Kansas basketball: Ranking the 10 most underappreciated Jayhawks ever

Kansas basketball: Ranking the 10 most underappreciated Jayhawks of all-time

24 Mar 2002: Aaron Miles #11 and teammate Keith Langford #5 of Kansas celebrate their win during the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin. The Kansas Jayhawks beat the Oregon Ducks 104-86 to advance to the Final Four in Atlanta, Georgia. DIGITAL IMAGE. Mandatory Credit: Elsa/ Getty Images. /

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Head coach Rex Walters of the San Francisco Dons (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) /

No. 7: Rex Walters (1991-1993)

Kansas basketball career stats: 68 games, 15.6 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 4.1 APG, 50.7% FG

If Walters began his collegiate career at Kansas, he would have been one of the university’s most prolific scorers ever. A three-point sniper who was incredibly efficient, Walters’ name deserves to be up there as one of the best pure scorers in the Roy Williams period.

He was the best player on the 1992-93 team that fell to UNC in the Final Four. His 50.7/41.8/84.9 slash line across two seasons is among the most outstanding ones a Jayhawk has ever posted. Even as a two-year guy, though, Walters reached the 1,000-point plateau (1,064) by the time he departed to the NBA.

With how prominent the college basketball transfer portal is nowadays, it is easy to forget just how many transfers Kansas reeled in during the 1980s and 1990s — and Walters is at the forefront of that list. He’s floated around the pros as an assistant coach, but what he should be truly remembered by is his terrific run with the Jayhawks.

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