Kansas State football coach Chris Klieman opted for milder weather and a condensed schedule this year for spring practice, packing all 15 permitted sessions into April.
The Wildcats’ first practice will take place Friday, and it will all be over before May rolls around. That’s a departure from last season, when the team started in March the week before spring break, took a week off, and then resumed at the end of the month.
As is becoming a trend in college football in recent years, K-State does not hold a spring game. Klieman prefers not to squander one of the 15 practice opportunities on an exhibition.
This year, the Wildcats are under the added pressure of reducing roster sizes to 105 players per a new NCAA proposal for the upcoming year. The Wildcats currently have 114 players on their spring roster, not counting incoming freshmen set to join the team in the fall, which means spring practices could also serve as tryouts for a number of walk-ons.
K-State coming off a 9-4 season that included a 44-41 victory over Rutgers in the Rate Bowl. Here are five questions to consider as the Wildcats dive into 2025.
Don’t look for any major upheaval, but rather some tweaks to reflect Wells’ preferences.
Wells said when he took over the offense that his philosophy is pass to score and run to win, which would not be a great departure from the Wildcat offense under Klieman’s three previous coordinators.
Who are Kansas State football’s top returning players?
The list has to start with junior quarterback Avery Johnson, the face of the team after starting all 13 games last year as a sophomore, passing for 2,712 yards and a school-record 25 touchdowns. He also was second on the team in rushing with 605 yards and seven touchdowns.
