Sunday morning, David Beaty tweeted out his signature #NeatDeal three times. Per Benton Smith at the LJW, Kansas has officially added Juco CB Antonio Cole, prep WR Quan Hampton, and Juco DB Derreon Jackson.
That makes nine junior college recruits for the class of 2017, which is tied for the third-most in the last 12 recruiting classes.
Charlie Weis’ legacy at KU is his failed attempt to resurrect the Kansas program with a huge influx of junior college transfers. We’ve detailed that here at RCT in the past.
In terms of overall numbers, here are the number of Juco recruits since 2006:
| Class | # of JUCOs | Coach |
| 2017 | 9 | Beaty |
| 2016 | 3 | Beaty |
| 2015 | 12 | Beaty |
| 2014 | 8 | Weis |
| 2013 | 18 | Weis |
| 2012 | 9 | Weis |
| 2011 | 1 | Gill |
| 2010 | 1 | Gill |
| 2009 | 5 | Mangino |
| 2008 | 4 | Mangino |
| 2007 | 5 | Mangino |
| 2006 | 4 | Mangino |
Now, 2015 was Beaty’s first recruiting class, and so a lot of those recruits can be attributed to Weis.