A super-senior who first joined the Kansas football program as a walk-on back in 2016, Kwamie Lassiter II had one of the best games of his career versus Oklahoma this past week. The 6-foot, 185-pound wideout recorded seven catches for 101 yards, giving Lassiter his second career 100-yard outing. Each of Lassiter’s seven receptions went for a first down as KU (1-6 overall, 0-4 Big 12) tried to snap its losing ...
Following consecutive blowout losses to Iowa State and Texas Tech, Kansas football head coach Lance Leipold got the sense that some outside the program wondered if the Jayhawks were contemplating a change at quarterback. Leipold and his staff weren’t. But they did challenge No. 1 QB Jason Bean in the days leading up to KU’s formidable matchup with unbeaten Oklahoma. “And, you know, he goes out and he ...
A starter for the Kansas football offense the previous five weeks, receiver Trevor Wilson came in off the bench for the Jayhawks this past weekend against Oklahoma and wasn’t as involved as much as usual. Wilson, who entered KU’s seventh game averaging 2.8 catches and 47.8 receiving yards per game, went without a reception for the first time this season — his first at KU, after joining the program as a ...
As Kansas running back Devin Neal’s freshman season keeps surging, his latest performance secured the Jayhawks’ go-to rusher his first weekly honor from the Big 12. Following Neal’s 100-yard, two-touchdown outing against unbeaten Oklahoma, the conference announced Monday that Neal was the co-newcomer of the week, sharing the distinction with West Virginia’s Charles Woods. Neal, the former Lawrence High ...
After routinely giving up 500-plus yards and seeing FBS opponents light up the scoreboard week after week, the Kansas football defense had its best stretch of the season during the first half against Oklahoma. While the defense couldn’t keep its shutout going in the second half and the Sooners rallied for a 35-23 win, KU held an FBS opponent below 400 yards for the first time this season, as the Sooners ...
A Kansas football team that had lost its previous five games by an average margin of 32.6 points wasn’t expected to pose much of a threat to Oklahoma last week at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. Nevertheless, the Jayhawks had the unbeaten Sooners on upset alert before OU recovered just in time to get out of Lawrence with a 35-23 win. Though the Jayhawks’ losing streak extended to six games, they hope ...