Offensive Kansas State MVP Dylan Edwards (R) and defensive MVP Austin Moore (41) celebrate their team's Rate Bowl win against Rutgers at Chase Field on Dec. 26, 2024, in Phoenix. Patrick Breen/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Kansas State Football Unveils Rate Bowl Championship Rings

Originally posted on Kansas State Wildcats on SI
By Branson Brooks | Last updated May 29, 2025 5:34 PM ET

The Kansas State Wildcats have received their 2024 Rate Bowl championship rings.

The Wildcats defeated Rutgers in the bowl game with a final score of 44-41. In a post on X, K-State players are captured seeing their championship jewelry for the first time.

Good lord their hands are big
Bling Bling Cats https://t.co/S0WxeQE6R8
— Klieman's Driver (@ksu_kats) May 29, 2025

After a hard-fought game, K-State's Dylan Edwards was named Most Valuable Player while Austin Moore took home defensive MVP.

K-State had a 9-4 record last season and finished 8th in the Big 12. Capping the year with a bowl win could provide the momentum the Wildcats need to start the upcoming season strong.

Incoming Kansas State Linebacker Already Has Good Idea Of Program Culture

Kansas State's promising 2025 recruiting class is beginning to arrive on campus.

On Monday, several incoming Wildcats players were captured moving into their college dorms. This includes linebacker/running back Ashton Moore, whose older brother Austin suited up for the Wildcats for five seasons.

New 'cat move-in pic.twitter.com/Jy8a635kj0
— K-State Football (@KStateFB) May 26, 2025

In the older Moore's senior season with the Wildcats, he had 59 total tackles, 31 assisted tackles, and 1.5 sacks. During his tenure in Manhattan, KS, he was named the 2024 Rate Bowl Defensive MVP and was an honorable mention for the 2022 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year

As a junior in high school, the younger Moore had 125 tackles and rushed for 1,100 yards.

In an interview with K-State on SI last year, Ashton spoke on what his older brother told him to expect upon joining the program.

"He's just talked to me a lot about the culture—how everybody is very tight knitted, just the family culture," Moore said. "Everyone has each other back out there. I come from a small town, and it's that same type of culture, not just with the football team but throughout the whole school. Everyone is close, looking out for each other, and that's the type of school I want to be at."

Following in the footsteps of his brothers, Ashton is poised to continue the family legacy at Kansas State. Wildcats fans should expect similar contributions throughout the incoming freshman's college career.