“We’re always going to be an underdog,” Kansas State defensive end Felix Anudike-Uzomah said. “This whole season had the underdog attitude, but we know our guys get ready to play. We don’t care about the stars or anything, we’re just ready to roll.
Forget about five stars. Just getting four-star players to commit to Kansas State has been a struggle.
But a team that finished no better than seventh in its conference over 2019-22 recruiting cycles won the Big 12 championship game earlier this month, and now will play Alabama in Saturday’s Sugar Bowl. Rubley, one of K-State’s backup quarterbacks, is the only four-star high school prospect to sign with Kansas State over the past 15 years. The Wildcats’ 21-member recruiting class in 2022 included six junior college players and only four high school players with rankings from 247 Sports, with none higher than 502nd nationally.
Alabama has signed 14 five-star players over its past three classes by 247 Sports’ rankings, although three have transferred. Its incoming 2023 class, ranked second all-time by 247 Sports, will add seven more five stars. The recruiting math has changed for less-prominent Big 12 schools such as Kansas and K-State, which have both dipped heavily into the transfer portal in recent seasons. The Wildcats added three four-star high school recruits as transfers this season, including former Nebraska quarterback Adrian Martinez, who was injured midseason.
“I feel that a lot, because I feel that our team is very under-recruited and we have a lot of people that should be highly recruited. It shows that it doesn’t matter what your stars are, doesn’t matter if you’re a five-star recruit, it matters how much heart you have to play the game. If you really love the game and really want to play, you can win games.”“It all comes down to what you can do on the field,” Anudike-Uzomah said Tuesday. “None of that [other] stuff matters.
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