WRITER: Benton Smith

KU football's latest recruiting haul reminiscent of another in Class of 2018

As momentous as this past weekend turned out to be around the Kansas football facilities, with eight new recruits committing from the Class of 2020 — nine if you count Tuesday’s addition of three-star linebacker Taiwan Berryhill — it wasn’t completely extraordinary for the program. In fact, the boom actually echoed a similarly stunning one that resonated just two years earlier. KU’s 2018 recruiting ...

3-star LB Taiwan Berryhill makes it 9 new commitments for KU football in 4 days

An aftershock from a massive recruiting weekend for the Kansas football program vibrated Tuesday night, as the Jayhawks picked up yet another three-star prospect for their 2020 class. A linebacker from St. Augustine, La., Taiwan Berryhill became the ninth high school prospect to commit to Les Miles’ program since Friday night. Berryhill, like the eight other preps who committed in a meteoric weekend for the ...

KU football gets late addition to 2019 class in juco LB Hayden Hatcher

The Kansas football coaching staff hopes most of the recruits who have committed to the program over the previous few days will eventually sign with the Jayhawks and join the program in 2020. However, Tuesday night they also added a prospect who could help them out much sooner. A linebacker from Iowa Western Community College, Hayden Hatcher announced on Twitter that he has committed to the Jayhawks and will ...

Les Miles' recruiting strategy proving advantageous early for KU football's 2020 class

While discussing recently how much he is enjoying his return to college football, University of Kansas head coach Les Miles brought up the endeavors that are keeping him most busy at this point of the year. “You should see how we recruit. We recruit like we make a game plan,” Miles said. “And the effort that you put into recruiting gives you the likelihood that that man is going to come play for you at ...

List of new KU football commitments for weekend grows to 8 with LB Juan Jarrett's pledge

Two days worth of recruiting victories weren’t enough for the Kansas football program this weekend, as the conveyer belt of commitments kept adding to the stockpile on Sunday. Once Juan Jarrett, a linebacker from Cincinnati, Ohio, announced his intentions to join the Jayhawks shortly after noon, it brought KU’s weekend batch of new recruits to eight in total. Rated a two-star linebacker by Rivals, Jarrett ...

Pair of 3-star prospects commit to KU football on Friday night of big recruiting weekend

A large scale recruiting weekend for the Kansas football program got off to a promising start late Friday night, with a pair of commitments from high school prospects who were visiting Lawrence. Both considered three-star members of the Class of 2020 according to Rivals, offensive lineman Garrett Jones and cornerback Ja’Cobee Bryant verbally committed to join Les Miles’ Jayhawks during their official ...