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Kansas State football coach Chris Klieman on recruiting the portal
Kansas State football coach Chris Klieman talks about turning recruiting attention to the transfer portal after early signing day.
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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.
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