LAWRENCE — Kansas football’s competition along the offensive line added a new player Saturday, with multiple reports outlining Bryce Foster’s commitment to the Jayhawks.

Foster, a Texas A&M transfer, spent the past few seasons in the Southeastern Conference with the Aggies. He is a former 247Sports Composite four-star prospect out of high school, and rated as a three-star talent by 247Sports in the transfer portal. He is a multi-year starter who started all 12 of his appearances for Texas A&M at center in 2023 after his 2022 season was cut short due to injury.

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“Rock Chalk,” Foster has listed in his bio on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

Foster’s experience at center is a critical piece to Foster’s commitment to Kansas. The Jayhawks, aiming to compete for a Big 12 Conference championship, have not finalized who will be their starter in that spot. Senior Michael Ford Jr. and redshirt senior Shane Bumgardner have been the two front-runners on the roster.

Ford has spent the past couple seasons at Kansas as a regular starter at guard, but has also been someone who’s shown the versatility to move further inside if the team needs. Bumgardner is a transfer from Tiffin, where he was named the Division II center of the year this past season.

Foster will have to play catch-up to a certain degree, but brings with him a pedigree of success at the power-conference level that could allow the Jayhawks to keep Ford at guard, if Foster can earn the job or at least be tabbed to back up Bumgardner.

Foster was named a freshman All-American by multiple outlets in 2021, and he also made the SEC's all-freshman team.

Jordan Guskey covers University of Kansas Athletics at The Topeka Capital-Journal. He is the National Sports Media Association’s sportswriter of the year for the state of Kansas for 2022. Contact him at jmguskey@gannett.com or on Twitter at @JordanGuskey.

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