After every Kansas football and basketball game, I rank in a blog the top 10 players in the game with a comment on each.

Particularly in football, where even coaches need to “look at the film” before passing judgment on performances, it’s more of an educated guess than anything. Still, it’s interesting that at season’s end the players with the most points accumulated tend to be the best players, so it’s not a totally worthless exercise.

A look at last season’s top 20 in the final standings, with total points in parentheses, and a note about what at least 19 of the 21 (tie for 20th) have in common:

1 — Ben Heeney (74): Drafted in the fifth round by the Oakland Raiders.

2 — JaCorey Shepherd (64): Drafted in the sixth round by the Philadelphia Eagles.

3t — Corey Avery (54): Tossed off the team for violating a team rule. It would have been extremely difficult for teammates ever to trust him had the coaching staff looked the other way.

3t — Michael Reynolds (54): Went undrafted after his improve-every-year career ended.

3t — Nick Harwell (54): Had strong season with the Jayhawks, but no team drafted him.

6 — Jimmay Mundine (47): Bypassed in the NFL Draft, he will try to make the New England Patriots.

7 — Nigel King (39): Bypassed final year of eligibility to enter the draft. Did not hear his name called. Easily would have been team’s top receiver had he returned.

8 — Michael Cummings (32): Suffered serious knee injury in the spring game and will not be available to play this season. Can petition NCAA for sixth season after the season.

9t — Dexter McDonald (31): Drafted in the seventh round by the Oakland Raiders.

9t — Cassius Sendish (31): Two-year starter at safety was a juco success story.

11 — Tony Pierson (30): Fastest player on the roster the past four years will be missed.

12 — Jake Love (27): Had one year of eligibility remaining, but was not cleared to play because of his concussion history. His playing career is over.

13 — De’Andre Mann (24): Talented, hard-driving running back will be watched closely because of his concussion history. It has not been made public whether Mann will be allowed to play his senior season.

14t — Justin McCay (11): Excellent special-teams player would have been targeted often as a receiver, but is out of eligibility.

14t — Victor Simmons (11): Will try to find a job in Canadian Football League.

16t — Montell Cozart (10): The favorite to start the season at quarterback after being replaced in midseason by Cummings.

16t — Trevor Pardula (10): Was an excellent field-position weapon as a punter, but not much of a running threat on fake punts.

16t — Isaiah Johnson (10): Transferred to South Carolina for his final year of eligibility.

19 — Andrew Bolton (9): No longer with team. Was that his choice, the coaching staff’s choice or a mutual deal? Don’t know, but will try to find out. His departure leaves defensive-tackle position even thinner.

20t — Trent Smiley (8): Brainy tight end went out in style with touchdown reception in one-sided loss to Kansas State.

20t — Tedarian Johnson (8): Solid two-year contributor was bigger and better than anybody projects to be at defensive tackle this coming year.

So, of the top 21 players in the ratings last year, the only players who will suit up this year are Cozart and possibly Mann.

First-year head coach David Beaty and his staff essentially are starting from scratch and doing so against a 12-game schedule that features just two schools, Iowa State and Texas Tech, that did not play in the postseason.