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Instant impact recruit: Kansas Jayhawks

Related Topics: Running back, College recruiting

Signing day is behind us. The grades are in. We're on to projecting the impact of these recruits for 2017. This week, we'll look at one player for each conference school who has the potential to make a difference right away.

We continue this series with the Kansas Jayhawks

Instant impact recruit: RB Octavius Matthews

Landing ESPN's No. 1 ranked junior college running back was no small feat for David Beaty and his coaching staff, and that signing day victory should pay dividends right away. Matthews and fellow incoming running back Dominic Williams have an opportunity to help Kansas' offense as soon as they show up in Lawrence.