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Kansas State football’s Cody Stufflebean speaks at Big 12 media days
Check out some of what Kansas State football player Cody Stufflebean had to say while speaking at Big 12 Conference media days.
Kansas State football linemen Taylor Poitier and Cody Stufflebean were already part of a dying breed when they decided to return to the Wildcats in 2025.
As veterans of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, they received an extra year of eligibility, the last remaining group to do so. What also sets them apart in the age of NIL money and the transfer portal is their loyalty to the program that brought them in to begin with.
As the years passed, such decisions have become increasingly rare, though K-State has done remarkably well with keeping its super-seniors at home. Of the eight players on the Wildcats’ 2025 roster, six — including two junior college transfers — have now been with the team for at least four seasons.
“I take that as two things,” K-State coach Chris Klieman said last week during Big 12 Media Days in Frisco, Texas. “One, every kid that’s had a chance to come back for that extra year typically chooses to stay with us and not go enter the portal and see what’s out there. That’s a credit to our program and people in our locker room and our staff.”
That definitely was the case for Stufflebean, who arrived at K-State from McPherson High School in 2020 as a tight end before switching to defensive end at the end of his redshirt freshman year. He started every game last season for a Wildcat team that finished 9-4, recording 19 tackles, including 3.5…
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Publish date : 2025-07-16 19:28:00
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