Kansas football recruiting

The Kansas football team remains significantly ahead of schedule as compared to prior years in terms of building out its 2026 recruiting class, and on Tuesday the Jayhawks earned their 15th commitment in Pearland, Texas, linebacker Joseph Credit.

Credit announced his decision in a post on X, selecting KU over final competitors that had included Arizona State and UCLA.

The Bruins had even gotten the last chance to appeal to Credit when he visited them over the weekend Sunday ahead of his final decision. He had also visited KU, ASU and TCU at various points during the spring.

Some of the other contenders earlier in his recruiting process had included Baylor, Houston, SMU and Texas A&M, which were part of a top eight he had announced back in February before setting his visits. Credit received his offer from KU in June.

“What really led me to the Jayhawks was the relationship from day one,” Credit told Jon Kirby of JayhawkSlant.com. “Since they offered me at their camp back last June, they never stopped showing me that they cared about me.”

During his junior season with the Oilers of Pearland High School, Credit, who also runs track, recorded 77 total tackles, including nine for loss with five sacks. He stands 6-foot-1 and weighs 215 pounds.

Gabe Brooks, an analyst for 247Sports, wrote in his scouting report that Credit “projects to the FBS/P4 level as a potential every-down off-ball linebacker with athleticism to play the pass and downhill juice/timing instincts to serve as a situational blitz option.”

Credit joins Lawrence native Josh Galbreath as the second linebacker in KU’s 2026 class, following a 2025 group that featured just one player at the position in early enrollee Malachi Curvey. Credit is also KU’s second Texan prospect for 2026 after wide receiver Corbin Glasco of Denton Guyer High School.

“I also believe Coach (Lance) Leipold is also putting together a great class of guys like Joshua Galbreath, Hunter Higgins, and JJ Dunnigan,” Credit told Kirby. “It really shows me that they are putting something together that’s great.”

In all, the class is now majority non-Kansan after KU’s flurry of in-state commitments during the winter, as it features eight out-of-state players.