3-star DB Dewuan Mack exits KU football’s 2022 recruiting class

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University of Kansas football recruiting

A senior safety from the Kansas City metro area on Monday announced his decision to decommit from the Kansas football program and reopen his recruitment.

Dewuan Mack, who announced his move on Twitter, plays at Lee’s Summit North (Mo.) and is rated a three-star prospect by Rivals.

Mack also thanked the KU coaching staff for believing in him. In particular, Mack thanked former head coach Les Miles, who was in charge of the program when Mack committed nearly a year ago. He also thanked current KU support staffers Jordan Peterson (senior defensive analyst) and Travis Partridge (offensive quality control). Peterson was KU’s safeties coach when Mack committed and helped recruit him to KU.

Prior to Mack and KU severing ties, he was the only prospect remaining in KU’s 2022 recruiting class who originally committed when Miles was still the head coach.

Mack’s move marked the third time since the start of the 2021 season that a 2022 recruit backed out. A pair of Texas prep defensive backs, Jalon Peoples and Jacobe Chester, decommitted in September.

As of now, first-year KU head coach Lance Leipold and his staff have five high school seniors committed in KU’s upcoming recruiting class. Three-star Alabama athlete Nikki Taylor, who committed in April, while Emmett Jones was the interim head coach at KU, is the only recruit left who gave his pledge before Leipold took over.

The earliest any of the prospects currently tied to KU can sign and make their commitments to the program official is in December.