Kansas State Wildcats set to lose top receiver Jayce Brown to transfer portal
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- Kansas State will lose top receiver Jayce Brown to the transfer portal.
- Brown caught 41 passes for 712 yards and five touchdowns while injured.
- Klein and staff face a major replacement task with multiple transfers expected.
Many of Kansas State’s outgoing football transfers didn’t make much of an impact for the Wildcats last season.
That is not the case with their latest pending departure.
Jayce Brown, the top wide receiver on the K-State football roster and one of the best pass-catchers in the Big 12, has decided to enter the transfer portal after spending the past three seasons with the Wildcats.
“To my Kansas State family,” he wrote on social media, “I am forever grateful for the opportunity to have called Kansas State University my home. Wildcat Nation, I can’t thank you enough for the past three seasons. I will never forget my time in Manhattan, and playing for all of you.”
Brown caught 41 passes for 712 yards and five touchdowns while battling various injuries last season. He was only able to play in nine games before he was lost for the season with an upper-body injury suffered during a road contest against Oklahoma State.
His best game of the season came against Kansas when he grabbed four passes for 160 yards and two touchdowns.
Brown has been one of Avery Johnson’s favorite targets the past few seasons. As a sophomore, Brown caught 47 passes from Johnson for 823 yards and five touchdowns. As a freshman, he grabbed 41 passes for 712 yards and five scores.
It’s possible he could look into declaring for the NFL Draft in addition to exploring his options as a transfer.
K-State is expecting to lose at least a dozen players when the transfer portal officially opens on January 2. That will give new head football coach Collin Klein ample roster spots as he looks to bring in transfers of his own next season.
Brown will be the hardest outgoing transfer to replace.
But a pair of notable K-State football players have announced plans to remain with the team in recent days. Lead running back Joe Jackson has said he will stay with the Wildcats next season. Backup quarterback Blake Barnett has also announced he will remain in Manhattan.
K-State football transfer tracker
- Callen Barta (wide receiver)
- Jayce Brown (wide receiver)
- Teagan Cobb (kicker)
- Ryan Davis (defensive end)
- Dylan Edwards (running back)
- Amarion Fortenberry (defensive back)
- Truman Griffith (defensive end)
- Brayden Loftin (tight end)
- Colby McAlister (defensive end)
- Donovan McIntosh (defensive back)
- Andrew Metzger (tight end)
- Qua Moss (defensive back)
- JB Price (running back)
- Jacques Spradley-Demps (wide receiver)
This story was originally published December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM.