KU Football

Transfer linebacker Davis is one early spring standout

Kansas linebacker Quincy Davis has a tattoo of a star under his right ear. “I’m going to be so honest with you, it was a deal, so I just got it,” Davis said with a laugh as he met with KU media for the first time on Thursday. In any case, it might be fitting for the player that ...

Lathan explains why he returned to KU after considering transfer portal

The Kansas football team had the privilege this offseason of being able to retain its leading tackler, the ever-reliable linebacker who played more snaps on defense than anyone during the 2025 campaign. But the Jayhawks almost lost him. Trey Lathan announced on New Year’s Day that he was ...

Former basketball player Butler now brings ‘nasty’ approach as KU tight end

When he concluded his high school career at Niles North in Skokie, Illinois, Jailen Butler would have considered himself more of a basketball player than a football player. He didn’t start playing football until his senior year of high school, and his allegiance to basketball persisted well ...

After Penn State tenure, Kotelnicki’s offense has new selling point for tight ends

Updated 8:48 a.m. Wednesday, April 8, 2026: The general consensus around the Kansas football program seems to be that working alongside Andy Kotelnicki isn’t all that different the second time around. “You jump right back into it,” passing game coordinator Jim Zebrowski said. But there ...

KU football’s quarterback competition well underway during spring practice

Jim Zebrowski keeps looking around for former Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels but finding only a freshman quarterback with a homophonous name. “He’s been around so long, I’m like, ‘Where is Daniels?’” Zebrowski said of the four-year team captain. “Oh, Jaylen Mason. OK, got ...

Veteran long snapper Monteforte hoping to make more memories at KU

Long snapper Rino Monteforte received his first Division I scholarship offer on July 26, 2019, from the University at Buffalo after he put on a masterful performance at one of the school’s kicking camps. “He was unbelievable,” recalled Taiwo Onatolu, who was the Bulls’ special teams ...