Kansas State’s first 2024 football recruit is an offensive lineman from Mill Valley
The Kansas State football team is coming off an important victory over its rival.
Mill Valley offensive lineman Gus Hawkins recently ended his junior high school football season with a 5A state championship.
K-State and Hawkins can go ahead and celebrate those big wins together. Hawkins, a 6-foot-7, 255-pound tackle for the Jaguars, became the first member of the Wildcats’ 2024 recruiting class on Monday when he announced his intentions to play college football for Chris Klieman.
“After some great conversations with coaches and family,” Hawkins wrote on social media, “I am grateful to say that I’m staying home and becoming a Wildcat!”
Hawkins has a three-star rating from 247Sports. He chose the Wildcats after helping his high school team defeat Maize in the Kansas 5A state championship game on Saturday.
His upside is obvious at the next level. At the very least, he will add valuable height and size to K-State’s offensive line. He has the ideal frame to play left tackle or right tackle.
And he gives the Wildcats a jump start in 2024 before signing day arrives for their 2023 class.
It’s already been a good week on the recruiting front for K-State.
The Wildcats also landed a 2023 junior-college recruit on Monday. William Lee, a cornerback from Iowa Western Community College, has also committed to play for K-State.
Lee is a 6-foot-2, 185-pound defender who was previously committed to Oregon State.
He will be expected to help the Wildcats immediately next season.
K-State now has 22 pledges in its 2023 recruiting class and one in 2024.
This story was originally published November 29, 2022 at 9:15 AM.