Darien Whitaker Jr. holds the MLB · Depth spot in Kansas State Wildcats’s linebacker room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Darien Whitaker Jr. is a redshirt freshman linebacker at Kansas State standing 6'3" and weighing 246 pounds. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, he attended Boys Town in Nebraska, where he recorded 82 tackles and 8.0 tackles for loss during his senior season while earning all-state honors. recruiting services ranked him the 60th-best linebacker nationally in the Class of 2025. In 2025, Whitaker appeared in the final two games of the season on kickoff coverage, recording tackles against Utah and Colorado while preserving his redshirt eligibility.