Former Jayhawk Joel Embiid already trying to give back

By Matt Tait     May 7, 2014

Late Tuesday night, former Kansas University big man Joel Embiid took to Twitter to do a little unofficial recruiting for the program that made him a star during the 2013-14 season.

Embiid, who declared for this year’s NBA Draft last month after just one season as a Jayhawk, shared a video on his account that he said was the final thing that made him pick KU during his own recruiting process.

Here’s a quick look at that video, along with Embiid’s Tweets.

Embiid and fellow one-and-done freshman Andrew Wiggins are busy preparing for the June 26 NBA Draft in New York City. Both already have agents and are going through individual workouts while preparing for the NBA Draft Combine and team workouts.

A few days earlier, Embiid used another social media outlet, Instagram, to show his love for the KU program.

http://instagram.com/p/njjncwlrnz/

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Written By Matt Tait

A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.