Not one member of the 2018 Kansas football team got drafted by an NFL franchise this past weekend. But as of Thursday, with news of kicker Gabriel Rui receiving a rookie minicamp invitation from the Kansas City Chiefs, the Jayhawks now have eight former players trying to find a way to catch on with a team. Rui connected on 12 of his 17 field goal attempts as a senior this past season and sent all 28 of his ...
It had been nearly two full decades since the University of Kansas tennis team advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. And all Anastasia Rychagova could do was watch. Two separate rib injuries during her junior year robbed Rychagova of the opportunity to play in the 2018 tournament. “It was definitely like the hardest thing I’ve ever done,” Rychagova, now a senior, recalled this week. ...
From the time that it became clear to those who obsess over Kansas basketball that Bill Self was indeed the long-term answer for the program and a more than suitable replacement for Roy Williams, who left KU for North Carolina, those among the fan base prone to worrying about these types of things began fretting about which basketball team would one day lure Self away from Lawrence. The popular potential ...
One of the Kansas football program’s most important players during the past three seasons, Daniel Wise found out Saturday, later than anticipated, he’s leaving the Big 12 for the the NFC East. But the news didn’t come the way many figured it would. Various mock drafts projected Wise to land anywhere from the fourth round to the seventh. Ultimately, though, the seven-round, 254-pick event concluded ...
As productive as he was during his days with the Kansas football program, running back Jon Cornish will be remembered most for what is now officially a hall of fame Canadian Football League career. Ranked 10th all-time in KU’s record book for career rushing yards (2,245), Cornish learned this week he’ll be inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame this coming August. “This is my crowning ...
There’s no doubt Steven Sims Jr. wanted more out of his final season with the Kansas football program. After leading the Jayhawks in receptions and receiving yards in both his sophomore and junior campaigns, the wideout from Houston pulled the feat off again in 2018. But his numbers dipped just when he needed them to spike and improve his NFL stock. When All-Big 12 teams were announced after the season’s ...