Running back reps
KU's running-back situation looks to be a mix-and-match between the speedy Jake Sharp and the bruising Brandon McAnderson.
Carmon Boyd-Anderson also is knocking on the door of significant carries.
Mangino was asked Monday if McAnderson could be considered the No. 1 running back over Sharp.
"I would say that, yeah, that's a fair assessment," Mangino replied. "They're more situational guys, but McAnderson probably will get more reps, I would think, at the end of the day."
Don't count out Boyd-Anderson, though. The freshman out of Jacksonville, Texas, has turned heads in camp and will skip a red shirt as a result.
"(He's) running No. 3, but that's actually because he's a freshman and he's learning," Mangino said. "But every day, he gets better and better out on the field. He will play."
CMU's top target back
Central Michigan sophomore wide receiver Bryan Anderson, who set a school record with 73 receptions last season, is back on track after missing significant time to recover from shoulder surgery.
"Bryan is doing well," CMU coach Butch Jones said Monday. "He didn't go through spring football, so he's trying to catch up on what some other players went through. He kind of suffered that learning curve a little bit. But the last week he stepped it up."
The 6-foot-5, 205-pound Anderson had 867 receiving yards and five touchdowns last season as a red-shirt freshman and was a first team All-MAC selection.
New guy
Jones is the only new coach in the MAC this year, though he is familiar with his new team.
Jones spent two years as an assistant at West Virginia, but before that was an assistant at Central Michigan under Brian Kelly. Jones actually was the lead recruiter for Central Michigan's heralded quarterback, Dan LeFevour.
Because of CMU's new staff and a tweaked playbook, Kansas coaches are leery about what the Chippewas might try Saturday at Memorial Stadium. A lot of it probably isn't on film.
"The fact that a new coach is there, you have to prepare for a lot of different things," Mangino said. "You don't know exactly what you're going to get."
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