Kansas State's best players from the State of Missouri

247 Sports has a recruit feature where you can sort all-time high school recruits by state. For Missouri, the list looks like this:

https://247sports.com/Season/2021-Football/AllTimeRecruitRankings/?InstitutionGroup=HighSchool&State=MO

I decided I wanted to rank the top ten K-Staters to come from the state of Missouri, and here is what I came up with:

#1 Barrett Brooks OT 1991-1994 Florissant, MO A 2nd Team All American (Sporting News) in 1994. 1st team all Big 8 in 1994, 2nd team all Big 8 in 1993. Drafted in the 2nd round of the 1995 NFL Draft

#2 David Allen RB 1997-2000 Liberty, MO Consensus All American as a return man in 1998. Tied NCAA record for most career punt return TDs with 7. Set NCAA record for most PR TDs in consecutive games with 3.

#3 Jordan Willis DE 2013-2016 Kansas City, MO Big 12 defensive player of the year & 2nd team All American (Sporting News & Pro Football Focus) in 2016. Tied K-State record for most sacks in a season (11.5). Drafted in the 3rd round of the 2017 NFL draft.

#4 Josh Freeman QB 2006-2008 Grandview, MO Set Kansas State records for passing yards (season & career), and for career passing TDs. Drafted in the 1st round of the 2009 NFL draft.

#5 Ryan Young OT 1995-1999 Chesterfield, MO 1st Team all Big 12 (1998) 3rd team all Big 12 (1996 & 1997). Drafted in the 7th round of the 1999 NFL draft.

#6 Elijah Lee LB 2014-2016 Blue Springs, MO 1st team all Big 12 (2016), 2nd team all Big 12 (2015). Set K-State record for most sacks by a true freshman in 2014. Drafted in the 7th round of the 2017 NFL draft.

#7 JJ Smith RB 1991-1994 Raytown, MO Left K-State with the record for most rushing yards in a career, most 100 yard rushing games, and most rushing yards in a game.

#8 Andrew Shull DE 2000-2003 Webb City, MO 2nd team all Big 12 (2002 & 2003). Left Kansas State as with the 5th most sacks in program history (20)

#9 Travis Britz DT 2012-2015 Harrisonville, MO 2nd team all Big 12 (2015), honorable mention all Big 12 (2013 & 2014). Started 36 career games at K-State.

#10 Jason Johnson OL 1993-1996 Kansas City, MO 2nd team all Big 12 1996.