Blue Valley Southwest senior linebacker Nick Allen was getting his hair cut last month when his phone buzzed with a text message.
It was good news, the kind he’d hope for since the idea of playing football in college became a reality. Kansas State was offering Allen a spot on the team as a preferred walk-on — and there was no way he’d shun it.
“It’s been my dream,” said Allen, a Buck Buchanan Award finalist. “I grew up in Kansas my whole life, and I always loved K-State and the color purple.”
Allen was a standout defender in the Eastern Kansas League.