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Kansas State simply landed its prime switch in an already loaded class, as former Illinois ahead Coleman Hawkins introduced Friday he’s transferring to the Wildcats.
The 6-foot-8 Hawkins, who entered the NBA draft however withdrew earlier than final month’s deadline, was the highest accessible participant within the basketball switch portal.
Whereas 247 Sports has him rated because the No. 21 accessible participant within the switch portal this offseason, ESPN (tenth general) and The Athletic (fifth) rated Hawkins even larger.
Hawkins is receiving an NIL deal value $2 million to affix the Wildcats program, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported.
Sources: Illinois switch Coleman Hawkins – a 6-foot-10 F – has dedicated to play for Kansas State in what’s believed to be essentially the most profitable faculty basketball NIL deal ($2 million) negotiated from a collective by Nate Conley of Courtroom XIV and Aaron Turner of Verus Basketball.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 14, 2024
Hawkins, a four-star switch, averaged 12.1 factors, 6.1 rebounds and a pair of.7 assists per recreation in the course of the 2023-24 season for an Illinois crew that reached the Elite Eight.
Kansas State has been busy within the basketball switch portal this offseason, and for good purpose — the Wildcats solely have one participant returning subsequent yr who averaged greater than 10 minutes per recreation in the course of the 2023-24 season.
The Wildcats are coming off a 19-15 season the place they misplaced within the first spherical of the NIT. Following that, 5 gamers transferred out of the Kansas State program, forcing a large roster reset.
With Hawkins’ addition, Kansas State is including eight transfers this offseason and it provides the Wildcats a full complement of 13 scholarship gamers — together with a four-star incoming freshman, level guard David Castillo.
One other headliner in Kansas State’s switch class is former Michigan level guard Dug McDaniel, who averaged 16.3 factors, 4.7 assists and three.7 rebounds per recreation final season. The four-star expertise is rated the No. 53 general switch by 247 Sports activities.
In complete, the Wildcats have landed six four-star transfers, together with energy ahead Achor Achor (from Samford), middle Ugonna Onyenso (Kentucky), taking pictures guard Brendan Hausen (Villanova) and middle Baye Fall (Arkansas).
With Hawkins’ addition, Kansas State jumped 10 spots in 247 Sports’ team transfer portal rankings from No. 22 to No. 12, giving the Massive 12 three groups within the prime 25, together with Kansas at No. 3 and West Virginia at No. 6.
There are six Massive 12 groups complete within the prime 25 of 247 Sports activities’ switch portal rankings, with Texas Tech at No. 20, Baylor at No. 21 and Cincinnati at No. 25.
Kansas State’s common switch participant score of 91.25 in 247 Sports activities’ metric can be ranked twenty seventh nationally.
