Taylen Kinney is a 6-1 point guard from Newport, Kentucky, who joined Overtime Elite in Atlanta for his junior and senior seasons after scoring 1,220 career points and leading Newport to back-to-back regional titles. In his senior OTE season, he averaged 20.1 points, 5.0 assists, and 2.3 steals across 20 games. Playing on the Adidas 3SSB circuit with Wildcat Select, Kinney showcased elite scoring and playmaking from a 6-6 wingspan frame. A McDonald's All-American, he committed to Kansas on September 28, 2025, after a late-August campus visit shifted momentum toward the Jayhawks and away from longtime frontrunner Louisville.