Kansas basketball landed a massive commitment from 5-star point guard Taylen Kinney this weekend, giving Bill Self his first pledge in the 2026 freshman class. The Jayhawks had been tied to Kinney for quite some time, hosting him for an official visit in August and gaining serious traction with him in early September. Now that he has pledged to KU, Kinney isn’t finished with his recruiting journey just yet. He already has his eye on several players he’d like to join him in Lawrence, starting with none other than Tyran Stokes. In a recent interview with On3 insider Joe Tipton, Kinney said that he already knew a player who is KU-bound and added that he is also recruiting Stokes and Davion Adkins. “Shoot, I already know one [player] that’s coming,” Stokes said yesterday. “Right when I said I was going, I put that call in. I ain’t going to say his name, but he going to announce. And then trying to get Tyran.” Stokes, the No. 1 overall player in the 2026 class according to most recruiting outlets, is a high-flyin
