In which BracketCat counts down the 22nd day until the 2025 kickoff with a profile of Kansas State safety Jace Adler.
#22 Jace Adler
True Freshman | 6-2 | 185 lbs. | Andover, Kansas
Courtesy Kansas State Athletics
- Position: Safety
- Previous College: None
- Projection: Redshirt
- Status: Walk-On
Jace Adler (b. Sept. 8, 2006) is a walk-on safety from Andover High School Central who plans on majoring in accounting. He is likely to redshirt and not play in 2025.
A three-year letter-winner for the Jaguars under head coach Derek Tuttle, Adler earned Top-11 honors as a senior from the Kansas Football Coaches Association in addition to being named a first-team all-state selection by both that organization and The Wichita Eagle.
He also was named the 2024 Kansas Class 4A Defensive Player of the Year by Sports in Kansas after he helped to lead Andover Central to a state championship, totaled 230 career tackles with 6.5 tackles for loss, a sack and a school-record nine interceptions.
Adler also came away with 1,746 career receiving yards and 24 touchdowns, in addition to 964 career kickoff and punt return yards.
He lettered three years in basketball and two years in baseball as a prep.
Adler’s father, Marcus, played baseball at Missouri and in the Detroit Tigers’ organization.
He has four siblings — Will, Ben, Nate and Luc. Ben was an offensive lineman for the Wildcats, lettering from 2019 through 2021, while Nate was a pitcher for Wichita State.
In May, Jace Adler was awarded a scholarship from the Bill Snyder Sunflower Chapter of the National Football Foundation.
He chose to walk on at K-State over scholarship offers from Butler, Hutch, Independence, and Iowa Western (where he previously was committed) community colleges; Nebraska-Kearney; Tennessee State; and Washburn, as well as recruiting interest from Emporia State, Kansas, Lindenwood, Midland, Missouri Southern, Northwest Missouri State and Pitt State.