Kansas State has sent plenty of talent to the NBA, but when it comes to scoring, one name still sits above the rest: Mitch Richmond.
Richmond leads the Wildcats’ all-time NBA scoring chart with 20,497 points, a total that lands him No. 53 on the league’s all-time list. That puts him ahead of names like John Stockton, Dwight Howard, Scottie Pippen, Tracy McGrady, Magic Johnson and Steve Nash.
Drafted No. 5 overall in 1988, Richmond played for the Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings, Washington Wizards and Los Angeles Lakers. His resume includes an NBA championship in 2002, six All-Star selections and the NBA Rookie of the Year award in 1989.
Rolando Blackman follows at No. 2 with 17,623 points. Drafted No. 9 overall by the Dallas Mavericks in 1981, Blackman spent all but two of his NBA seasons in Dallas before finishing his career with the New York Knicks. He appeared in 980 NBA games.
Bob Boozer checks in at No. 3 with 12,964 points. He remains the only two-time consensus first-team All-American in K-State men’s basketball history, and his pro path came with a twist: he declined the NBA for a year so he could stay eligible for the 1960 Summer Olympics, where he and the United States won gold. Drafted first overall in the 1959 NBA Draft, not counting the uncommon territorial picks, Boozer later won a championship with the Milwaukee Bucks in 1971 and made the NBA All-Star team in 1968.
Michael Beasley lands at No. 4 after scoring 7,568 points in the NBA. The former freshman phenom in Manhattan was taken second overall by the Miami Heat and went on to play for a long list of teams.
Mike Evans sits at No. 5 with 4,531 points. Before Jacob Pullen passed him in 2011, Evans was K-State’s all-time leading scorer. His nine-year NBA career included stops with the San Antonio Spurs, Milwaukee Bucks, Cleveland Cavaliers and Denver Nuggets.
Willie Murrell is next with 2,988 points. Coached by Tex Winter, Murrell led K-State during its most recent Final Four run in 1964 before moving on to the pros.
Lew Hitch ranks No. 7 with 2,075 points from 1952-57. He also won two NBA titles with the Minneapolis Lakers in 1952 and 1953.
Rodney McGruder comes in at No. 8 with 1,825 points. After leaving K-State in 2013, he had to wait until the Miami Heat’s 2016 season opener to make his NBA debut. He spent three seasons in Miami, one with the Los Angeles Clippers and three more with the Detroit Pistons.
Dean Wade is right behind him at No. 9 with 1,824 points, and that number is still climbing after his move to Philadelphia.
Ed Nealy rounds out the top 10 with 1,451 points. His NBA career began in the 1982-83 season with the Kansas City Kings, where he started most of the year before settling into more of a bench role. He later had stops with the Chicago Bulls, Phoenix Suns, San Antonio Spurs and Golden State Warriors, and his final NBA season came in 1992-93.
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Kansas State Just Added Another Intriguing 2028 Target To Its Board
Kansas States recruiting board keeps getting a little more interesting in the 2027 and 2028 classes, with the Wildcats extending offers to a fresh wave of high school prospects at several key spots. Among the latest names are two-way athlete Antonio Dural, edge rusher Steven McClendon and defensive backs Bryce Willingham and Bryson Hazley, all part of the kind of early groundwork programs lay when they want to stay ahead of the curve. The offers are another sign that Kansas State coaches are casting a wide net as they try to build relationships well before these classes get too deep into the process.
The most eye-catching addition may be in the secondary, where the Wildcats have also reached out to a pair of 2028 defensive backs who come as a package deal. For Kansas State, that kind of early attention matters because it can shape how a board develops long before official visits and final decisions come into focus. The Wildcats are clearly staying active with their recruiting efforts, and this latest round of offers gives a better sense of the positions and regions theyre targeting next. [Read more 🡒]
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There is also a recruiting layer to the story, with Kansas State extending an offer to Antonio Dural, a two-way athlete from Klein Oak High School in Texas who works at both cornerback and wide receiver. Dural gives the staff another versatile name to track, while Mannings early progress has already given the offense a more defined option at receiver, even as the bigger question is how far that connection can carry once the games start. [Read more 🡒]
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For the Wildcats, Gregorys presence is about more than just another experienced pass rusher. He brings the sort of production that can change how an opponent prepares, even as he settles into a new locker room and a new system. Kansas State is also still working the recruiting trail, having extended an offer to two-way athlete Antonio Dural from Klein Oak High School, another sign that the staff is trying to build depth and upside at the same time. [Read more 🡒]