[Elvis]

KT LEVESTON | Kansas State 6037 | 326 lbs. | 6SR Waco, Texas (Midway) 10/28/1999 (age 24.49) #70

BACKGROUND: Kaitori “KT” Leveston Jr. grew up in Waco and attended Midway High School, where he played both ways as a defensive end and offensive tackle. Protecting the blind side of quarterback Tanner Mordecai (Oklahoma, SMU, Wisconsin), he earned second team All-District honors as a junior left tackle and helped Midway to the 2016 district title. For his senior season, Leveston and Mordecai led Midway to a 15-1 record with the only loss coming in the 2017 6A Division II state championship game, to Cy-Fair. He earned first team All-State and All-District in his final season. Leveston also lettered in basketball and helped Midway to a 25-10 record and the 2017-18 district championship. A three-star recruit, Leveston was the No. 96 offensive tackle in the 2018 recruiting class and the No. 148 recruit in Texas. During his junior season, Texas Tech coaches traveled to Waco to see him play and formally offered him a scholarship after the season, as did Missouri and North Texas. Over the summer, he received an offer from Kansas State and former head coach Bill Snyder. Leveston connected with the Wildcats’ family environment and committed in September 2017. He had been hoping for an offer from Texas, but Leveston was already set on Kansas State by the time that scholarship arrived toward the end of his senior season. Leveston
took advantage of the extra year of eligibility granted because of the pandemic and returned for his sixth season in 2023 . Leveston graduated with his degree in human development and family studies (May 2022) and is working toward his master’s degree in academic advising. He accepted h is invitation to the 2024 East-West Shrine Bowl.

YEAR (GP/GS) POSITION NOTES
2018: Redshirted Enrolled in June 2018
2019: (4/0)
2020: (10/5) LT Pandemic-shortened season
2021: (10/0)
2022: (14/14) LT Honorable Mention All-Big 12
2023: (13/13) LT Honorable Mention All-Big 12
Total: (51/32) LT
HT WT HAND ARM WING 40-YD 20-YD 10-YD VJ BJ SS 3C BP
COMBINE 6037 326 9 7/8 34 3/8 82 1/8 5.38 3.09 1.85 27 1/2 9’0” 4.89 - 25 (no 3-cone — choice)
PRO DAY 6040 330 10 1/8 34 3/8 83 1/4 - - - - - 4.85 7.90 - (shuttle and 3-cone only — choice)

STRENGTHS: Wide-framed with lower-body girth and long arms … transformed himself with a disciplined diet after previously tipping the scale at 350-plus pounds … sets up cleanly in pass protection with natural bend and ready-for-contact hands … punch is sharp and fast with a flexible coil to deliver pop mid-slide … flashes violent snatch-and-trap techniques to use the defender’s weight against him … creates movement in the run game, because of the torque in his upper half and drive power in the legs … strains through contact and blocks with a finishing mentality … handled zone blocks and short pulls relat ively well on tape … went from almost getting kicked off the team in his first few years at Kansas State for inconsistent effort to maturing into a respected team leader his final two seasons … started all 27 games the last two seasons.

WEAKNESSES: Some heaviness on his frame that he can continue to trim … range is closer to average than above average … stays light on his feet, but there is some tightness in his redirection and recoveries … needs to engage his blocks with elevated eyes and more consistent pad level for quicker wins … his issues sustaining are usually a result of leaning … gets himself in trouble versus shifty targets on the move … late to diagnose delayed blitzes an d needs to keep his head on a swivel … will turn 25 years old during his NFL rookie season … 97.2 percent of his college snaps came at left tackle, and he is unproven at other positions (although he performed well at guard during East-West Shrine Bowl practices).

SUMMARY: A two-year starter at Kansas State, Leveston was entrenched at left tackle in former offensive coordinator Collin Klein’s multiple run-scheme. After a slow start to his career, things clicked for him the past two seasons, and he helped create one of the best left tackle-left guard combos in college football with Cooper Beebe. In pass protection, Leveston quickly establishes a wide, firm base and uses his long arms and eager, heavy punch to ruin the day for gap rushers. He looks to impose his will in the run game with his mauling hands, although his feet aren’t too far behind. Overall, Leveston needs to introduce more technical control and finesse to his execution, but he has the functional movements and power in his lower half and hands that the NFL requires inside at guard. He projects as an NFL reserve who should continue to see more snaps as he gets comfortable on the interior.

GRADE: 5th Round

[RAMMAN76]

Welcome to the Rams KT.

[Dare]

Strictly a developmental prospect. Could end up on the PS.

[Elvis]

[BrooklynRam74]

Strictly a developmental prospect. Could end up on the PS.

Keeping in mind, our current STARTING LEFT TACKLE was an UDFA. I don't put limits on players.

[PARAM]

Keeping in mind, our current STARTING LEFT TACKLE was an UDFA. I don't put limits on players.

Think back to 2021. Alaric Jackson was not looked at as a huge UDFA signing. But he made the team and eventually became our LT. Of course that was during the "OMG, we didn't pick Creed Humphrey it's all over" period. Though we passed on a future HOF center, we found a LT, drafted a stud C/G 2 years later and now have our own stud C. Plus we won the Lombardi in the meantime. I know this much.......nobody really knows anything about the future. They like to think they do but they don't. Just look at some of the pre-draft comments about "this guy not lasting until that spot" yet he was drafted lower than that or "that guy could be had in the third" but he goes in the 2nd or 1st. We like to think we know something but we don't know 1/10th of what the guys running the team know.