2015 K-State Football

Dick Butkus announced the Bears second-round selection of Cody Whitehair. Fast-foward to just before the 1-minute mark for the announcement, where Butkus seems pleasantly surprised by the pick, and gives a thumbs-up and a happy "Alright!"

Bears Director of College Scouting Joe Douglas discusses the Bears second round draft choice offensive lineman Cody Whitehair with Jeff Jonia, and both were impressed by Cody's versatility, awareness, and leadserhip.

Cody talks to Chicago Bears Networks Lauren Screeden via Skype about being drafted, what the process has been like, and his excitement to join the Bears

Colleges raised $1.2 billion for sports last year. https://t.co/NfHmu5iyDN pic.twitter.com/GhFcOnqQqz

— Brad Wolverton (@bradwolverton) January 27, 2016

...in money raised in 2015 for sports. The good news is with our money raised we are getting one heck of a sports training facility in Vanier to recruit with. I would attend a college based on that walkway out to the field alone. Of course TCU sits a spot in front of Kansas State, but check who is near the bottom of the list! We beat KU...in 2015 money raised for sports. Oh well, take our wins while we can!

Breaking: Glenn Gronkowski (Rob's bro) will forgo his final season at Kansas State and declare for the NFL Draft, his father tells @SInow.

— Pete Thamel (@SIPeteThamel) January 3, 2016

The tweet says it all, and I think we can probably concede that if Daddy Gronk says it's happening, it's happening. After earning All-Big 12 accolades last season, Gronkowski was largely supplanted by Winston Dimel this year. We can argue about the reasons, but the effect is clear: Glenn sees no reason to stay in Manhattan another year now that he has his degree. It was widely speculated that Gronkowski was leaving Manhattan, but most assumed it would be via transfer. That he's going to the NFL is a mild surprise, but not a huge shock.

Thank you and God Bless to everyone at Kansas State and the #KStateFamily . pic.twitter.com/8ADfBY6v0V

— The Honey Bear (@BryceEnglish30) December 14, 2015

In a situation which is terrible for everyone, freshman DL Bryce English has decided to transfer from Kansas State. For the Wildcats, this is bad because English was set to move onto the line next fall and looked every bit like a major contributor. For Bryce and his family, however, this is absolutely terrible. We wish Bryce, his father, and the rest of his family the best. This is one situation where the only acceptable emotion is sadness. Beat cancer.

Two NCAA-recognized All-America teams have been announced. Morgan Burns has earned the first-team nod at kick returner in both now, picking up the honor from CBS Sports this morning to go along with Tuesday's USA Today award. For those keeping track, there are 12 recognized selectors, and the player receiving the first-team honor from more of those selectors than anyone else is the consensus All-American. Burns is now a third of the way there, and that's assuming he only has one other player to compete with. (This was incorrect. The NCAA only recognizes five selectors, none of whom have announced their selections yet -- the AP, AFCA, FWAA, Sporting News, and Walter Camp. However, by way of comparison, no player last year was chosen as a first-team All-American by both USA Today and CBS without receiving consensus accolades from the five recognized selectors.) In other words, young Mister Burns' post-season is getting real.

Former Cat Brent Venables congratulates Coach Snyder following ceremony. #HOF pic.twitter.com/NQm88TCOGD

— K-State Athletics (@kstatesports) December 9, 2015

There's nothing more fun than wild speculation, so we'll just let you wildly speculate.

It's that time of year when the All-American honors start rolling in, and USA Today has released their selections. Checking in at first-team kick returner: K-State's Morgan Burns! Other first-team Big 12 honorees were Baylor WR Corey Coleman and OL Spencer Drango and TCU WR Josh Doctson. Oklahoma QB Baker Mayfield, WR Stirling Shepard, and CB Zack Sanchez were named to the second team, as were a pair of defensive linemen: Baylor's Andrew Billings and Oklahoma State's Emmanuel Ogbah.

K-State DB Kaleb Prewett was arrested by RCPD early this morning for purchase/consumption of liquor by a minor. He was released on $500 bond

— Kellis Robinett (@KellisRobinett) December 6, 2015

Early Sunday morning, starting (but injured) K-State safety Kaleb Prewett was arrested by Riley County Police for underage drinking. It's a relatively minor and piddling charge, but it's not the sort of thing which will endear the star recruit to Bill Snyder, either. Prewett, 20, is one of the highly-touted Blue Springs Three, coming to Manhattan along with linebacker Elijah Lee and running back Dalvin Warmack. It's been a rough year for the trio. Lee has been hampered by injury, while Warmach has had trouble getting on the field. Prewett started the season as Dante Barnett's partner at safety, and performed well through most of the season before a terrible outing against Texas Tech. He did not play against either Kansas or West Virginia, although no injury has been disclosed.