If the Kansas football team can have as much success this weekend with its visitors as it did a week ago, its recruiting class will be in excellent shape.

The Jayhawks will host their second of two big recruiting weekends beginning Friday as several of their top targets will be on campus for official visits.

One of them is Taylor Davis, a safety from Missouri City, Texas, who became the first player in the class of 2023 to commit to Kansas when he did so on June 6.

Davis, who has said he has been trying to sway other prospects toward Kansas since he committed, will have an opportunity to do so in person.

Perhaps the highest-profile player expected to be in town is Dillan Fontus, a 6-foot-5, 260-pound defensive end from Canarsie High in Brooklyn, New York.

Fontus, a three-star prospect, is considered the top player in New York by Rivals.com. He holds scholarship offers from more than 20 schools, including Nebraska, Virginia Tech, Missouri, Ole Miss, West Virginia, Louisville, Pitt, Rutgers and Syracuse.

The official visit to Kansas will mark Fontus’ first time in Lawrence, but he has taken several unofficial visits to other schools, including two to Penn State.

Two more defensive linemen, both from Florida, have said they’ll be on campus this weekend. DJ Jones is a defensive end from Tampa who has offers from Iowa State, West Virginia and USF, among others, and Marcus Calvin is a defensive tackle from St. Petersburg with offers from FIU and Marshall.

Kansas has been recruiting Jones for some time and offered him a scholarship on March 9. Calvin’s offer was issued more recently as he only had the opportunity to play at Kansas beginning June 5.

Outside linebacker K’Vion Thunderbird, from Chicago, and offensive lineman Jacob Booth, from Swartz Creek, Michigan, will also be on campus, according to Rivals.com.

Thunderbird, a 6-foot-1, 205-pound outside linebacker, is considered a top-20 player in the state. He received his scholarship offer from Kansas on Feb. 9 and is also being recruited by Auburn, Michigan State, Ole Miss, Oregon, Nebraska, Tennessee and Missouri, among others.

Booth is a 6-foot-5, 250-pound offensive tackle who originally planned to attend the Jayhawks’ camp before receiving a scholarship offer. It is his first from a Power 5 school, with Army, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan and Kent State also recruiting him.

Running back Brandon High, from Spring, Texas, has also said he’ll be on campus. High, who is 6 feet and 200 pounds, received a scholarship offer from the Jayhawks on May 18 and has narrowed his choices to Kansas, TCU, Colorado State, SMU, UTSA, Louisiana, Grambling and Sam Houston State.

Miller commits to Kansas

Dean Miller, an outside linebacker at College of the Canyons, became the latest player to commit to transfer to Kansas when he did so on Wednesday.

A freshman last season, Miller, who is 6-foot-6 and 210 pounds, has three seasons of eligibility remaining plus a redshirt year. He will likely play defensive end at Kansas, which he chose over Oregon State, Indiana, Utah State and San Jose State.

He took an official visit to Kansas from May 16-18 and one to Indiana 10 days later. He said Wednesday that even though he enjoyed his official visit to Kansas, he wanted to wait to commit because he felt it was important to see other schools.

“I had no complaints,” Miller said. “It was just truly amazing, honestly. But it was also my first visit that I had ever been on, so I just kind of wanted to make sure that the feelings stayed the same even when I had some time to come back, think about it and digest it all. It’s definitely gotten to a point where the feeling has stayed just as strong as when I left, so I’m just ready to get this thing moving with them.”

As a full qualifier, Miller said the next step is for him to apply for admission to the university. Once he’s accepted, he’ll be able to head east, which he hopes happens by the end of the month.

Miller attended Valencia High in Santa Clarita, California, but transferred roughly 40 miles southeast to Cathedral High in Los Angeles in 2020 in order to be able to play his senior season amid COVID-19 restrictions at public schools.