The most experienced veteran on the Kansas football roster, three-year starter Hakeem Adeniji will gladly dodge your questions about the Jayhawks’ offense and the new system being implemented by head coach Les Miles, offensive coordinator Les Koenning and the rest of the staff. “I really don’t want to say a lot about our scheme, so…” senior left tackle Adeniji warned during one interview session. So ...
In the seven-plus months since he was hired to breathe some life into a dormant Kansas football program, head coach Les Miles has proven unwavering in his quest to reveal only the vaguest details about what he envisions for KU’s offense this coming fall. Nevertheless, it seems one key component for the Jayhawks will be the run-pass option calls that appear in offensive coordinator Les Koenning’s ...
Coaches come and go, but the Kansas football program’s place within the Big 12 hierarchy remains unchanged. As the conference revealed Wednesday its 2019 preseason media poll, the bottom rung in the standings belonged to the Jayhawks yet again. Heading into Les Miles’ first season at the helm, Kansas landed at 10th in the annual summer projections — the same spot it occupied in each of the previous eight ...
Despite an offseason full of uncertainty regarding his exact status for the coming Kansas football season, expectations remain high for sophomore running back Pooka Williams. A day after being cleared by KU’s athletic department to rejoin the football program after a seven-month suspension tied to a domestic battery charge, Williams picked up All-Big 12 honors on Tuesday, when the conference announced its ...
When Chevis Jackson approached Hasan Defense with the question, the assistant coach caught his new player a bit off guard. Jackson, shortly after being hired to coach defensive backs at the University of Kansas, sought out Defense’s opinion on which position he wanted to play. Recruited to KU as a cornerback, it was there where Defense made his first 11 starts with the Jayhawks. But a switch to safety during ...
Still five months away from their first chance to sign recruits in the Class of 2020, the football coaches at Kansas are off to a significant head start on the 2021 batch. A receiver heading into his junior year at Lancaster High (Texas), Majik Rector announced Tuesday his verbal commitment to the Jayhawks. As of now, Rivals doesn’t have the 5-foot-9 receiver rated in its database. However, 247 Sports lists ...