Montell Cozart picks up first offer 

When Montell Cozart (Shawnee Mission, Kan./Bishop Miege) left the Kansas junior day on Saturday, he left with a new appreciation of the program and the coaching staff. He also left with an offer from head coach Charlie Weis.

Cozart, the reigning Gatorade Kansas Player of the Year, earned his first offer after a productive visit with Weis, quarterbacks coach Ron Powlus and the Kansas coaching staff. A 6-foot-2, 180-pound junior, Cozart led Bishop Miege to the quarterfinal round of the Kansas Class 5A state playoffs.

“I can’t even put it into words how excited I was,” Cozart said of the offer. “It’s good to have that first D-1 offer -- and from a school only 30, 45 minutes away.”

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