Kansas State Football: Player Profile – Logan Bartley

Logan Bartley, a 6’2”, 200-pound safety out of Naples, Florida, signed with Kansas State.

Note:

Now that National Signing 2025 Vol 1 is in the books, it’s time to take a look at the fruits of the coaching staffs’ labor. Keep in mind, this isn’t a player “evaluation”. I don’t get to look at enough film to evaluate high school recruits. I’m going to give you the best-case scenario for a player, knowing full well, not everyone will work out as planned.

Logan Bartley

Logan Bartley, a 3* (87) 6’2”, 200-pound safety, burst onto the recruiting scene after a monster junior season at First Baptist Academy in Naples, Florida. Wake Forest was the first to take notice, offered Bartley early in the process, and he committed to the Demon Deacons.

A few months down the road, Kansas State came calling with an offer, convinced him to check out The Little Apple in person, and once he tasted some of the finest wheat grown in the history of mankind, he had no choice but to flip his commitment to the Wildcats. In total, Kansas State beat out offers from Wake Forest, Boston College, Ole Miss, Illinois, and multiple G5 schools for Mr. Bartley’s services.

What He Brings to Kansas State

Kansas State was looking to replenish the ranks in their secondary with this recruiting class and landed a punishing tackler for the back end of their defense. I see Bartley as a strong safety initially with Desmond Purnell like potential to bump down to linebacker because of his strong desire to end an opponent’s trip down the field with extreme violence.

Let me spell it out for you, Bartley is a H – I – T – T – A. I don’t know what his opponents said to make him this angry, but it must have been bad. What I like about Logan is ability to hit without head hunting. He’s not blinding launching himself into a ball carrier. He breaks down, drops his rear end, and brings the thunder to the runner’s mid-section. Having a hard-hitting safety is great until you’re playing your backup halfway through the 1st quarter of a conference championship game because your dude on the back end was too geeked up from the pregame speech and speared a receiver.

Bartley’s gonna hit you, and it’s going to hurt real bad, and then, he’s going to get up and hit you again, become he cracked you in the ribs instead of the head.

Terrifying stuff really.

Projection

There’s plenty of playing time available in the secondary. I don’t think Bartley grabs a starting spot, but I would be surprised if he didn’t flirt with a place in the two-deeps. If he does that, he’ll avoid redshirt.

I think he does that.

If nothing else, he’s going to make at least one highlight worthy hit on special teams.