Kansas may have taken a hit on the recruiting trail lately, but the Jayhawks just landed back in the mix for one of the biggest names in the 2027 class.
Five-star combo guard Adan Diggs, a Millennium High School standout ranked as the nation’s No. 6 overall player in 2027, has trimmed his list to seven schools, and Kansas is among them. The 6-4 senior is also the No. 1-ranked shooting guard in the class, according to the report shared by Joe Tipton on September 11, 2026.
Diggs has plenty of attention attached to him, and for good reason. As 247Sports’ Adam Finkelstein put it:
“Diggs is one of the more naturally gifted two-way prospects in the national class. He put up 18.3 points, 6.1 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.8 steals, and 0.8 blocks in the EYBL, and yet what’s glaring is still how much potential he has to keep improving.”
That said, Kansas is hardly the only heavyweight in the race. Arizona has been heavily connected to Diggs, with 247Sports labeling the Wildcats as “warm” and On3 giving Tommy Lloyd’s program a 94.9% chance to land him. Arizona also comes in fresh off a Final Four run last season, before falling to eventual national champion Michigan.
Still, Kansas has been in this kind of battle before. Bill Self and his staff - Kurtis Townsend, Jeremy Case, Joe Dooley, Jacque Vaughn and Tony Bland - have spent years working through recruiting races that don’t always look promising at the start. Even when the Jayhawks are behind early, they’ve shown they can keep grinding until the picture changes.
And if Kansas misses on Diggs, it won’t mean the 2027 class is already slipping away. Only nine of the top 30 recruits in that cycle have committed so far, leaving plenty of room for movement.
What could help the Jayhawks close on elite talent like Diggs is what happens on the floor with the current group. The development of players like Tyran Stokes and Taylen Kinney matters, especially as Self continues to sell the program’s track record of turning top prospects into NBA players. That pitch still carries weight, and it’s part of why Kansas has continued to land major classes even after its rough stretch since winning the lot in 2022, including the No. 2 overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, Darryn Peterson.
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