Kansas State’s recruiting board keeps stretching wider, but Collin Klein is still making sure the Wildcats stay close to home.
That’s the backdrop for the latest offer K-State extended, a scholarship chance to offensive tackle Benaiah Rizer of Topeka (Kan.) Seaman High School. Klein announced it on social media, another sign that the Wildcats are pushing hard to grab in-state talent early.
Rizer joins a long list of prospects Kansas State has targeted recently, with the program casting a broad net across multiple classes and positions. One of the earliest names on that list is Amari Roberts, a quarterback/wide receiver out of Mary Country Day Institute in the St.
Louis area. Roberts is in the 2030 class, which shows just how early the Wildcats are willing to get involved.
Kansas State has also been active with defensive backs and linemen. Aisaiah Bollen, a 6-foot-2, 180-pound cornerback from Northeast Lincoln (Neb.)
High School, is in the 2028 class. So is James Bennett, an offensive tackle listed at 6-foot-7 and 300 pounds, who already holds offers from Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska and Texas Tech.
The Wildcats have been working the linebacker and receiver groups too. Drew Langford, a linebacker at Legacy Hills (Texas) High School, is a 2028 prospect with offers from Texas-San Antonio and Texas State.
Deuntra Scheanette, a wide receiver in the 2029 class, is another player Kansas State is getting to before the field gets crowded. Cortez Jones, a 6-foot-3, 20-5-pound linebacker from Westlake (Ga.)
High School, also has offers from Georgia Tech, Louisville, Missouri and Kansas.
There’s more size in the group as well. Jamison Mobley, an offensive/defensive lineman from Jenks High School in Oklahoma, already has five Division I offers despite being in the class of 2029.
He’s listed at 6-foot-5 and 250 pounds and is still growing. Elijah Smith, a defensive back from Allen (Texas) High School, is in the 2028 class and has offers from Baylor, Oklahoma State and Louisville.
A standout from Blessed Trinity Catholic (Ga.) High School, he is rated as a three-star prospect by 247 Sports.
Kansas State has also taken a look at several more highly regarded prospects. Dailon Denkins, a 6-foot-1, 185-pound cornerback from Fort Bend (Texas) High School, is rated a four-star recruit by 247 Sports.
Julian Dwyer, a defensive end at Cincinnati Moeller High School, is a three-star recruit with offers from Boston College, Cincinnati, Georgia Tech, Illinois and Indiana. He is rated the 16th-best in the state of Ohio according to 247 Sports.
On the line, the Wildcats offered Jekai Lee, a defensive end from Butler Community College. Lee is 6-foot-6 and 280 pounds and also has offers from Florida International, Georgia State, Southern Mississippi and University of Texas-San Antonio.
Kansas State’s latest tackle target outside of Rizer was Asher Megonnell of Ankeny Centennial High School in Ankeny, Iowa. Megonnell was offered Friday and also has an offer from Big 12 rival Iowa State.
He is currently unranked.
Tight end has been another focus. Brady Reeves, a three-star prospect from Hill-Murray High School in Maplewood, MN, has offers from Vanderbilt, Iowa State and Miami (OH). He is ranked just outside the top 20 at his position on 247Sports, and last season he caught 25 passes for 327 yards and nine touchdowns.
Kansas State also offered Sloan Blackwell on Tuesday night. The tight end from Waco Midway High School in Waco, TX, has offers from Arizona, Syracuse and Arizona State. Last season, he finished with 18 receptions for 254 yards and two touchdowns, per MaxPreps.
The Wildcats rounded out the list with another offensive lineman, Jerry Richmond of East St. Louis High School in East St.
Louis, IL. He has also received offers from Florida Atlantic, North Carolina and South Dakota.
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