Collin Klein is the kind of head coach willing to search far and wide for talented football recruits, but his true priority lies in securing the best players within Kansas State’s own regional territory. Since taking over the Wildcats, he has consistently emphasized recruiting the areas closest to Manhattan.
“We’re going to have a seven-hour radius,” Klein said earlier this year. “We will recruit Denver, up through Omaha, Des Moines, Kansas City, St. Louis and down through Tulsa and Oklahoma City.
That’s our loop.” On Sunday, Klein backed up that strategy when K-State secured a commitment from Cooper Ohnmacht. A 6-foot, 185-pound athlete from Great Bend, Ohnmacht is the highest-ranked recruit in Kansas for the 2027 recruiting cycle.
He’s a four-star prospect expected to play safety or possibly multiple positions at the collegiate level. He committed to K-State following a campus visit, turning down offers from Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas, Minnesota, Penn State, Virginia Tech, and Wisconsin.
According to both 247Sports and Rivals, Ohnmacht is the top prospect in the Sunflower State.
He wasn’t the only recruit to pledge to K-State on Sunday. Correll Buckhalter, a 5-foot-10, 190-pound running back from Colleyville, Texas, also committed to the Wildcats over the weekend. Buckhalter is a three-star recruit with offers from Arkansas, Iowa, SMU, and UCLA. With these additions, K-State now has 17 prospects in its 2027 recruiting class. The Wildcats have been especially active lately, adding seven of those players in the past week alone.
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