http://www.kstatesports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/signingday.html K-State Announces Class of 2011 Feb. 2, 2011 Dante Barnett | ATH 6-1, 175 | Tulsa, Okla. (Booker T. Washington HS) Watch Highlight Video K-State All Access Subscription Required AT BOOKER T. WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL: Recorded 100 tackles and nine interceptions on his way to earning second team all-state honors as a senior... Also hauled in 10 touchdowns as a receiver... Recorded 101 tackles as a junior and also caught 32 passes for 775 yards and six touchdowns... Led Booker T. Washington to a 13-1 record and a state championship this past season... Also collected nine interceptions as a junior. PERSONAL: Dante Barnett was born June 14, 1993... Son of Larry Barnett and Tiah Pankey. Arthur Brown | LB 6-1, 223 | Wichita, Kan. (Miami) Watch Highlight Video K-State All Access Subscription Required 2010: Sat out the 2010 season after transferring from the University of Miami. 2009 (Miami): Played in all 12 regular season games and the Champs Sports Bowl... Registered 13 tackles, including a half tackle for loss and recovered one fumble... Had three stops at South Florida and two tackles against both Florida A&M and Central Florida... Recovered fumble came at Wake Forest. 2008 (Miami): Played in 11 games as a freshman, mostly on special teams but saw some action at linebacker against Duke... Had four tackles on the year. AT WICHITA EAST HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Wichita East under coach Brian Byers ... Played in the U.S. Army All-American game... Made 151 tackles, 10 sacks and one fumble recovery for a touchdown, despite missing two games as a senior... Totaled 132 tackles and 12 sacks as a junior... Selected as a Parade All-American and named to USA Today's All-USA team... Also an EA Sports All-American... Ranked the No. 23 player overall by Rivals.com, the No. 1 player in Kansas and the No. 2 overall outside linebacker... Rated the No. 5 player in the nation, the No. 1 strongside linebacker and the best player in Kansas by Scout.com... Ranked sixth overall and first among outside linebacker by ESPN... Ranked as the No. 5 player in the country by Tom Lemming on CSTV.com... Named the No. 10 player on the PrepStar Top 135 Dream Team. PERSONAL: Arthur Brown was born June 17, 1990, in Wichita, Kan... Son of Arthur and Leionnie Brown... Younger brother, Bryce, is a running back at K-State. Bryce Brown | RB 6-0, 216 | Wichita, Kan. (Tennessee) Watch Highlight Video K-State All Access Subscription Required 2010: Sat out the 2010 season after transferring from the University of Tennessee. TENNESSEE (2009): Finished first collegiate season with 460 rushing yards on 101 carries... Also hauled in 10 passes for 137 yards and one score... Started his collegiate career by rushing for 104 yards on 11 carries with a touchdown in the season opener against Western Kentucky... Totaled 60 yards on nine carries against South Carolina... Scored on a one-yard plunge against Georgia to give Tennessee a 45-19 lead... Third touchdown of the season came against Memphis on a one-yard dive... Best receiving game was against Florida as he had 60 yards on two catches... Was also on the receiving end of a 26-yard score against Ohio. AT WICHITA EAST HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered under head coach Brian Byers... Rated as the No. 1 running back and the No. 1 overall prospect nationally in the 2009 class by Rivals.com... Rated No. 1 at running back by Scout.com and No. 2 by ESPN... Selected to play in the U.S. Army All-American game... Earned All-America honors from USA Today and Parade magazine as a senior... Also named all-state in 2008... Earned all-city and all-state honors as a junior. PERSONAL: Bryce Lee Brown was born May 14, 1991, in Wichita, Kan... Son of Son of Arthur and Leionnie Brown... Older brother, Arthur, is a linebacker at K-State. Marquel Bryant | DE 6-3, 215 | Dallas, Texas (Skyline) Watch Highlight Video K-State All Access Subscription Required AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL: Rated as the 77th-best high school football recruit in the Dallas area by The Dallas Morning News... Named to the All-District 9-5A football team his senior season by TexasHSFootball.com... Led the Raiders to a 9-3 overall record (7-0 league) and a District 9-5A title in 2010... Teammate of fellow signee Mike Moore. PERSONAL: Marquel Bryant was born October 29, 1992... Son of James and Dawn Bryant... Has two siblings and is the cousin of current Dallas Cowboy receiver Dez Bryant. Morgan Burns | DB 5-11, 195 | Wichita, Kan. (Trinity Academy) Watch Highlight Video K-State All Access Subscription Required AT TRINITY ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL: A three-star prospect and the No. 14 player in the state of Kansas according to Rivals.com... A three-time all-league pick at both defensive back and running back... Two-time all-metro selection... Rushed for 2,700 yards and 36 touchdowns over last two seasons... Also a state champion in track at 100m, 200m and 400m and a member of the state- champion basketball squad. PERSONAL: Morgan Burns was born May 19, 1993... Son of Brad and Greta Burns. Tanner Burns | DB 6-0, 183 | San Jose, Calif. (San Jose State) Watch Highlight Video K-State All Access Subscription Required 2010: Sat out the 2010 season after transferring from the San Jose State. 