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The Kansas football team will be without transfer running back Ky Thomas next season. Thomas, a native of Topeka who played sparingly during the 2022 season because of injuries but held a key role in KU's Liberty Bowl appearance last month, announced Tuesday night that he was entering the transfer portal. Wherever the redshirt sophomore running back lands in the coming weeks will be his third school since graduating from Topeka High in 2020. Because of his COVID year, he will have three years of eligibility remaining at his new destination. He redshirted the 2020 season at Minnesota before playing for the Gophers in 2021 and playing at Kansas this season.

Thomas' slow start was due in large part to the strong play of fellow-KU backs Devin Neal and Daniel Hishaw. Thomas carried the ball just 11 times for 25 yards in the first three weeks and then missed two weeks with injury before returning in Week 6 and receiving 42 carries the rest of the way. That included 11 touches and two touchdowns in KU's wild, triple-overtime loss to Arkansas in Memphis in late-December. What initially looked like an important pick-up at a position of need quickly turned into a situation where Thomas was fighting for playing time in a crowded running back room. - Lawrence Journal World

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RB Ky Thomas, Washburn
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11/15/22 - James Letcher Jr., rSr/2023, Washburn, 5-06, 168 (DS#161 WR) + More +

2022 MIAA SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR: James Letcher, Jr., Kick/Punt Returner, Washburn,...James Letcher Jr. led the MIAA with 286 punt return yards (26.0 yards return) and 1,079 receiving yards (97.8 yards per game). The second-most yards by a MIAA receiver this season was just 732. He also lead the league with 10 touchdowns in the air. He added a rushing touchdown and returned two punts for touchdowns to tie the Association's Player of the Year, TJ Davis, with 13 touchdowns for 7.1 points per game and 78 total points on the season. - MIAA Football

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WR James Letcher Jr., Washburn
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05/12/22 - Ky Thomas, rSr/2026, Washburn, 5-10, 210 (DS#176 RB) + More +

Poised for a 2022 standout season: Minnesota transfer Ky Thomas and Nebraska transfer Sevion Morrison join Devin Neal in giving the Jayhawks one of the better running back groups in the Big 12 next season. They'll need all three of them to contribute, too, given the mediocre play of the Kansas offensive line in recent years and lingering questions at quarterback. - AP College Football

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RB Ky Thomas, Washburn
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12/28/22 - Ky Thomas, rSr/2026, Washburn, 5-10, 210 (DS#176 RB) + More +

While watching "Breaking Bad" for the first time last year, a particular scene caught P.J. Fleck's attention. The Minnesota coach had used television shows and movies - "Elf," "Full House" and "Family Matters" among them - as motivation in the past and this one seemed a perfect fit for his defense. In it, Walter White rises in anger during a discussion with his wife, Skyler, explaining no one was going to come knocking on their door and shoot them. "I'm the one who knocks!" he shouts. So does Minnesota's defense. Ky Thomas ran for 144 yards and a touchdown, Mar'Kiese Irving added 129 yards rushing and Minnesota shut down West Virginia to win the Guaranteed Rate Bowl 18-6 on Tuesday night. "We wanted to be the defense that knocks and I thought we did that," Fleck said. "It was just kind of a theme our guys rallied around." Thomas and Irving became the Gophers' 1-2 punch after Mohamed Ibrahim and Trey Potts sustained season-ending injuries. The two running backs carried most of the load offensively against West Virginia (6-7), accounting for 273 of Minnesota's 358 total yards. They were good, but Minnesota's defense was flat-out dominating. - Minnesota/AP College Football

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11/20/21 - Ky Thomas, rSr/2026, Washburn, 5-10, 210 (DS#176 RB) + More +

Ky Thomas ran for 105 yards and a career-high two scores, Tanner Morgan threw two touchdown passes and Minnesota scored 14 points the final 46 seconds of the first half Saturday to pull away from Indiana 35-14. Minnesota (7-4, 5-3 Big Ten) ended a two-game losing streak. The Hoosiers (2-9, 0-7) have lost seven straight. Indiana started fast, capping an impressive opening drive with quarterback Donaven McCulley scooping up a fumbled snap and scoring from 11 yards out.

