University of Kansas basketball recruiting

The Kansas men’s basketball team secured its fourth commitment in the span of about a week when center Davion Adkins announced on Sunday that he will join the Jayhawks next season.

Adkins follows point guard Taylen Kinney and small forward Trent Perry in pledging his services to KU’s 2026 class. If the Jayhawks choose to replace their four graduating players with four freshmen, they will have one spot left for a high school player. They recently earned the commitment of Javon Bardwell, who is currently in the 2027 class but is reportedly a reclassification candidate (and videos posted by Overtime Elite, where Bardwell plays, have also suggested as much).

Adkins is listed at 6-foot-9 and 205 pounds, and is a long lefty with a 7-foot-2 wingspan. He will play his senior season at Prolific Prep, the same school that sent Darryn Peterson to KU (and which current Jayhawk Tre White also attended); Prolific Prep recently moved from Napa, California, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Adkins is originally from Dallas, where he previously attended Oak Cliff Faith Family Academy.

The four-star center is the consensus No. 3 player at his position in the class and ranks No. 30 overall in the 247Sports Composite. He received his scholarship offer from KU back in January and picked KU over fellow finalists Houston and Rutgers.

“From going on my visit, the atmosphere around there and just comparing it to other visits, it was one of the best visits for sure,” Adkins said in his announcement, which took place during a Border League basketball game televised on ESPN2 on Sunday night.

Of KU coach Bill Self, Adkins added, “He’s a truth teller. He’s not going to lie to your face and be a yes-man, he’s going to tell you the truth.”

The 247Sports Director of Scouting Adam Finkelstein wrote that Adkins “runs the floor well, is a bouncy vertical athlete, and major lob threat who can rise-up for emphatic finishes. He’s also a major shot-blocking presence (2.3 per game in 3SSB play) with a wealth of defensive upside.”

Finkelstein added that Adkins needs to develop a more consistent motor and has room to grow in terms of his post offense, shooting and offensive rebounding.

He was not able to play in his own team’s game on Sunday because of recent emergency surgery for a sports hernia that will keep him out for several weeks, according to a press release he shared on his Instagram account.

The Jayhawks are loading up in the frontcourt for the years ahead. It’s not clear how long their current players will stay in college, of course, but Flory Bidunga has two additional years of eligibility beyond the 2025-26 season and Samis Calderon, Paul Mbiya and Bryson Tiller have three each.