Clay Young, a 6-foot-5 former Kansas City Kansas Community College and Lansing High forward, likely will be officially added to Kansas University’s basketball roster as a non-scholarship player this week, KU coach Bill Self told the Journal-World on Sunday.

Young, a first-team All-Kaw Valley League selection and honorable mention Class 5A all-state pick in 2012-13, averaged 9.5 points a game off 38.4 percent shooting in 12 games his freshman year at KCKCC. He hit 37.5 percent of his threes and 72.5 percent of his free throws and grabbed 5.6 rebounds per contest.

He played in just two games last season, tearing an anterior cruciate ligament in a victory over St. Louis CC in mid November.

He averaged 8.8 points off 49 percent shooting and grabbed 4.0 rebounds a game his senior year at Lansing High. He averaged 6.8 ppg off 43 percent shooting and 3.1 rebounds as a junior in high school, 5.3 ppg and 4.1 rpg as a sophomore and 4.0 ppg as a freshman.

Self said he would not make any comments about Young until after everything was official.

KCKCC coach Kelley Newton commented about Young last season after he was injured: “He was an emotional and court leader for us. He could help guys on the floor while playing. But his future remains bright. He’s a great young man, good student, hard worker. He’ll get a medical red shirt, so he’ll still have three years of college eligibility.”

KU has two other walk-ons on the 16-player roster: guards Evan Manning and Tyler Self. Young will work with the bigs at KU.