



The Jayhawks are set to add Todd Bradford to their defensive staff Jayhawk Slant learned Thursday night.

Bradford has been on defensive staffs at Wisconsin, Oklahoma State, Southern Miss, and Maryland among others.

From 2003-2004 he coached on the offensive side of the ball as the co-offensive coordinator at Brigham Young. At BYU he coached NFL players like John Beck and Dan Coates.

His next stop was Oklahoma State where he was the linebackers coach. He recruited several players including Ugo Chanasa, Jamie Blaknick, Markelle and Martin who went on to the NFL.

When Larry Fedora got the head coaching job at Southern Miss he hired Bradford as the defensive coordinator from 2008-2010. For three seasons his defense was among the best in Conference USA. His defenses ranked in the Top 20 nationally in turnovers.

Bradford also coached Jamar Fletcher at Wisconsin who led the Big 10 in interceptions and won the Him Thorpe Award.

His last stop was the defensive coordinator at Maryland.

"He understands defense and is a tremendous evaluator of talent," a source familiar with Bradford said.

Jeff Johnson, the publisher at O-State Illustrated covering Oklahoma State, recalls Bradford as a good coach and recruiter.

"He was a really good position coach and recruiter," Johnson said. "He was a very solid recruiter on some good recruiting staffs. It says a lot that Fedora took him as the defensive coordinator because he wanted guys that could coach and recruit."