Kansas EDGE Bai Jobe plans to enter NCAA Transfer Portal

Bai Jobe spent one season at Kansas after transferring to Lawrence last offseason. Now, in consecutive spring cycles, his name will be available again.

Jobe plans to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal, according to On3’s Hayes Fawcett.

BREAKING: Kansas EDGE Bai Jobe is entering the Transfer Portal, he tells @on3sports

The 6’4 240 EDGE was ranked as a Top 45 Recruit (No. 7 EDGE) in the ‘23 Class per On3

Started his career at Michigan State

3 years of eligibility lefthttps://t.co/RlUbB6EMhS pic.twitter.com/Zk9MHGNLur

— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) April 21, 2025

Jobe has played two collegiate seasons at two programs — Michigan State and then Kansas. He has posted 11 total tackles in eight games played over that time for the Spartans and Jayhawks. Nine of those came this season as a sophomore pass rusher in Lawrence.

Jobe, a native of Senegal, first began playing football after moving the United States and living with a host family as a teenager. He’d eventually suit up in high school at Community Christian School in Norman, Oklahoma, where he’d become the No. 69 overall prospect there as a four-star recruit in the 2023 cycle. He also rated as the No. 10 EDGE in the class and the No. 1 recruit out of the state of Oklahoma. That’s according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. That made him the Spartans’ top-ranked signee in the 2023 recruiting class.

Jobe was one of 36 players to leave Michigan State last offseason after the coaching change to Jonathan Smith. He was the second-most significant loss after only DL Derrick Harmon (Oregon). That’s per the On3 Industry Ranking of 2024’s Top Transfer Portal Players, which rated Jobe at No. 121 overall and as the No. 15 EDGE.

Now, this offseason, he’ll be just the second loss of the spring cycle, along with WR Griffin Koch, and just the eleventh in total in the portal for the Jayhawks. He’ll again be a higher-rated entry of note into the portal again, especially with his past pedigree and still three years of eligibility left to use with whichever program he eventually transfers to as his third school in total.

To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire. 

The On3 Transfer Portal Instagram account and Twitter account are excellent resources to stay up to date with the latest moves.