[4][2] Bradford's final list of college choices was the University of Kansas, Oklahoma State, Arkansas, and Connecticut.
[4][2] He has stated that he choose Kansas because it is fairly close to home and had a good coach, Roy Williams.
[4] His senior year, he played on a Kansas team that included Nick Collison, Drew Gooden, and Kirk Hinrich.
[4] In 2000, he was named honorable mention All-Big 12 and the team gave him the "Phog Allen MVP Award"[4] In his final regular season home game, on March 5, 2000, Bradford hit six of eight shots from the floor and scored 15 points for Kansas, assisting the Drew Gooden-led Jayhawks to an 83–82 win over the University of Missouri Tigers.
[3] In 2003, he signed with the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild club Keflavík and played there for two seasons, averaging 19,7 points and 8,9 rebounds per game.