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#15 Landyn Watson

Class  RS SR/TRFrom  Kentucky (transfer)Ht / Wt  6'1" · 245 lbHometown  Hutto, TX · Hutto HS

Depth-chart placement

Current role

WLB3

Placement

Depth

Room

Linebacker

Experience

5-SR

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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LB room context

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Landyn Watson holds the WLB · Depth spot in Kansas Jayhawks’s linebacker room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

WLB · StarterDaveon CrouchStarter

MLB · StarterTrey LathanStarter

WLB · BackupJibreel Al-AminBackup

MLB · BackupQuincy DavisBackup

WLB · DepthLandyn WatsonDepth

Transfer history

2026Kentucky→Kansas Jayhawks

Background & career

Landyn Watson is a redshirt senior member of the Kansas roster. He is from Hutto, TX and attended Hutto HS. He joined the program as a transfer from Kentucky. He was rated a 3-star recruit in the 2021 class.

TCU2021 – 2022

Marshall2023 – 2024

Kentucky2025

Kansas2026 — present

Previous schoolKentuckyRecruiting3-star · No. 480 nationalOriginHutto, TX · Hutto HS