We all know some of the best players to come out of Kansas State from Darren Howard to Jordy Nelson. There have been a lot of players that have great careers at Kansas State that went on to have great NFL careers.
There have also been some players that were taken later in the draft that not many teams paid a lot of attention to that ended up being hidden gems. These are players that we as Wildcats fans loved at Kansas State and knew they could be something in the NFL, but the bigger powers that be were unsure about.
We all love an underdog story and I believe that an underdog and a hidden gem are synonymous. So here are three hidden gems that came out of Kansas State and showed they had what it took to make it in the NFL.