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#88 Kevin Oatis
Class RS FR/TRFrom Arkansas (transfer)Ht / Wt 6'3" · 302 lbHometown Hattiesburg, MS · Hattiesburg HS
Depth-chart placement
Current role
DT3Placement
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Defensive TackleExperience
2-FRLast change
Updated 2026-07-29DL room context
View full depth chart →Kevin Oatis holds the DT · Depth spot in Kansas Jayhawks’s defensive tackle room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:
Transfer history
2026Arkansas→Kansas Jayhawks
Background & career
Kevin Oatis is a defensive tackle from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, who transferred to Kansas from Arkansas. At Hattiesburg High School, he earned four-star status from recruiting services, ranking as the No. 184 overall prospect and No. 15 defensive tackle in the class of 2025 according to national outlets. During the 2025 season at Arkansas, Oatis appeared in four games, recording two tackles and a quarterback hurry in a season-opening win over Alabama A&M. He added two more tackles in a victory over Arkansas State while also seeing action in losses to No. 4 Texas A&M and No. 12 Tennessee.
Arkansas2025
Kansas2026 — presentPrevious schoolArkansasRecruiting4-star · No. 326 nationalOriginHattiesburg, MS · Hattiesburg HS