Looking back at each Kansas basketball high school commit in the past five years

In wake of the news that Marcus Adams Jr. was leaving the Kansas basketball program, we decided to look back at how each Jayhawks commit in the past five years has fared.

The Kansas Jayhawks had seemingly reeled in a strong recruiting class of 2023 high school graduates. But since a pair of 4-star recruits ended their Jayhawk tenure before it even started, KU is down to nine scholarship players for the upcoming season.

Things like this have become typical in the new age of college basketball. Nearly 1,000 players entered the transfer portal in the offseason, and there seems to be a lack of commitment throughout the NCAA. The days of four-year players developing with a university have become rare.

With the losses of Marcus Adams Jr. and Chris Johnson still fresh in our minds, we decided to hark back to all of KU’s high school commits in the past five recruiting classes. While many players carved out a terrific career in Lawrence, others couldn’t handle the pressure of playing for the winningest program in college basketball. Let’s begin with the Class of 2018, which was one of the best in recent Kansas basketball history.