Well, this is one good example of how waiting a bit to get into these previews for the 2020 Kansas State Wildcats has really been helpful.
Had we previewed the running backs even just last week we’d have talked heavily about redshirt-freshmen Joe Ervin and Jacardia Wright. They both played their four games in 2019, and there was a real chance that one or both could have broken the four-game redshirt barrier as starters James Gilbert and Jordon Brown battled injuries all season. But, in the recently released depth chart, neither guy is even listed in the three-deep, and it appears that Irvin may be one of the several players either to opt-out of the 2020 season - a list that includes fellow redshirt-freshman running back Thomas Grayson.