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Kansas doles out a bunch of scholarship offers to Class of ’21 and ’22 players
By JACOB POLACHECK
Kansas has been busy on the recruiting trail this week, extending offers to numerous 2021 and 2022 prospects since Wednesday.
KU offered a trio of 2021 point guard prospects in J.D. Davison, Rahsool Diggins and Nolan Hickman, as well as 2022 forwards Sadraque Nganga and Kijani Wright.
Davison, a 6-foot-3 junior point guard from Calhoun (AL), was the first to announce an offer from the Jayhawks Thursday.
Davison also holds offers from schools such as Alabama, Auburn, Memphis, Mississippi State, Ole Miss and UNLV, among others.
He is ranked by 247Sports as the No. 3 point guard and No. 19 overall player in the Class of 2021.
Diggins, the 6-foot-1 junior point guard from Archbishop Wood (PA), also announced an offer from Kansas Thursday evening.
Diggins holds offers from DePaul, Miami, Saint Joseph’s, Virginia Tech, UConn, Florida, La Salle, Penn State, Rutgers, Seton Hall and Xavier, among others.
He is ranked by 247Sports as the No. 8 point guard and No. 56 overall player in the Class of 2021.
The offers continued to roll in Thursday, when Nganga, the 6-foot-10 sophomore forward from Arizona (AZ) Compass Prep picked up an offer.
Nganga also holds offers from Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, Auburn, Maryland, Oklahoma and TCU, among others.
He is ranked by 247Sports as the No. 3 power forward and No. 15 overall player in the Class of 2022.
Hickman, the 6-foot-1 point guard from Eastside Catholic (WA), received an offer from Kansas Thursday.
Hickman also holds offers from schools such as Oklahoma, Washington, Washington State, Cal Poly, Montana and Portland, among others.
He is ranked by 247Sports as the No. 9 point guard and No. 60 overall player in the Class of 2021.
Wright, the 6-foot-9 forward from Windward School (CA) and the Compton Magic AAU Program, was the most recent offer for the Jayhawks.
