Kansas State’s recruiting push under Collin Klein kept rolling with another scholarship offer, this time going to 2028 defensive lineman Robert Brown out of Effingham County High School in Springfield, Ga.
Brown is listed at 6-foot-3 and 290 pounds, and he’s still too early in the process to have a scouting-service ranking. Even so, the Wildcats are in the mix with some heavy hitters already: Georgia Tech, Arkansas, Florida State and Georgia have also offered him.
Brown is just the latest name on a growing list of recent Kansas State targets. The Wildcats have also moved on several other prospects across the trenches and at tight end.
Among them is Denkins, a 6-foot-1, 185-pound standout at Fort Bend High School in Texas who is rated a four-star recruit by 247 Sports.
Kansas State also offered Julian Dwyer, a defensive end from Cincinnati Moeller High School, one of the top programs in the nation. Dwyer is a three-star recruit with offers from Boston College, Cincinnati, Georgia Tech, Illinois and Indiana, and 247 Sports lists him as the 16th-best player in Ohio.
Another defensive end on the board is Jekai Lee, a Butler Community College prospect at 6-foot-6 and 280 pounds. Lee has drawn offers from Florida International, Georgia State, Southern Mississippi and University of Texas-San Antonio as well.
At tight end, the Wildcats added Brady Reeves, a three-star prospect from Hill-Murray High School in Maplewood, Minn. Reeves has offers from Vanderbilt, Iowa State and Miami (OH), and 247Sports has him just outside the top 20 at his position. Last season, he caught 25 passes for 327 yards and nine touchdowns.
Kansas State also offered tight end Sloan Blackwell on Tuesday night. Blackwell plays at Waco Midway High School in Waco, Texas, and has also heard from Arizona, Syracuse and Arizona State. Per MaxPreps, he finished last season with 18 receptions for 254 yards and two touchdowns.
Up front, the Wildcats offered Jerry Richmond, an offensive lineman from East St. Louis High School in East St.
Louis, Ill. Richmond also has offers from Florida Atlantic, North Carolina and South Dakota.
Kansas State’s latest offensive tackle offer went to Asher Megonnell, who attends Ankeny Centennial High School in Ankeny, Iowa. Iowa State is also in the mix for Megonnell, who is currently unranked.
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