Growing up in Pickerington, Ohio, in the Columbus suburbs, Roman Pearson played wide receiver. It wasn’t until his freshman year at Pickerington Central High School that his defensive backs coach moved him over to free safety. By his junior season, he was a cornerback. And by the time he ...

A “suburban, calm type of vibe” was precisely what cornerback Roman Pearson was seeking in the transfer portal, and he found it in Lawrence — to an even greater extent than he had expected, in fact. “I mean, it’s lively here, like the fans and everything, but I didn’t expect it to ...

When Leroy Harris III arrived at Kansas — not all that long ago, considering he was a springtime addition during the 2025 offseason — he was listed at 230 pounds. Fellow defensive end Alex Bray, who joined the Jayhawks during the same transfer window, played at 270 pounds when he was at ...

It might not have been quite as dramatic of a moment as when the 2025 Kansas Jayhawks got to practice in the newly renovated David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium for the first time last summer, but this year’s team made its own return to the friendly confines of the Booth on Friday ...

As Kansas coach Lance Leipold noted on Friday, it’s nothing new for the Jayhawks to make “late- or mid-to-late-camp adjustments” to their offensive line in service of putting the best possible group on the field by the time the season opener rolls around. A year ago, Amir Herring emerged ...