#13 Xavier Loyd — Xavier Loyd’s (13) transfer out of the program has opened up his jersey number for another promising young wide receiver, Andre Davis. | Photo by Kevin Langley/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

In which BracketCat counts down the 13th day until the 2024 kickoff with a profile of Kansas State wide receiver Andre Davis.

Goal No. 13: EXPECT TO WIN. And truly believe we will.

#13 Andre Davis

Redshirt Freshman | 6-4 | 216 lbs. | Leawood, Kansas

Position: Wide Receiver
Previous College: None
Projection: Second-String
Status: On Scholarship

Andre Davis (b. Sept. 18, 2004) is a promising young wide receiver from Blue Valley High School in Randolph, Kansas, who is majoring in business administration and excels at speed, acceleration, and route running (and brings some much-needed height to position).

Davis enrolled early in time for 2023 spring practices but redshirted and did not play that season in order to add weight. I have him projected as a backup boundary receiver behind Dante Cephas, but we’ve heard his name less than Sterling Lockett’s or Tre Spivey’s this fall.

Davis prepped under head coach Allen Terrell at Blue Valley, where he was viewed as the 93rd-best wide receiver prospect in the Class of 2023 by Rivals, while the organization rated him the seventh-best player in the state of Kansas. Said Terrell of his protege:

He has God-given tools. He’s 6-foot-4, but has length like a 7-foot kid. His reach and the way he goes up and gets the football and his athletic ability, obviously there’s really good genetics there, and he has that ability to go up and compete for it. Just those fine motor skills along with that makes him a force. … He has Sunday skills as well.

He picked up first-team all-state honors as a senior from The Wichita Eagle, while he was an honorable mention pick by Sports in Kansas and the Kansas Football Coaches Association.

Davis registered 1,460 receiving yards and eight touchdowns for the Tigers over his final two seasons, which included 883 yards as a junior. He is the second wide receiver in as many years from Blue Valley to sign with the Wildcats, following Sterling Lockett in 2022.

In addition to Lockett, he also was high school teammates of K-State running back JB Price and linebacker Beau Palmer.

Davis chose K-State over offers from stiff local competition from Illinois, Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas, Minnesota and Nebraska, as well as offers from Tennessee State and Tulane.

His primary recruiter was former wide receivers coach Thad Ward, but now he will play for Matthew Middleton instead.

Davis’ father, Willie, played eight years in the NFL with Kansas City and Houston/Tennessee after playing collegiately at Central Arkansas. Willie Davis has worked nearly 20 years in the Chiefs’ personnel department and is in his fourth as a senior personnel executive in 2024.

Assistant head coach and cornerbacks coach Van Malone did have good things to share about Davis’ progress last week, so there is still hope he can make an impact in 2024:

Andre Davis, a younger guy who is a massive player, I’ve been impressed with his development and watching him be able to go out and perform.