Jaden Bradley is the ninth-best initiator point guard in "Ranking college basketball's best players, by positional archetypes" from Isaac Trotter of On3. Four of the top nine point guards nationally as ranked by Trotter are in the Big XII.
Milos Uzan of Houston is the fourth-ranked initiator point guard as ranked by Trotter, Rob Wright of BYU is seventh and Tamon Lipsey of Iowa State is eighth. Lipsey and Uzan are returning to their programs, while Wright is an intra-Big XII transfer from Baylor.
Starting all 37 games in 2024-25, Bradley set career highs, averaging 12.