Kansas football picked up a monster on the recruiting trail on Friday, landing four-star tight end Mason Oglesby. He becomes the highest-rated high school tight end prospect to commit to Kansas, according to 247Sports. Kansas had to beat out the past two National Champions, Indiana and Ohio State, along with North Carolina, led by a Hall of Fame head coach, to land Oglesby.
The Indiana native holds 22 offers from Power 4 programs, including USC, Miami, Michigan and Ole Miss. He is 6-foot-3.5, 215-pounds and is rated as a four-star prospect in the 247Sports Composite, which factors in all of the rankings from 247Sports, On3 and ESPN. 247Sports has him ranked as the 23rd-ranked tight end and the 8th-ranked senior in Indiana. He is the 14th highest rated recruit KU has landed all time, according to his 247Sports composite score.
As for the 2027 team rankings, KU’s recruiting class is now inside the Top 50 at 247Sports, ranked at No. 49, while also being ranked No. 7 in the Big 12. Oglesby is now ranked ahead of Anaheim, California native and quarterback Chance Thomas, who is a three-star quarterback, who picked the Jayhawks over Utah and Washington. When ranking teams by the average composite score of each prospect, Kansas is third in the Big 12, behind Texas Tech and Arizona State.
