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He's the seventh-fastest player in Kansas State history to reach 1,000 career rushing yards and his 5.37 yards per attempt ranks seventh as well. At a time when junior running back Joe Jackson is eager to flourish even more for the Wildcats, new head coach Collin Klein and his dangerous offensive attack that features a strong running game seems to have arrived just in time.
It's a bitterly cold evening in Manhattan on January 26 and a snowstorm will blanket the Flint Hills later in the night, as Wendell Gregory, who moved into his new home less than two weeks prior, begins to talk. For the next 20 minutes, the 6-foot-3, 265-pound sophomore transfer from Oklahoma State, opens the door to his world, his life and his goals, as one of the most highly sought-after transfers for the 2026 football season, and as top candidate to become the next great pass rusher at Kansas State.
Brandon White entered the Vanier Family Football Complex on Tuesday. The 5-foot-7, 168-pound fifth-year senior transfer from Hawaii, who previously spent three seasons at Kentucky, and who set track records while at Archbishop Moeller High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, probably didn't know it. Or maybe he did. On a Kansas State roster full of new faces and exciting talents and featuring players from the east coast to Hawaii, White is one of the guys.
Does the story start with Conor Riley sauntering over to speak with Oliver Miller, a young up-and-coming sophomore offensive lineman after practice at Cherry Creek High School? Does the story start with Miller hosting Kansas State offensive line coach-turned-tight ends coach Brian Lepak in his parents' living room last May 19? Or does it begin with Miller discussing his journey ahead as an incoming freshman with the Wildcats one late December night — and less than two days after Miller's final game in a celebrated high school career?
"Nothing but excitement, man. As soon as I stepped inside, I felt honored," beams a smiling Mekhi Mason, a 6-foot-2, 233-pounder dressed in a purple hoodie with the Nike Swoosh that reads in all white caps: "K-STATE WILDCATS." It's Monday at 10:47 a.m., and it's five days until Mason takes the field for his first game as a Wildcat. The K-State defense, under the direction of new coordinator
The New Old School. Are you familiar? Collin Klein coined the appealing term as the 2012 Heisman Trophy finalist and one of the finest quarterbacks in the history of the Big 12 Conference stood upon a stage at his introductory news conference as Kansas State head coach on December 5, 2025, at Morgan Family Arena. Just hours prior, Klein, the second-year offensive coordinator at Texas A&M, boarded a private jet with his family, and peered out of a window as the Bill Snyder Family Stadium that he once dominated floated into view, and now he stood inside a packed arena in a dark suit about 20 yards from Bill Snyder, his mentor and the 86-year-old Hall of Famer wore a smile the size of Manhattan upon a face that suddenly seemed younger, as Klein, who helped deliver 10- and 11-win seasons and a Big 12 Championship during his college career, was back at the place he knew full well, the place he loved more than any other, with purple pouring through his veins, eager to lead the program that he's known for nearly two decades.
One late-June afternoon, new Kansas State running backs coach Cory Patterson, hired by K-State head coach Collin Klein on December 30, 2025, lounged in a black swivel chair in a spacious office with a balcony that hung off the edge of the Vanier Family Football Complex, and the 45-year-old who traveled from Oklahoma State to be a part of the Wildcats, peered across the football field that would shake during the season opener on September 5.
Kansas State scored its most points ever in a season opener and the fourth-most points by a FBS team this season, while the Wildcats allowed their fewest total yards since 2009 and recorded their first punt-return touchdown in two years during a 71-3 win over Nicholls in the debut of Collin Klein as head coach.
Ryan Howard saw it. He saw it all along. He was 12 years old that first time he entered the Vanier Family Football Complex. He was a younger brother accompanying his father and big brother on a midweek official recruiting visit in April 2019. Will Howard was a 17-year-old quarterback heading into his senior season at Downingtown West High School. When it came to choosing a college home, older brother wanted to weigh his options. He was hesitant being far from his family home in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Kansas State opened the Collin Klein era with a 71-3 trouncing of Nicholls in its season opener last Saturday. One day later, Washington State suffered a 24-10 loss at No. 17 Washington in the debut of head coach Kirby Moore.
