The Kansas 2022 Class – Where Are They Now?
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What ever happened to the Kansas class of 2022 talent? We run you through the names now as we look back!
Dick was the player of the year as a senior and then went to Kansas and played one season before being picked as the 13th overall pick in the 2023 draft.
Dick is with the Toronto Raptors and after putting up 14.4 points a game shooting 35 percent at the arc his second year, Dick's numbers fell to 30 percent shoot at the arc and six points per game his third season. Dick fell from 29 minutes a game to 14 minutes a game last season.
Gradey is entering his fourth season of a four year 21.4 million dollar deal.
Mark Mitchell has played his four years of college basketball and the NCAA wants him to move on but Mitchell is hanging on hoping the court rulings allow him to play a fifth season. Mitchell had been committed to Kentucky but he will go back to Missouri IF he is allowed to play this winter.
Mitchell has had an excellent college basketball career with two years played at Duke and two years played at Mizzou. Last year Mitchell averaged 18.3 points, 5.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game with shooting splits of 54.7/38.8/66.9.
Shaw played 92 games for Missouri his first three years of college basketball and then played his final season last year at Boston College. After being a Mizzou bench player, Shaw was a part time starter last year for BC averaging 4.5 points and 6.2 rebounds a game in 25-26. Have not seen if Shaw will play somewhere professionally this winter.
Spent two seasons at Barton Community College followed by a season at Missouri State in 2024-25 averaging 1.8 points, 2.0 assists and 1.0 rebounds in 12.8 minutes per game and then as a senior Mozae Averaged 1.1 points in six minutes per game at Portland State. Mozae appears to be done with college basketball at this point.
Trey will play his fifth season at Northwest Missouri State this winter having spent all five of his seasons at the same school. Moala red-shirted his first year, played 219 minutes off the bench his red-shirt freshman season, Trey was a part time starter his third year scoring six points per game, and then last season Moala started 21 games averaged 6.2 points and four boards a game. Trey will play his final season this winter.
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Smith played two seasons at Cowley College scoring eight plus points a game with 2.6 a contest his second year. Smith then went and played two seasons at St. Mary (NAIA).
Smith scored 14 points a game in half of a junior season and then averaged 9.3 points per game last year as a senior. Smith appears to have completed his college career.
Sam started 106 of 112 games played over four years at Newman (D2). Averaged 9.1 points and 5.3 rebounds a game as a senior, scored over ten points a game as a sophomore and as a junior. Scored 1,038 career points for the Jets over those four years and grabbed 599 total boards. A member of the 1000/599 Club! (or find him a rebound somewhere to get him in the 1000-600 Club).
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Went from Barton Community College to the D2 level at a struggling program Minnesota-Crookston as a junior and then to the NAIA level at Mayville State in North Dakota his fourth year. Averaged four points a game at Barton, six points a game at Crookston, and then exploded for 15.7 points a game last year. Christian shot 40 percent from the field, 35 percent from the arc, and then 86 percent at the foul line as a senior.
Spent his college career as a deep bench reserve for Washburn (D2). Played in 57 games averaging six minutes a game over his career. Scored 80 points across his entire career, was in the regular rotation it appears his first team seasons.
Briggs went to Cloud County Community College for two seasons followed by a year at West Florida where Briggs scored six points a game (West Florida is going D1 this season actually). Briggs then spent his senior year at Dalton State (NAIA) Appearing in 30 games with 29 starts averaging 9.8 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game.
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Brooks originally went to North Dakota where he started seven games his first year five points and two rebounds a game. After two years Brooks transferred to Houston Baptist and took his game to an even higher level at the D1 level: as a junior full time starter Brooks averaged 9.1 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.1 steals per game. He was playing really well as a senior averaging 12.3 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.1 assists but injury knocked him for the year after eight games. After getting a red-shit for last year, Brooks will play his senior year this winter at Florida Gulf Coast.
