On-field preparations for the 2015 football Kansas State football season begin Wednesday ( April 1 ). The Wildcats will hit the field for the first of 14 practices leading up to the Purple / White Spring Game on Saturday, April 25 at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kansas.

Beginning Wednesday, Kansas State will practice each Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday with the exception of a Thursday practice April 23, prior to the team traveling to Kansas City for the spring game.

The Wildcats return 46 letterwinners and 12 starters from a 9-4 2014 squad. Highlighting the list of returners are Honorable Mention All-American place kicker Matthew McCrane, First Team All-Big 12 fullback Glenn Gronkowski, a pair of second team all-conference defensive backs in Dante Barnett and Danzel McDaniel, and a second team all-conference offensive lineman in Cody Whitehair.

All non-premium public reserved and general admission seats for the Purple / White Spring Game have been sold, but three tickets options remain available. Standing-room only tickets are on sale for $10 to the public, $5 for groups of 20 or more, and $5 for K-State students. Also open is the Bud Light Landing in the southwest corner of the stadium priced at $75 per ticket, and the Field Club in the lower level of the west side priced at $150-$175 per ticket. Both of those premium options include food and drink service.

Approximately 6,000 complimentary parking spaces are available and located at several lots in the KC Legends area, including Kansas Speedway and Community America Ballpark.