The Kansas City Star reports that former K-State fullback Braden Wilson has signed with the Kansas City Chiefs. Wilson was a sixth round draft pick of the Chiefs and is now the fourth pick to sign with the team. He started 27 games in his K-State career and appeared in 51 games. “I thought he was the best blocking fullback in the draft,” Chiefs head coach Andy Reid told KC Chiefs.com. Wilson joins Meshak Williams, who signed with Baltimore on Tuesday, as one of two Wildcats to sign with NFL teams this week. Stay connected to all things KSU on…
Author: John Kurtz
K-State will host Mississippi on December 5th this season as part of the Big 12/SEC challenge. This will be the first challenge for the Big 12 since a four-year series with the Pac-10 from 2007-10. The Rebels went 27-9 last year while winning the SEC tournament and advancing to the third round of the NCAA tournament. They return leading scorer Marshall Henderson, one of the most polarizing figures in college basketball, who averaged 20.1 points per game last season. “I’m excited about this new partnership between the Big 12 and SEC,” said head coach Bruce Weber in a statement. “Scheduling…
Despite going undrafted, Meshak Williams will head to Ravens training camp this summer after signing a free agent deal with the Super Bowl champs. The Baltimore Ravens official website lists Williams as one of four undrafted rookies to sign with the team after this past weekend’s rookie camp. Williams played defensive end at K-State, but is listed as an outside linebacker for the Ravens. He was second in the Big 12 last year with eight and a half sacks during his senior season. Williams will join his former teammate Arthur Brown in the Ravens front seven. Brown was Baltimore’s second…
The nation took notice of K-State’s three game sweep of Kansas this weekend. The Wildcats made the jump into multiple top 25 polls heading into the final Big 12 series of the year against Oklahoma. K-State is ranked 18th by Collegiate Baseball, 19th by Baseball America, 21st in the USA Today Coaches Poll, 22nd by the NCBWA and 26th by Perfect Game. This marks the seventh straight week that K-State has at least received votes in the various top 25 polls. Last week the Wildcats found themselves ranked for the first time since May 24th, 2010 by coming in at…
Maine transfer Justin Edwards joined “The Game” to discuss his potential role at K-State.
Check one more milestone off the list for K-State senior high jumper Erik Kynard. With a jump of 2.26 meters (7-05.00), Kynard broke the R.V. Christian Track Complex facility record in the men’s high jump Saturday during the Ward Haylett Invitational in Manhattan. The previous record was 2.24 meters (7-04.50) held by former Olympian Ed Broxterman. That record had stood since 1998. Kynard also received the Heartbeat of the Team Award from the 299th Brigade Support Battalion, the track and field team’s partner unit from Fort Riley. It was given to the team member who best demonstrated high moral character…
K-State will play Tulane at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on December 28th as part of the Brooklyn Hoops Winter Festival. The game will be second of a triple header scheduled for the Brooklyn Hoops Winter Festival. St. John’s and Columbia will lead off the action and VCU and Boston College will be the final game of the day. K-State will play just the single game against the Green Wave. Television coverage and game times will be announced at a later date. “This will be a great opportunity to take our East Coast guys home – especially being Shane’s senior…
Bruce Weber and K-State have announced the addition of Maine transfer Justin Edwards to the Wildcats program. Edwards is a 6-4, 180 pound guard who led the America East in scoring this past season by racking up 16.7 points and 5.2 rebounds per game. He was only the fifth sophomore in America East history to lead the league in scoring. “We are very excited about the addition of Justin to our program,” said Weber in a press release. “With the loss of Rodney (McGruder) and Martavious (Irving) this year and Will (Spradling) and Shane (Southwell) next year, we really needed…
University of Maine play-by-play voice Ron Lisnet joined “The Game” to talk about Justin Edwards who is transferring from Maine to K-State.