Kansas transfer Jayden Dawson spoke about Darryn Peterson's star power as a major influence in his decision to commit to the Jayhawks.
" gave me his recruiting pitch, who I'm going to be playing with, and then he talked about DP," Dawson said. "Obviously, I'm trying to play, be a professional athlete, and DP, bringing in NBA GMs every day, that just helps me.
And I think being the lead recruiter for me, like that was just super big for me." Dawson said he was already familiar with the incoming freshman phenom before committing to the Jayhawks. "Him and AJ Dybantsa had some crazy battles throughout high school," Dawson continued. "I actually was at a camp with back in high school when he was a young cat back then, but he was at the camp and he was getting to it, he was getting buckets. But yeah, he’s the No. 1 player in the country, so obviously I knew about him." He averaged 13.9 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 1.9 assists last year while shooting 41.0% from the field and 36.3% from 3-point range. His 2.7 made threes per game will be a valuable asset to a Kansas roster that direly needed more floor spacing a season ago. Dawson will be competing with Melvin Council Jr. and Elmarko Jackson for minutes in KU’s crowded guard room, but his shooting ability should carve him a significant role from Day 1.A longtime Kansas basketball and football fan, Josh is at The College of New Jersey majoring in Communications and minoring in Journalism. Josh has over 1,000 published articles on KU athletics on FanSided's Through the Phog, with additional work at Pro Football Network and Last Word on Sports. In his free time, Josh often broadcasts TCNJ football games on WTSR 91.3FM.
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