Collin Klein lands top-rated local football recruit for Kansas State Wildcats
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- Collin Klein has said he will recruit a 7-hour radius reaching Denver, Oklahoma City.
- Cooper Ohnmacht committed to K-State as the Sunflower State's top 2027 recruit.
- K-State has 17 prospects in its 2027 class and added seven this past week.
Collin Klein is the type of head coach who will look anywhere for a good football recruit, but deep down he emphasizes landing the best prospects within Kansas State’s regional footprint.
During his brief time in charge of the Wildcats, he has talked about focusing on the areas immediately surrounding 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.”
Klein backed up those words Sunday when K-State gained a commitment from Cooper Ohnmacht. The 6-foot and 185-pound athlete from Great Bend is the top-rated recruit in the Sunflower State for the 2027 cycle. Overall, he is a four-star recruit who projects to play safety or a few other positions at the college level.
Ohnmacht committed to K-State after making a visit to campus. He also held scholarship offers from Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas, Minnesota, Penn State, Virginia Tech and Wisconsin.
Ohnmacht is the top-rated prospect in the Sunflower State, according to both 247Sports and Rivals.
He wasn’t the only recruit to commit to K-State on Sunday. Correll Buckhalter, a 5-foot-10 and 190-pound running back from Colleyville, Texas, also committed to the Wildcats over the weekend.
Buckhalter is a three-star recruit who held scholarship offers from Arkansas, Iowa, SMU and UCLA.
K-State has now landed 17 prospects in recruiting class of 2027. The Wildcats have been busy of late by adding seven of those players within the past week.
This story was originally published June 7, 2026 at 7:43 PM with the headline "Collin Klein lands top-rated local football recruit for Kansas State Wildcats."