Thomas' 2-yard TD run tied the score midway through the second quarter and his 1-yard run with 46 seconds left in the half gave Minnesota a 14-7 lead. The Gophers took control after Tyler Nubin picked off McCulley, a true freshman, and returned it to the Hoosiers 31-yard line. Three plays later, Tanner Morgan found Chris Autman-Bell for a 14-yard TD pass with 9 seconds left. Indiana never recovered and Morgan closed it out with a 9-yard TD pass to Autman-Bell in the third quarter. - Minnesota/AP College Football

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RB Ky Thomas, Washburn
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11/17/21 - James Letcher Jr., rSr/2022, Washburn, 5-08, 165 (DS#141 WR) + More +

2021 MIAA SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): James Letcher, Jr., Kick/Punt Returner - Washburn,...Washburn ranked in the league's top-three in both kickoff and punt returns thanks to the 2021 Special Teams Player of the Year, James Letcher Jr. The Ichabods senior averaged 27.2 yards on kickoff returns yards to rank second in the MIAA and 9.71 yards on punt returns which ranked fourth. Letcher also recorded the second-longest kickoff return in the league this season with a 90-yard return for a touchdown against Central Oklahoma on Oct. 23. - MIAA Football

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10/24/21 - Ky Thomas, rSr/2026, Washburn, 5-10, 210 (DS#176 RB) + More +

Freshmen Ky Thomas and Mar'Keise Irving became the fourth and fifth different 100-yard rushers for Minnesota this season, as the Gophers gained 326 yards on the ground in a 34-16 trampling of Maryland on Saturday for their third straight victory. Thomas (21 carries, 139 yards) and Irving (15 carries, 105 yards) each had one of four rushing touchdowns for Minnesota (5-2, 3-1), which moved into a first-place tie with Iowa in the Big Ten West Division. Purdue and Wisconsin are one game back. Taulia Tagovailoa lost a fumble on the opening drive and completed 17 of 27 passes for 189 yards and a late touchdown to Marcus Fleming for the Terrapins (4-3, 1-3), who have lost three straight games by a combined score of 151-49.

Thomas, Irving and Bryce Williams, who rushed for 48 yards and a score, are the only healthy scholarship running backs left on the roster for the Gophers, who lost star Mohamed Ibrahim in the opener and backup Trey Potts three weeks ago to season-ending injuries. Williams took the lead last week in a win over Nebraska, becoming the third player to top the 100-yard rushing mark this year. Thomas and Irving gave the Gophers the first pair of 100-yard rushers in the same games since Rodney Smith and Shannon Brooks on Oct. 5, 2019, against Illinois. Tanner Morgan went 8 for 12 for 125 yards passing, and backup quarterback Cole Kramer rushed for 30 yards and a touchdown. The Gophers didn't punt until 5:09 remained in the game. In three losses to the Terrapins since coach P.J. Fleck arrived in 2017, the Gophers allowed an average of 39 points and 286 rushing yards. They beat the Terrapins handily in 2019 when they had six eventual NFL draft picks on their defense. There was no lower moment for Minnesota in the virus-altered 2020 season than the 45-44 overtime loss at Maryland, when the Terrapins stacked up 675 total yards. - Minnesota/AP College Football

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RB Ky Thomas, Washburn
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01/13/20 - Kyle Hinton, Sr/2020, Washburn, 6-2, 295 (DS#9 C) + More +

2019 AFCA DIVISION II COACHES' SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: OL Kyle Hinton, Sr., Washburn (Kan.),...Hinton was a first team all-MIAA selection and has been a four-year member of the Ichabods starting the last 34 games making 42 appearances on the offensive line. He has been a four-time all-MIAA selection on the offensive line earning all-region honors in 2018. He also caught his first reception of his career with an 8-yard touchdown pass on Saturday against Nebraska-Kearney in the Ichabods' 57-41 win the season finale.

