State, Wisconsin
- High school: Salina Central (Salina, KS)
#3. Kaden Snyder (OT)
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- National rank: #152 (4 stars)
- Position rank: #18
- College: not committed
- Offers: Miami, Colorado, Kansas, Arizona State, Florida
- High school: Manhattan (Manhattan, KS)
#2. JJ Dunnigan (CB)
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- National rank: #35 (5 stars)
- Position rank: #3
- College: Notre Dame
- Offers: Notre Dame, Kansas State, Iowa State, Kansas, Arkansas
- High school: Great Bend (Great Bend, KS)
#1. Ian Premer (TE)
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