When Daylon Charlot left college football juggernaut Alabama in 2016, he had extensive on-field plans in store for his next stop. The receiver from Patterson, La., didn’t anticipate it taking him long to become a prominent part of the offense at his new home, the University of Kansas. But after one redshirt transfer year, followed by back-to-back seasons in which Charlot never grew into the type of impactful ...
With any college football coaching regime change comes adjustments for the players who spent the previous season — or longer — studying, practicing and executing a specific set of plays. At the University of Kansas, where Les Miles this past November took over a wobbling program that has won three or fewer games each of the past nine seasons, some modifications will be more drastic than others. While Miles ...
Mike Lee’s bravado knows no bounds. Always confident and inevitably glad to let anyone who is listening know what’s on his mind, the Kansas football safety made it known this spring he has considerable goals in store for the defense in 2019. Remember how this past season the Jayhawks emerged as one of college football’s best teams at taking the ball away, finishing with 27 turnovers gained? Well, Lee ...
Les Miles isn’t particularly interested these days in sharing vivid details of what goes on during his Kansas football team’s spring practices. But during a brief session with media members on Tuesday evening, KU’s head coach provided some particulars of the format fans can expect for the spring game on Saturday night at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. The Jayhawks, Miles shared, spent their latest ...
Considering how crowded the backfield seemed for Kansas ball carriers the past couple of seasons, the contrast during practices and scrimmages this spring could have felt jarring for Dom Williams. While KU’s coaches brought in some walk-ons to help increase the number of available bodies at the running back position, it’s basically just Williams and Khalil Herbert splitting the significant carries during ...
Heading into his fifth and final season with the University of Kansas football program, redshirt senior Carter Stanley has obtained a better understanding than most players on the team about all that has to go into mastering a playbook and then taking that process a step further and executing those plays on the field. Stanley also happens to be the roster’s foremost expert on quarterback competitions, having ...