WRITER: Benton Smith

Velton Gardner intrigued by new KU football staff's commitment to running game

In the months since the University of Kansas hired Lance Leipold to lead its football program, veteran Jayhawks running back Velton Gardner doesn’t mind revealing he has watched “almost all” of the video clips of former Buffalo rusher Jaret Patterson that he could get his hands on. With Patterson leading the way for Leipold’s Bulls in 2020, UB led the FBS in yards per carry (6.71) and finished second ...

Notebook: Goff lauds Leipold's reputation, attention to details

In the months University of Kansas Athletic Director Travis Goff has spent around the man he hired to rebuild KU’s football program, Lance Leipold’s attention to details and reputation have stood out to the AD. Goff said during his appearance on the “Kansas Football Season Kickoff Show” earlier this week that Leipold’s approach is characterized by accountability. During an interview with Brian Hanni, ...

KU football releases 1st depth chart for 2021 season

The first published Kansas football depth chart of the Lance Leipold era, as expected, didn’t reveal the Jayhawks’ starting quarterback for their Week 1 opener. When the program released its two-deep on Monday morning, the QB spot listed senior Miles Kendrick, sophomore Jalon Daniels and junior Jason Bean as starting candidates. So how close is Leipold to naming the No. 1 QB for Friday’s season debut ...

Notebook: KU football prepared to enter season with a lot of youth in secondary

When the Kansas football team opens the season on Friday versus South Dakota, head coach Lance Leipold and his staff will find out more about the Jayhawks’ young secondary. In the meantime, Leipold said the defensive backs — a group in which five of the eight players listed on KU’s first published depth chart are underclassmen — have impressed him this preseason with their athleticism and overall ...

KU Fall Sports Preview: New challenge awaits Lance Leipold in Year 1 of his KU football rebuild

During his 14 previous seasons as a head college football coach, Lance Leipold first won six Division III national championships at Wisconsin-Whitewater and then turned a down in the dumps Buffalo program into a bowl game regular. Between Leipold’s eight years with Whitewater and six with the Bulls he amassed a 146-39 career record. And he knows none of that guarantees him anything headed into his first ...

True freshman S Jayson Gilliom joined KU football wanting 'to outwork everybody'

Few football players fresh out of high school possess the abilities necessary to show up on campus and grab the attention and respect of a program’s veteran leader right away. But as soon as the Kansas football team’s spring practices began this offseason, Kenny Logan Jr. started to think Jayson Gilliom had what it took to play a factor in the secondary as a true freshman. Gilliom, who graduated early from ...