OVERVIEW
A transfer from Purdue who will be a fifth year for Kansas in the 2026-27 season … A power forward who earned conference and national accolades his junior and senior seasons at Purdue … Comes to Kansas with 1,655 points and 762 rebounds.
CAREER HONORS
Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year finalist (2026)
Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention (2025)
CBSSports.com All-America Third Team (2025)
All-Big Ten First Team (2025)
3X Big Ten Player of the Week (2024-25)
Naismith National Player of the Week (1-20-2025)
Associate Press National Player of the Week (11-18-2025)
Big Ten All-Academic Team (2024)
2025-26 (SENIOR AT PURDUE)
Starting 37 games and averaged 14.2 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game, while shooting 57.8 percent from the field … Named a finalist for the Karl Malone Award, given to the nation’s top power forward … Scored at least 10 points 32 times, including double-figures in each of the last 15 games of the season … Recorded 11 double-doubles … Connected on a game-winning, buzzer-beating tip-in with 0.6 seconds left in the Sweet 16 win over Texas, capping off a 20-point, eight-rebound effort … Averaged 18.5 points and 7.0 rebounds in the NCAA Tournament, shooting 33-of-58 (.569) from the field, including 25 points in the opening-round win over Queens … Scored 27 points with 12 rebounds against No. 1-ranked Michigan on Feb. 17 … Grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds, including 16 on the defensive end, in a road win at No. 7 Nebraska.
2024-25 (JUNIOR AT PURDUE)
Kaufman-Renn had an outstanding junior season, being named first-team All-Big Ten and honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press. He was a third-team All-American honoree by CBSSports.com … Averaged 20.1 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.2 assists while shooting 59.5 percent from the field … Was the only player in America to average at least 20 points, six rebounds and two assists per game, and became the third player in Big Ten history to average 20 points, six rebounds, two assists and shoot at least 59 percent from the field (Zach Edey, Evan Eschmeyer) … Was the nation's third-most improved scorer from the previous season (same school), averaging 13.7 points per game more from the 2023-24 season … Led the Big Ten with 19, 20-point games and finished second in the Big Ten in scoring (league games only) … His 723 points scored were the 10th most by a Purdue player in school history … Surpassed 1,000 career points in the home finale against Rutgers … Averaged 19.0 points, 9.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists in the NCAA Tournament, including a 22-point, 15-rebound (career high) game against McNeese in the second round … Surpassed 30 points twice during the season (Wisconsin, USC) ... Led the country in field goals made (292), becoming the second straight Boilermaker to lead the country in field goals made (336 -
Zach Edey, 2024) … Scored in double-figures in 35 of 36 games and surpassed 20 points 19 times, including a pair of 30-point games against Wisconsin and USC … Had 14 of his 19, 20-point games in the last 18 games of the season … Was named Big Ten Player of the Week three times and national player of the week twice.
2023-24 (SOPHOMORE AT PURDUE)
Started all 39 games and averaged 6.4 points and 4.0 rebounds in just 17.0 minutes per contest … Shot 51.1 percent from the field and 33.3 percent (8-of-24) from 3-point range … From inside the arc, he went 88-of-164 (.537) from the field … Posted eight games with 10 or more points, helping Purdue to a 7-1 record in those games … Scored 23 points with four rebounds and two assists in a win over No. 9-ranked Illinois in early January … Had 18 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists in the NCAA Tournament second-round win over Utah State … Scored 29 points with 15 rebounds and 5 assists in 47 minutes in two NCAA Tournament games in Indianapolis … Named to the Big Ten's All-Academic Team.
2022-23 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN AT PURDUE)
Played in all 35 games and averaged 4.5 points, 1.8 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game in 11.3 minutes per contest … Had five games where he scored 10 or more points (5-0 record) … In games that he played 15 or more minutes, Kaufman-Renn averaged 12.5 points and 3.8 rebounds, while shooting 27-of-41 (.659) from the field … Filling in for a sick Zach Edey, scored 24 points on 8-of-10 shooting from the field and free throw line in a win over New Orleans … Scored 13 points in a win over Hofstra and 11 against Ohio State late in the season … Pulled down a season-high seven rebounds in the opener against Milwaukee … Named to the Big Ten's All-Academic Team.
2021-22 (REDSHIRT)
Sat out the season as a redshirt … Suffered a knee injury in early November that required surgery.
HIGH SCHOOL
Had an outstanding scholastic career at Silver Creek High School, helping the Dragons win a pair of Indiana Class 3A state titles … Finished runner-up to Purdue teammate Caleb Furst in the 2021 voting of Mr. Basketball ... Was ranked No. 32 nationally by Rivals, No. 39 by ESPN and No. 40 nationally by 247Sports.com at the time of his signing … Finished career by scoring 1,832 points and grabbing 867 rebounds, setting the school record for career points … Led Silver Creek to the 2021 Class 3A state title by averaging 24.5 points, 11.8 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.9 blocks per game for the 24-5 Dragons … Was the Gatorade Player of the Year in Indiana as a junior … As a junior, he averaged 25.8 points, 9.6 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game. Silver Creek was 25-2 and ranked No. 1 in the state before COVID-19 ended the season … As a sophomore, Kaufman-Renn led Silver Creek to the Class 3A State Championship by averaging 15.1 points and 9.1 rebounds while shooting over 40 percent from long range.
PERSONAL
Son of Lara Renn ... Majoring in philosophy.