2009 (San Jose State): Started all 12 games for the Spartans, leading the team with 96 total tackles... Recorded two interceptions and broke up one pass while forcing four fumbles and recovering another... Also caught one pass for 11 yards... Logged seven or more tackles in nine games, including a season-high 12 against Hawaii... Also had 11 stops against Cal Poly and Utah, and nine takedowns against USC, Stanford and Nevada... Earned WAC Defensive Player of the Week honors after registering 11 tackles, a fumble recovery, an interception and two downed punts at the 1-yard line against Cal Poly. 2008 (San Jose State): Saw action as a safety and special teams player... Increased his playing time as a safety as the season progressed, finishing the season with four tackles and one tackle for loss in 10 games... Came up with his first career interception against Idaho... Recorded a season-high two tackles, including a tackle for loss, at Nevada. AT VALLEY CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered three years at Valley Christian under head coach Mike Machado... A 2007 Second Team All-Central Coast Section selection, First Team All-West Catholic Athletic League selection and his team's Defensive Most Valuable Player... Finished his career with 274 tackles and nine interceptions. PERSONAL: Tanner John Burns was born November 8, 1989, in Houston, Texas... Son of Keith and Yvonne Burns... Father, Keith, is the defensive backs coach at Mississippi... Majoring in communications, while he wants to become a football coach. Jade Cathey | WR 6-5, 185 | Liberal, Kan. (Liberal) Watch Highlight Video K-State All Access Subscription Required AT LIBERAL HIGH SCHOOL: A three-star rated prospect by Rivals.com and the ninth-ranked player in the state of Kansas... Named to The Hutchinson News high school football 11-man all-class team his senior year... Named All-Kansas Class 5-A Honorable Mention by Varsity Kansas... Named to PrepStar magazine's All-Midlands Region team... Caught 45 passes for 721 yards with a 16-yard average per reception and nine touchdowns as a senior... Also had 16 rushing attempts for 137 yards and one touchdown... Collected 32 total tackles (22 solo, 10 assisted) on defense... Recorded one interception, two pass deflections, two fumble recoveries and one forced fumble... Also punted 31 times for a 36.87 average with eight punts inside the 20 yard line... Returned six punts for 151 yards and a 25.2-yard average... Had 773 receiving yards and nine touchdowns as a junior when he broke Liberal's single-season receiving yards record. PERSONAL: Jade Cathey was born January 14, 1993... Son of Tonya King. Allen Chapman | DB 5-11, 180 | San Francisco, Calif. (City College of San Francisco) Watch Highlight Video K-State All Access Subscription Required AT CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO: Rated as a three-star prospect by Rivals.com... Recorded five interceptions with one returned for a touchdown as a freshman before carding five interceptions and returning one for a touchdown in 2010... Collected 39 total tackles (26 solo, 13 assisted) and one tackle for a loss... Had one sack, two fumble recoveries, one of which was returned for a 40-yard touchdown, and 12 pass breakups... Teammate of fellow signee Nigel Malone... Led City College to a 12-1 record in 2010 with a win in the NorCal Championship game, the 11th in school history... Fell to Mt. San Antonio Community College and fellow signee Vaikalafi Lutui in the state championship game. AT OAK GROVE HIGH SCHOOL: A 2008 First Team All-BVAL Mt. Hamilton Division selection... Named the 2008 Most Valuable Defensive Back... Also earned 2007 First Team All-BVAL Mt. Hamilton Division and 2007 All CCS Honorable Mention honors... Had three interceptions with four pass deflections and one forced fumble... Recorded 34 tackles (23 solo, 11 assisted)... Rushed for 332 yards and eight touchdowns during his senior campaign. PERSONAL: Allen Chapman was born July 23, 1991. Lamonte Clark | DT 6-4, 308 | Washington, D.C. (Ballou) Watch Highlight Video K-State All Access Subscription Required AT BALLOU HIGH SCHOOL: Rated as a three-star defensive tackle by Rivals.com..
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