After just a few weeks of observing veteran offensive lineman Colin Grunhard during preseason practices, Kansas football head coach Lance Leipold already is convinced the former Notre Dame walk-on will bring “toughness” and a “blue collar mentality” to the Jayhawks’ offense. “He’s my type of guy on the line. He’s gritty,” Leipold said of Grunhard, a 6-foot-1, 290-pound junior who joined KU as ...
Lance Leipold has led enough preseason football practices in his 15 years as a college head coach that he’s come to expect true freshmen on his teams will hit a wall at some point in August. One of the many qualities Leipold appreciates about Devin Neal is the young Kansas running back is proving to be the exception to that rule. “Man, he’s taken a lot of reps and he’s not tapping out,” Leipold said ...
If you’re looking for a breakthrough performer for the Kansas football offense this season, you’ll have to scan last year’s statistics for a bit before you find the name of one of the top candidates, Steven McBride. As a true freshman receiver in 2020, McBride ranked 11th on the team in receptions, making four while playing in six games. His position coach, Emmett Jones, foresees Year 2 playing out quite ...
In just a few weeks, Kansas football head coach Lance Leipold and the assistants he brought with him from Buffalo will lead the Jayhawks into a Big 12 Conference game for the first time. Defensive coordinator Brian Borland expects the new staff members will be abundantly prepared for their first taste of what the league has to offer. “Honestly, we had every Big 12 opponent watched before we showed up ...
It’s nearly game week for the Kansas football team and head coach Lance Leipold. But before those final days of preparation for the opener get here, Leipold and his staff have a few things they want to get accomplished. The Jayhawks’ head coach described what they’re doing this week as methodically chipping away. During practices they’re looking at specific situations they might find themselves in on a ...
If Kansas football head coach Lance Leipold and his staff think there’s a definitive leader in the team’s preseason quarterback competition, he “probably wouldn’t share” that information publicly, Leipold told reporters during a Tuesday video press conference. “Nah, not really,” he replied, when asked whether one of the three candidates had emerged. Just as Leipold figured would be the case — ...