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As the hours leading up to National Signing Day tick down, more commitments for the Kansas football program’s 2018 recruiting class continue to trickle in.
The latest came on Monday afternoon, when junior college offensive tackle Reuben Lewis announced his intentions to sign with the Jayhawks via Twitter.
A 6-foot-4, 330-pound blocker from Coffeyville Community College, Lewis became the 19th player to join KU’s class and the 11th from the juco ranks.
Rivals rates Lewis as a three-star talent following his sophomore season at Coffeyville.
Previously Lewis reportedly also picked up offers from East Carolina, New Mexico and West Virginia.
Lewis, originally from Apopka, Fla., becomes the fourth offensive lineman for KU in this class, but the first juco O-lineman. The others are high school prospects Jacobi Lott, Nick Williams and Mac Copeland, all of whom signed during the December early period.
The day before Lewis committed to Kansas, two-star prep quarterback Torry Locklin did the same.
Head coach David Beaty and his staff were able to secure 14 signings in December. They will look to add to their class Wednesday, when KU recruits such as Louisiana linebacker Ryan Malbrough and Overland Park defensive end Miles Emery can make their non-binding verbal commitments official.
High school prospects
OL - Mac Copeland
CB - Corione Harris
RB - Anthony “Pooka” Williams
DE - Miles Emery (unsigned)
OL - Nick Williams
OL - Jacobi Lott
LB -Ryan Malbrough (unsigned)
QB - Torry Locklin (unsigned)
Junior college prospects
DE - Najee Stevens-McKenzie
CB - Elmore Hempstead
S - Jeremiah McCullough
DB - Davon Ferguson
WR - Stephon Robinson
DE - Foster Dixson
CB - Elijah Jones
DT - Charles Cole
DE - Azur Kamara
QB - Miles Kendrick
OL - Reuben Lewis (unsigned)
Comments
Jeff Coffman 1 year, 10 months ago
Can't have enough bigs.
Kevin Robert Fest 1 year, 10 months ago
Yay!!
John Brazelton 1 year, 10 months ago
The offensive line is the key to the 2018 season. Hopefully the new OL coach can bring this unit up to Big 12 standards and give our QBs and running backs time to perform at the necessary level. Go Hawks!!!
Brett McCabe 1 year, 10 months ago
New plan for KU football. Without anyone looking, register with the NJCCA and get yourself in line for a Jayhawk Conference championship. Even with Beaty as the coach, I'm confident that we can defeat both Butler and Allen Co. this year for the conference championship. After that? Who knows? With $50 million going to a new stadium, we might qualify for the playoffs. Zenger will have cleared the decks, we'll have a neat deal in place, and those who know how to build a football program can enlighten us fans who have faithfully showed up for 20+ years expecting mere competitiveness.
W Keith Swinehart II 1 year, 10 months ago
Brett, I bet you have the winning plan. Bonus points...You have no accountability. You're playing for free. Maybe Fantasy AD.
Brett McCabe 1 year, 10 months ago
3-33? I'm guessing Mrs. Wiggins could do better. Who spends their time defending this level of incompetency?
Dirk Medema 1 year, 10 months ago
Weren't you quitting on the team?
Why are you still here?
Len Shaffer 1 year, 10 months ago
Wait a minute, KU got a commitment from a Juco player??? Stop the presses!!!
Matt Stone 1 year, 10 months ago
Not sure why there is so much negativity. KU is not a Football powerhouse and getting 2 or 3 star commits is the norm. If we get a 4 star or better that is icing on the cake. So let's embrace these recruits Junior college or High School. Junior College guys do have a bit more experience and most are from top JUCO programs. Recruiting is not easy and even harder to bring to a basketball school that has struggled for last 9 years. The coaches are trying and need fan support. RCJH!
Jeff Coffman 1 year, 10 months ago
And OU is not a bb powerhouse
John Fitzgerald 1 year, 10 months ago
The negativity is centered on 3-33 in three years. Any fan base that goes through a stretch that bad is going to be upset.
Edward Daub 1 year, 10 months ago
A Reuben in the Hand is worth 2 Browns in the Bush.
Jim Stauffer 1 year, 10 months ago
Which of us can predict the success of recruits. Some look terrific on paper and do not develop. Some look so-so on paper and work hard and are very successful. Reuben has the size and athleticism to be successful. Let's hope he has the work ethic and our coaches can install the technique to help get us over the hump. One thing about our program, even with the inexperience of previous staffs, we have good people running the show, and we have added experience in recruits and staff this year. Looking forward to seeing some progress in '18.
Jeff Coffman 1 year, 10 months ago
How would you measure progress? 2 wins, that's double what last year. 3 wins, that's the same progress of all of the 3 years under Beaty. Last year the Bar was set at 6 wins, which wasn't met, so is 6 wins too many for Beaty?
Dirk Medema 1 year, 9 months ago
6 wins may have been the goal (bowl eligibility) last year, as it should be for most any team, but it wasn't a realistic bar set for progress.
Bill Kackley 1 year, 10 months ago
In case you guys were not watching, K-State built their program around juco's and in-state walk ons. If anything Beaty may have been too late in using this pattern to built his football team. Once you have any established program you can reduce the jucos.
Robert Brock 1 year, 10 months ago
Taking juco kids is so 1980s.
Matt Gauntt 1 year, 10 months ago
Much more excited about a really good OL player than another QB.
Matt Stone 1 year, 10 months ago
I like the new walk on QB. His mechanics need to be tweaked but was productive. Nice measurables.
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