KU Football

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 ...

How KU’s new Australian punter Gill became an American football player

Last July, Matt Gill moved from Sydney to Melbourne to train in a sport he had never previously played at a newly established punting academy that had not yet produced a player. By the end of October, Gill was receiving interest from American colleges, and by January he was signed to play at ...

Another offseason brings development for last year’s breakout player Harris

Leroy Harris III’s performance as a sophomore in 2025 might have come out of the blue for Kansas fans, and perhaps even for his own coaches, after he arrived as an unheralded transfer from Chattanooga. Not so much for Harris himself. “It was never a surprise,” he said. The 6-foot-5 ...

Edwards enjoying early days at KU after offseason move from K-State

The third time was the charm for the Kansas coaching staff in its efforts to reel in running back Dylan Edwards. KU had attempted to recruit Edwards out of Derby High School, where he was one of the nation’s top running backs in the 2023 recruiting class. He initially committed to Kansas ...