When Kansas football coach Les Miles speaks publicly about his team’s defensive linemen, he describes them as “big, strong, athletic men.” While that may be true, senior defensive lineman Sam Burt also was accurate in his assessment, calling the unit “kind of a young group.” The two statements don’t have to be mutually exclusive. In fact, the Jayhawks likely need some of their D-line newcomers to ...
Kansas senior defensive lineman Sam Burt summed up one of the many drawbacks of playing football during the COVID-19 crisis succinctly. “It stinks,” Burt began, while describing what it will be like for the Jayhawks to open their season without any fans in attendance. “I know my family wants to be there. I know a lot of guys’ families want to be there,” Burt told reporters during a video conference ...
Dru Prox doesn't know exactly when or how it happened, but the Kansas linebacker remembers vividly the surge of emotions that accompanied the season-ending shoulder damage he suffered in the Jayhawks’ Big 12 opener nearly a year ago. “Pain. I was very upset,” Prox recalled. “I was very mad that happened when it happened, because I felt like I kind of had let my team down at that point.” An ...
Gone are the days of 11 a.m. college football kickoffs in Lawrence — at least for this year’s season opener. The Kansas football team will have to wait all day on Sept. 12 for the Jayhawks’ nonconference matchup with Coastal Carolina, set to begin at 9 p.m., the Big 12 and KU announced Tuesday. The abnormally late start time allows the Jayhawks’ 2020 debut under head coach Les Miles to air nationally ...
The Big 12 reportedly has a plan ready in case one (or more) of its teams loses available players to COVID-19 quarantine during the upcoming season. As first reported by Sports Illustrated and later confirmed by Iowa State Athletic Director Jamie Pollard to 247 Sports and other outlets, the Big 12 will require a team dealing with positive virus tests to enter a game with at least a 53-man roster. But there’s ...
Kansas football fans got a rare opportunity this past weekend to watch a high school recruit tied to the program playing on national television. They obviously weren’t the only ones watching Class of 2021 quarterback Ben Easters closely. With his Brownsburg football team playing a marquee game on ESPN2 Saturday night, Easters told 247 Sports’ Steve Wiltfong that KU coaches texted him beforehand to let them ...