When Kansas football players were informed after practice on Tuesday that a representative from the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl was in attendance and about to address the team, Kyron Johnson “knew something was up.” Even so, Johnson didn’t expect he was about to learn that the official was there to extend him an invitation to the postseason all-star game. “It was exciting. My heart dropped,” Johnson said ...
The Kansas football team could be without its starting running back, Devin Neal, in its season finale this Saturday. Neal got hurt late in the second quarter of the Jayhawks’ narrow road loss at TCU this past weekend. As of Monday, head coach Lance Leipold described the true freshman from Lawrence as “questionable to doubtful” for the upcoming home game versus West Virginia. Leipold said that Neal ...
The Kansas football running back room isn’t the only one where available bodies are dwindling late in the season. When asked during his Monday press conference which tight ends might actually be in uniform and able to contribute in the team’s upcoming season finale versus West Virginia, KU head coach Lance Leipold had to think for a second. At this point, walk-on Jared Casey might end up getting his first ...
The first recruiting class for head coach Lance Leipold at the University of Kansas won’t be completely comprised of high school prospects. The Jayhawks got their first junior college addition to the Class of 2022 this past week, when Mike Smith committed. A 6-foot-1, 225-pound sophomore linebacker at Gulf Coast Community College (Miss.), Smith averaged 10 tackles per game this year. Currently unrated by ...
Fort Worth, Texas — No one-hit wonder, Kansas football walk-on Jared Casey proved to be even more productive in his second game contributing as a tight end than he was in his first. A week after becoming a college football overnight sensation, with his game-winning two-point conversion for the Jayhawks at Texas, Casey was no longer an unknown commodity Saturday night at TCU. And the 6-foot, 254-pound redshirt ...
Fort Worth, Texas — Despite a promising start Saturday at TCU, the Kansas football team couldn’t quite replicate its road magic from a week ago. The Horned Frogs’ Griffin Kell kicked a 25-yard field goal with six seconds to play, and the Jayhawks fell, 31-28, at Amon G. Carter Stadium. TCU, which racked up 326 rushing yards and 492 yards of offense in the narrow win, effectively ran out the clock in the ...