An observer of the Kansas State secondary late in the 2020 campaign could be forgiven for expecting the unit to be a weak link going into 2021, especially with the departure of AJ Parker — who appears set to start at nickel as an undrafted free agent for the Detroit Lions.
But as with many things in the wake of last year’s COVID-induced nightmare, that may be a wildly inaccurate projection. The secondary faltered late in the year because at times there was literally nobody left on the bench to relieve the completely gassed and sometimes only marginally healthy players that were still available by season’s end.