Kansas Jayhawks entertaining elite power forward Davion Adkins on weekend visit
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- Davion Adkins begins official Kansas visit Friday amid key recruiting decision.
- Taylen Kinney to announce college choice Sunday; Kansas among final six schools.
- Kansas competes with Houston and Rutgers for Adkins, a top-50 national prospect.
Davion Adkins, a 6-foot-8, 205-pound senior power forward from Prolific Prep in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, will make an official recruiting visit to Kansas on Friday through Sunday.
Adkins, who is ranked No. 24 in the recruiting class of 2026 by Rivals.com, No. 34 by 247sports.com and No. 46 by ESPN.com, has a final list of KU, Houston and Rutgers. The Dallas native has already made official visits to Houston and Rutgers and an unofficial visit to KU.
Adkins averaged 11.0 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.3 blocked shots per game while shooting 54.8% from the field at the NBPA Top 100 camp in South Carolina earlier this summer.
“There might not have been a bigger presence at the front of the rim than Davion Adkins. The 6-8 post player (with a 7-2 wingspan) is a supreme rim protector, not only showing a quick, explosive burst, but also excellent timing,” wrote recruiting analyst Jamie Shaw of Rivals.com.
“Adkins is a high-flyer, and while needing others to set up his opportunities, he takes a consolidated approach to creating his advantages. He will need to expand his shooting touch, become a threat from outside of 5-feet offensively, but the presence he brings on defense erases a lot of mistakes,” Shaw added.
Prolific Prep has relocated from Napa, California, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this school year.
“I like the way they (KU coaches) develop and send bigs, wings, and guards to the league (NBA), I know they could develop me really well based on their history,” Adkins told On3.com.
Adkins was the top-rated player in Texas prior to announcing plans to leave Dallas’ Faith Family Academy for Prolific Prep for his final year of high school basketball.
“Speaking with sources around the recruitment, Kansas has carried momentum for a while here. I am told recently that Houston has really made a push since their visit. Track the intel coming out of this visit,” Shaw wrote.
Meanwhile, KU will learn on Sunday if it has landed the projected replacement for likely one-and-done player Darryn Peterson at the point-guard position.
Taylen Kinney, a 6-2, 185-pound senior from the Overtime Elite program in Atlanta, will announce on Sunday for either KU, Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisville or Oregon. The Newport, Kentuck, native will reveal his college choice at 12:15 p.m. on CBS Sports HQ.
Kinney is ranked No. 13 in the class of 2026 by 247sports.com, No. 17 by ESPN.com and No. 22 by Rivals.com.
“(Bill Self) just wants me to come be that guy next year, just like how DP (Peterson) is going to be that guy this year,” Kinney told On3.com. “He wants me to step into DP’s place. It’s a great program. It’s a legendary program. It always wins. It speaks for itself. I mean, 14 years in a row, they won the Big 12 championship. He (Self) gets to the March Madness every year, and he’s winning games there.”
This story was originally published September 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM with the headline "Kansas Jayhawks entertaining elite power forward Davion Adkins on weekend visit."
