Player Profile: Kellen Ash

#97 Kellen Ash

Rivals.com: Profile as recruit

Position: Defensive End
Height: 6-3
Weight: 285
Class: Senior
Hometown: Manchester, Mo.
High School: Parkway South HS

2016 (Jr.): Earned playing time against Rhode Island, Ohio and at K-State … Recorded his only statistics of the season at K-State, where he logged a tackle behind the line-ofscrimmage and recovered a fumble … at K-State: Saw his first extended playing time of the season and made the first tackle of his career in the Wildcat backfield, while also recovering a fumble. 2015 (So): Did not see any gam

2015 (So): Did not see any game action.

2014 (RFr.): Did not see any game action.

2013 (Fr.): Redshirted his first year at Kansas.

High School: Played under head coach Joe Rosewell at Parkway South HS... Tallied 87 tackles, 39 TFLs, 19 sacks, three forced fumbles, one interception and one fumble recovery during his junior season... His 19 sacks in 2011 were a Parkway South single-season school record... Earned Missouri Class 6 First Team All-State honors in 2011... Also named first team all-conference and all-metro... Competed in track and field at PSHS... Took home three Suburban West Conference titles in the 100 meters, long jump and high jump.

Personal: Received interest from Cincinnati, Kansas State and Illinois before choosing Kansas early in the recruiting process... Son of Zsanique Douglass and Willie Ash... Pre-sociology major with a communications minor.