Ben Heeney said:“I definitely think that hurt my stock,” a candid Heeney told the Journal-World shortly after Oakland picked him. “I feel like that’s the biggest reason why I didn’t get picked earlier. It’s nothing against anything I’ve done. KU just hasn’t been at the top in a while, so it hurts me a little bit.”
Love Ben Heeney, and his service to KU football is among saintly, but does anyone think this could hurt KU's recruiting? I could imagine the 4 star players that might come here would see this and get a little scared. Playing early and standing out is nice, but if one of KU's biggest supporters is saying that playing for KU hurt his draft stock, it might deter those types. The way the question is asked it would be hard to come up with a positive answer.
Again, I would NEVER hold anything against Heeney, was just curious what others though.