When Kansas football assistant Jake Schoonover watches senior Malcolm Lee during practices this preseason, the defensive ends coach sees more than a veteran with something to prove. “Malcolm Lee’s kind of the hammer,” Schoonover began, “of not just our position, but really our defense.” While that may sound like high praise for a defensive lineman who totaled 24 tackles over the course of his ...
After missing seven Kansas football preseason practices, junior running back Velton Gardner finally made his camp debut on Friday. But running backs coach Jonathan Wallace said the team’s leading returning rusher, who had been sitting out with an undisclosed injury, didn’t have the appearance of someone playing catchup. “He looked really good. He’s moving around really well, looked like he hadn’t ...
While preseason camp and the fast approaching season currently have the full attention of the Kansas football staff, head coach Lance Leipold and his assistants received a brief and pleasant distraction Friday on the recruiting front. Joey Baker, a Class of 2022 offensive lineman from Southlake Carroll High in Texas, announced on Twitter his decision to commit to the Jayhawks. Not yet graded by Rivals as a ...
A University of Kansas football player was arrested Thursday on suspicion of domestic battery and kidnapping, according to Douglas County Jail booking logs. Alonso Person, who is a linebacker on the team, is being held without bond, according to the booking logs. Head football coach Lance Leipold said in a statement Friday evening that Person has been suspended indefinitely from all team activities. “Any ...
Three years removed from the end of his playing career, former Kansas basketball star Nick Collison is launching into a new line of work with the same organization that employed him throughout his 15 years in the NBA. The Oklahoma City Thunder announced this week Collison will join the front office as a special assistant to the franchise’s executive vice president and general manager, Sam Presti. Per a ...
When the Kansas football program opened preseason camp this past week, defensive coordinator Brian Borland considered it a perk that he could look around and spot three former Buffalo players whom he coached at UB in the spring. But Borland said neither defensive linemen Eddie Wilson and Ronald McGee, nor linebacker Rich Miller were receiving “any kind of special treatment” because they played for head ...