2024 K-State Football Unit Previews: Secondary

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2024 K-State Football Unit Previews: Secondary

It's a running theme lately. Kansas State's secondary comes with more questions than answers. Of course, that was the case last year and for the most part the unit vastly exceeded expectations. Will they repeat that in 2024?After last season, the Wildcats lost some major contributors in the secondary. Star safety Kobe Savage transferred to Oregon. Will Lee, who had flashes of great mixed with flashes of Iowa State, left for Texas A&M. Jordan Wright took off to Connecticut. Matt Maschmeier, who did some good work as a reserve at safety as a junior, graduated early.The guys who'll be starting have plenty of experience, but as usual depth is going to be the question.The starting corners will almost certainly be junior Jacob Parrish https://www.tigerssportsshop.com  and senior Keenan Garber. Olathe native Parrish earned All-Big 12 honorable mention, racking up four interceptions and 13 pass breakups. Like Lee, he was at times great and at times maddening, but that year of experience will likely result in more of the former than the latter. Garber, the former wide receiver from Lawrence, bulled his way into the starting lineup after converting to corner and looked very good.The main backups will be redshirt senior Justice James, who saw some action last year, and senior Tyler Nelome, a transfer from Southeast Missouri State whose only gametime last year was against Southeast Missouri State. Junior Jordan Dunbar transferred in from Rice after taking a redshirt year in 2023; he'd been an All-CUSA honorable mention in 2022 and will likely contribute. Sophomore Kanijal Thomas and redshirt freshman Donovan McIntosh are probably next in line based purely on talent; between them the only game action in the secondary was Thomas appearing against Troy.Also on the roster: sophomore Joe Hall III, who has some special teams experience, redshirt freshman Jayden Cook, true freshman Zashon Rich, and junior Darell Jones, who's been in town for three years without seeing a snap.

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