WRITER: Benton Smith

Assistant Chris Simpson won't learn all he needs to know about KU football LBs until preseason camp

Although Chris Simpson is coming up on the two month anniversary of when he became the new linebackers coach for the University of Kansas football program, Simpson still will need a little more time before he has a better feel for his position group. Other than Rich Miller, whom Simpson coached for two years at Buffalo before the UB reserve linebacker transferred to KU this summer, Simpson’s next time ...

Report: Former KU coach Larry Brown returning to college hoops as Memphis assistant

A former national championship-winning head coach at the University of Kansas, Larry Brown is once again returning to the college ranks, this time as an assistant, according to a report from The Athletic. Most recently the head coach at SMU, Brown reportedly is set to join Penny Hardaway’s staff at Memphis as an assistant. Brown has been away from the college game since 2016, when he finished a four-year run ...

Latest ESPN mock draft doesn't include any Jayhawks

If the latest projections from ESPN’s Jonathan Givony are correct, there won’t be any Jayhawks selected in the 2021 NBA Draft. Fresh off last week’s NBA Draft Combine in Chicago, Givony updated his mock draft and the newest version published at ESPN.com doesn’t include University of Kansas early entry prospect Ochai Agbaji who went through testing, drills and played in a scrimmage setting at the ...

WR Trevor Wilson, OT Michael Ford Jr. youngest of KU football's Buffalo transfers

Among the six former Buffalo football players who transferred to Kansas this summer, following head coach Lance Leipold, two could become mainstays within the Jayhawks’ offense over the course of the next few years. While Leipold also expects the KU offense to immediately benefit from the presence of former UB starting center Mike Novitsky, two younger transfers — receiver Trevor Wilson and offensive ...

Michigan prep OT James Livingston joins KU football's 2022 recruiting class

The recent recruiting efforts of head coach Lance Leipold and his staff began yielding results this weekend, as the Kansas football program’s 2022 class started growing. James Livingston, a prep offensive lineman from Michigan, became the second prospect on Sunday to declare his allegiance to KU. “I am proud and excited to announce I have committed to play football for the University of Kansas,” ...

3-star CB Jalon Peoples 1st 2022 recruit to commit to KU football since Lance Leipold took over

A three-star cornerback from the Dallas area, Jalon Peoples on Sunday became the first high school recruit to commit to the Kansas football program on Lance Leipold’s watch. Peoples, who reportedly had more than 30 scholarship offers, announced his affiliation with the Jayhawks via Twitter, posting a short video clip that concluded with photos of him wearing a KU uniform and helmet. Listed at 6 feet and 175 ...