Kansas walk-on guard whose value came from toughness, IQ, and winning habits
Evan Manning’s Kansas career was never about gaudy box-score production; in the 2023-24 stat line available from ESPN, he averaged 0.6 points, 0.3 rebounds and 0.1 assists per game, but his real differentiator was being a dependable four-year walk-on in a powerhouse program. Kansas notes he was part of four Big 12 regular-season titles and 116 wins from 2012-16, while his Lawrence Free State background shows a gritty, multi-skill guard profile (7.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.8 steals and 2.4 assists as a senior in high school). If you value effort, feel, and team-first energy, he’s exactly the kind of glue guy coaches love.
