On Friday, Lance Leipold and the Kansas Jayhawks remained active in the transfer portal this offseason with the addition of an in-conference transfer.
That player is former Arizona tight end Keyan Burnett, who led his position group in receiving yards this fall for Brent Brennan’s group.
This fall with the Wildcats, Burnett recorded 18 catches for 217 yards and found the end zone once. He spent the previous three seasons in Tuscon and will now head to Lawrence for the foreseeable future.
Coming out of Servite High School in the Class of 20322, Burnett was listed as a four-star prospect by the 247Sports index and the nation’s 232nd-ranked player. He also checked in as the 17th-ranked player in the state of California.
The transfer portal officially opened on Monday, December 9, 2024, and will remain open until Saturday, December 28, with an exception for players on teams who play bowl games after the window closes. According to NCAA data, 2,273 FBS football players entered the transfer portal in 2023-24 school year, with 1,558 (68.5%) undergraduates and 715 (31.5%) graduate transfers. Of the entrants, 57% reported that they enrolled in another school, 8% withdrew their names from the portal, and 35% are still active, transferred to a non-NCAA school, or left their sport.
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