Three-star defensive end commits to KU football

University of Kansas football recruiting

The Kansas football team completed its Desert Edge High trifecta on Saturday night when three-star Edge rusher Deshawn Warner announced his long-awaited commitment to join the Jayhawks.

Kansas beat out stiff competition from Oregon State, Texas and Washington for the services of the Goodyear, Arizona native, who now becomes the third player out of high school to commit to KU for the 2024 class, thanks in large part to the defensive backs. coach Jordan Peterson’s recruiting in the area. Warner joins teammates Jonathan Kamara, a linebacker, and Aundre Gibson, a cornerback and Warner’s cousin.

Along with 2025 cornerback Jamar Beal-Goines, who came along in an unofficial capacity, the trio officially visited Lawrence as a group last weekend, according to earlier reporting by JayhawkSlant.com’s Jon Kirby. It was the last opportunity to take official visits before the current recruiting “dead period” begins.

“It was the culture and I really felt how much they wanted me and needed me,” Warner told Adam Gorney of Rivals.com. “The coaches really loved me and there were times when we didn’t do anything for football and everyone was close, like a family, so that was one of the things that made me choose them.”

Warner is the first defensive lineman to join KU’s class of 2024. He had 53 tackles, including nine sacks, as a junior at Desert Edge in 2022.

“They want me to be an every down defensive end that can win one-on-one reps,” Warner told Gorney. “My passing is definitely going to be the biggest part of my game as a defensive end.”

In addition to his top four schools, he also had scholarship offers from Arizona, Arizona State, Cal, Oregon, Iowa State, Nebraska and Washington State.

Washington, on the other hand, had received a commitment from another Arizona wide receiver Noah Carter five days before Warner was scheduled to make a decision and another from defensive end Dominic Kirks of Cleveland, Ohio, on Friday.

KU’s class of 2024 now has 14 athletes and counting. The Jayhawks have another big day coming up on Friday when four-star wideout Nick Marsh of River Rouge, Mich., chooses between KU, Michigan State and Penn State.

PREV POST

KU football adds a new coaching intern with Jayhawk ties

NEXT POST

Written by Henry Greenstein