Another former Auburn player has found a new landing spot through the transfer portal.

Dylan Brooks, a former four-star edge rusher and top-100 recruit in the 2021 class, announced late-Monday morning that he has committed to Kansas. Brooks is a redshirt sophomore and will have three years of eligibility remaining for the Jayhawks.

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The 6-foot-4, 245-pounder out of Roanoke was rated as the No. 77 overall recruit in the country and the No. 4 player in Alabama, according to the 247Sports Composite rankings, when he came out of Handley in 2021. He was the highest-rated signee in Auburn’s 2021 class, which was the program’s transitional class after Gus Malzahn was fired at the end of the 2020 season and Bryan Harsin was hired as his replacement in December 2020.

After redshirting as a true freshman in 2021, Brooks saw his playing time increase last season following the season-ending pectoral injury sustained by Eku Leota. That injury left Auburn shorthanded off the edge behind eventual second-round NFL Draft pick Derick Hall. Brooks played in nine games and totaled six tackles, including one sack, to go with a fumble recovery and a pass deflection last season.

Though Auburn had a lack of depth at the Jack linebacker position this spring in new defensive coordinator Ron Roberts’ scheme, Brooks was still third in the rotation behind Vanderbilt transfer Elijah McAllister and four-star freshman early enrollee Keldric Faulk. He entered the transfer portal last month during the post-spring window. Since Brooks’ departure, Auburn has added Appalachian State transfer Jalen McLeod to fortify its depth at the position, which coach Hugh Freeze said was “deficient” in true pass-rushers this spring.

Tom Green is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Tomas_Verde.