Kansas DT Jalen Atkins brings grown-man size and early-front-seven promise
Jalen Atkins is a 6-foot-3, 285-pound redshirt sophomore at Kansas who arrived after a 2025 stop at Coffeyville CC, where he played six games and posted 14 tackles with 3.5 tackles for loss. He looks like the classic interior disruptor: sturdy frame, power at the point, and enough burst to live in the backfield when the hand-fighting gets spicy. He’s still early in his Kansas run, but the profile fits a rotational DT who can help versus the run and create negative plays if the development curve keeps climbing.
