For a man who lost two key starters up front from last year’s lineup, Kansas football coach Les Miles doesn’t sound especially worried about the state of the Jayhawks’ blocking. Miles, while discussing the potential holes left by tackles Hakeem Adeniji and Clyde McCauley III, asked a rhetorical question that displayed his confidence: “How about if you think you’ve improved so much that you may be ...
It didn’t take long for University of Kansas quarterbacks to discover an important trait in one of the offense’s youngest receivers. After all, this particular talent possessed by freshman Lawrence Arnold helps the QBs look good, too. Senior Thomas MacVittie said Arnold began proving his worth as a target early on during preseason practices. “His catch radius,” MacVittie said of Arnold, “you can ...
The spots in the Kansas football program’s 2021 recruiting class are filling up quickly. Les Miles and his staff now have 20 commitments in place as of Monday, when Georgia prep defensive back Shad Dabney became the newest member of the class and the fifth in the past three weeks. Dabney, listed at 5-foot-11 and 172 pounds, is rated a 3-star prospect by Rivals. He announced via Twitter his decision to choose ...
The NCAA is doing what plenty of people wish they could — pretending like 2020 never happened. At least that’s the approach its Division I Board of Directors is taking with eligibility for its fall sports athletes. The board this past week officially gifted football players and other D-I fall athletes nationwide a blanket waiver to receive an additional year of eligibility, what with the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Former Kansas football defensive lineman Isi Holani died Saturday at the age of 24, the program announced Sunday. A native of Kaumana, Hawaii, the 6-foot-3 defensive tackle played for the Jayhawks from 2016-18. “Myself and the Kansas football family are saddened by the loss of one of our very own,” KU head coach Les Miles said Sunday in a statement. “He was a great member of our program and will always ...
Social media platforms have become the online stage for most high school athletes to announce their college commitments. Texas high schooler Tommy Dunn Jr., though, took his declaration to another level Saturday, committing to the Kansas football program via a 2-minute video he shared on Twitter. The clip included not only a monologue from Dunn about his journey and decision, but also clips of the prospect ...