Hinton is the seventh Ichabod to be named to an AFCA All-American team. Dane Simoneau was a first team selection in 2011 and placekicker Steve Ivanisevic was selected in 2010. Linebacker and current assistant coach Zach Watkins was named in 2009. Washburn also had AFCA All-American selections in 2007 with defensive back Cary Williams, in 2006 with defensive tackle Trey Lewis and in 1988 with wide receiver Troy Slusser. - Washburn Football

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C Kyle Hinton, Washburn
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01/03/20 - Marquise Manning, rSr/2022, Washburn, 5-10, 191 (DS#85 CB) + More +

2019 ALL-MIAA HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Marquise Manning - DB,...Manning recorded 28 tackles with 24 solo stops leading the team with three interceptions. - Washburn Football

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CB Marquise Manning, Washburn
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01/03/20 - Grant Bruner, Sr/2022, Washburn, 5-11, 220 (DS#999 ILB) + More +

2019 ALL-MIAA HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Grant Bruner - LB,...Bruner led the Ichabods with 73 tackles recording 8.5 tackles for loss for 28 yards and two sacks with a forced fumble. - Washburn Football

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ILB Grant Bruner, Washburn
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01/03/20 - Collin Wilson, rSr/2024, Washburn, 6-2, 210 (DS#999 WR) + More +

2019 ALL-MIAA HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Colin Wilson - WR,...Wilson was second on the team with 543 receiving yards and 37 receptions with seven touchdowns averaging 49.4 yards per game. - Washburn Football

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WR Collin Wilson, Washburn
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01/03/20 - Zach Willis, rSr/2022, Washburn, 5-08, 210 (DS#999 RB) + More +

2019 ALL-MIAA HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Zach Willis - RB,...Willis led the Ichabods in rushing at 63.7 yards per game adding seven touchdowns and 7.6 yards per carry. - Washburn Football

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RB Zach Willis, Washburn
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01/03/20 - Mitch Schurig, rSr/2022, Washburn, 6-1, 220 (DS#999 QB) + More +

2019 ALL-MIAA HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Mitch Schurig - QB,...Schurig passed for 2,319 yards and 21 touchdowns averaging 231.9 yards per game completing 187 of 283 passes setting a school record with his 66.1 completion percentage. He was fourth in the MIAA in passing yards per game and his 2,319 passing yards rank ninth on the Ichabod single season chart and his 21 touchdowns were ninth. - Washburn Football

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QB Mitch Schurig, Washburn
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01/02/20 - Kyle Hinton, Sr/2020, Washburn, 6-2, 295 (DS#9 C) + More +

2019 ALL-MIAA FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Offensive Line Kyle Hinton, Washburn,...Highlighting the Ichabods' first-team selection is senior offensive lineman Kyle Hinton. Hinton Hinton has been a four-year member of the Ichabods starting the last 34 games making 42 appearances on the offensive line. He has been a three-time all-MIAA selection on the offensive line earning all-region honors in 2018. He also caught his first reception of his career with an 8-yard touchdown pass on Saturday against Nebraska-Kearney in the Ichabods' 57-41 win the season finale. - Washburn Football

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C Kyle Hinton, Washburn
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01/02/20 - Lane Spiker, rSr/2022, Washburn, 6-1, 195 (DS#999 P) + More +

2019 ALL-MIAA SECOND TEAM (COACHES): Punter Lane Spiker, Washburn,...Spiker had 36 punts for 1,469 yards and had nine punts of more than 50 yards averaging 40.8 yards per punt helping the Ichabods finish seventh in the nation in net punting at 38.61 yards per punt. His season average of 40.8 ypp ranks eighth on the Ichabod single season chart. - Washburn Football

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P Lane Spiker, Washburn
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