In-State Prospect Recaps His First Offer From Kansas

2026 OL prospect Kaden Snyder talks about his experience with the Jayhawks

The Kansas Jayhawks recently extended an offer to a multi-time visitor. Kaden Snyder is a Salina Central High School offensive tackle from Salina, Kansas. The 2026 in-state prospect measures around 6-foot-5 255 pounds.

Snyder recently recapped his offer with Blue Wings Rising.

“Getting Kansas as my first offer was definitely awesome because I live in Kansas and have been a fan,” Snyder stated to Blue Wings Rising. “It was cool because I never expected recruiting to happen so early in my life.”

“I have spoken with Coach Fuchs and Coach [Zebrowski],” Snyder confirmed. Mostly coach Z since he was the one who offered me but at this point, I’ve talked to mostly everyone on their staff.” Snyder dove deeper into the pitch he has received from this staff. “The staff's pitch is always talking about their culture and how it is.”

Synder goes on to say, “What makes KU unique is what they have done to their program in such a short amount of time. Especially building a new stadium and just changing everything around. I have already visited multiple times but I plan to go back during the spring for a practice.”

Snyder also talked about Kansas’s standing point in his recruitment. “Kansas is a team I am interested in and one of the top places I am looking at but it is very early in my recruitment so I will keep it open. What I could bring to KU is my work ethic and that I wanna win. I also wanna be the best and they should expect nothing less.”

The in-state prospect could hold a huge amount of attention from this staff moving forward as they are already running ahead in this race as it seems. It’s hard not to determine that Kansas is the likely leader.

After a great conversation with @KUCoachZ I am blessed to receive an offer from the University of @KU_Football #rockchalk @CoachFuchs @SC_MustangFB pic.twitter.com/XwO8XWF6vC

— Kaden Snyder (@KadenSnyder15) October 3, 2023