KU Football

Santiago eager to ‘be more creative and free’ as KU defensive end

Michigan State transfer David Santiago still thinks highly of his defensive coordinator with the Spartans, Joe Rossi. Santiago said he thought he became a lot smarter as a player and as a student of the game during his year in East Lansing, Michigan. But during his time at the school, he also ...

How Blake Herold has developed his leadership — and his game in the process

It’s been a long time since Kansas fielded a group of defensive tackles that didn’t include both Tommy Dunn Jr. and D.J. Withers — so long that it predates Jim Panagos’ arrival as a member of Lance Leipold’s coaching staff. Kenean Caldwell, for his part, had been around so long as to ...

Amachree impressing, could garner playing time as true freshman

It certainly helped Kansas’ cause in Kory Amachree's recruitment that Amachree grew up around wide receivers coach Terrence Samuel’s family when Samuel was at Michigan State, and that his older sister Kaema was friends with Samuel’s daughter Brooklyn, and that he himself was friends with ...