Incoming Cat Avery Johnson named Kansas Gatorade Player of the Year
Maize High quarterback Avery Johnson, who signed with Kansas State in the early period, has been named the Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Kansas. The high profile signal caller threw for 2,768 yards and 29 touchdowns with just three interceptions on 153-of-228 aim as a senior in addition to running for […]

Kansas State receiver Malik Knowles used an Instagram post Thursday to declare for the 2023 NFL Draft. A senior with one year of eligibility remaining, he finished 2022 with 48 catches for 725 yards and two touchdowns. He had a year of eligibility remaining because of the COVID year granted by the NCAA. For his […]
With Saturday’s Sugar Bowl loss to Alabama marking the end of the season for Kansas State, another player has placed his name in the transfer portal. 6-foot-4 senior defensive end Cartez Crook-Jones is seeking a school to transfer to for his final year of eligibility. The Grandview, MO, native appeared in only eight games in […]
by Mason Voth • EMAWOnline – Managing Editor – @TheRealMasonV Two days after ripping off over 100 rushing yards and a touchdown against No. 5 Alabama in the Allstate Sugar Bowl, K-State running back Deuce Vaughn has declared for the NFL Draft. Forever a Wildcat!?Thank you @KStateFB pic.twitter.com/dWLWs1QDZd — Deuce Vaughn (@C_Vaughn22) January 3, 2023 Vaughn had two seasons […]
by Alec Busse • EMAWOnline – Lead Reporter – @Alec_Busse NEW ORLEANS — Despite holding an early 10-0 lead over No. 5 Alabama, No. 9 K-State saw their lead disappear beginning in the second quarter as the Crimson Tide eventually pulled away to win the 2022 Sugar Bowl 45-20. K-State started the game really well on each side of the […]
by Mason Voth • EMAWOnline – Managing Editor –@TheRealMasonV BRYCE YOUNG and WILL ANDERSON The biggest question when it became clear that Alabama would be K-State’s opponent in the Allstate Sugar Bowl was who will opt out? Most initially assumed the Crimson Tide would be without their Heisman-winning quarterback and potential number-one draft pick linebacker, Will […]
by Alec Busse • EMAWOnline – Lead Reporter – @Alec_Busse Two years ago, one of the most highly thought of quarterbacks and No. 2 overall prospects in the 2020 class was at the Maxwell Awards where he was set to be honored for his accomplishments while playing at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, Calif. […]
by Alec Busse • EMAWOnline – Lead Reporter – @Alec_Busse Since 2019 when Chris Klieman was hired as the head football coach at K-State, whenever his team practiced indoors because of uncomfortable weather they did with the sound of a decades-old furnace running and lights buzzing like a bumble bee around your ear in the spring. No longer […]
by Mason Voth • EMAWOnline – Managing Editor – @TheRealMasonV The final touches are being put on the 2022 K-State football season, which will come to an end on Saturday in the Caesar’s Superdome against Alabama. A season that saw an early season loss to Tulane and quarterback controversy also involved a 48-point blowout over a […]