Self added to Kansas’ elite recruiting class with four-star center

Bill Self is setting his Kansas Jayhawks up for a very successful future thanks to a 2026 recruiting class that is starting to look stacked.

The latest addition to that class came this past weekend, when four-star center Davion Adkins from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., committed to the Jayhawks. Adkins, who checks in at 6-foot-9, 205 pounds, is one of the top frontcourt recruits in the country. According to the 247Sports Composite, he’s ranked as the No. 3 center nationally and a top 30 player overall.

What drew Davion Adkins to Kansas?

Kansas has been to 16 Final Fours and has won four championships as a program, with the latest coming under Self in 2022. That was Self’s second March Madness win with Kansas, and that culture of winning championships was a big part of the reason Adkins decided to roll with the Jayhawks.

“I love the culture they have, it’s a really heavy winning culture,” Adkins told 247Sports. “My coach also had a great relationship with Bill Self, so it already felt like a family.”

Speaking of Self, he played a huge role in this commitment. Not only does he have a good relationship with Adkins’ high school coach, but the big man likes the way the two-time National Coach of the Year goes about his business.

“He’s not a yes man, he tells you the truth,” Adkins said. “He told me to my face what I need to work on, and I told him, ‘I got you. I’m going to do everything to get me on the floor.'”