Tucker Ashford holds the LDE · Depth spot in Kansas State Wildcats’s edge room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Tucker Ashford is a 6'3", 273-pound defensive end from North Richland Hills, Texas, who attends Kansas State as a true freshman. At Fort Worth Christian School under head coach Brady Gunn, he was ranked as the 32nd-best defensive end nationally in the Class of 2026 by national outlets and the 38th-best player overall in Texas. He received multiple postseason honors during his prep career, including academic all-state recognition as a junior. Ashford also competed in track and field, qualifying for state in shot put and discus while holding his school's shot put record. He plans to major in entrepreneurship.