With pandemic recruiting restrictions finally lifted by the NCAA as of Tuesday, when the calendar turned to June, Kansas football head coach Lance Leipold anticipates the next few weeks will be bustling around the facility. “June, as they say, is going to be crazy for everyone in college football,” Leipold said recently, “as we get a chance to go out and interact and people get to come on campus.” It ...
Zion DeBose never got a chance to play for Lance Leipold at Buffalo, but the former Virginia Tech defensive end plans to do just that at Kansas. DeBose, a graduate transfer who originally planned to play for the Bulls in 2021, announced Monday evening he won’t ever make it to UB. Instead, he is following Leipold and a number of former Buffalo staff members to KU. A redshirt junior this past season with the ...
The Kansas football program continued to be a popular landing spot for former Buffalo players on Monday, as three more transfers announced they are joining the Jayhawks. A pair of defensive contributors for the Bulls in 2020 — linebacker Rich Miller Jr. and defensive tackle Ronald McGee — and young offensive lineman Michael Ford Jr., all of whom had entered their names into the transfer portal, told Jayhawk ...
The Kansas football program isn’t just adding former Buffalo coaches in 2021. A trio of former Bulls players announced Sunday they are following Lance Leipold and several of his assistants to Lawrence via the transfer portal. Eddie Wilson, a defensive tackle who played each of the past three seasons at UB, became the first Buffalo transplant to make known his decision to join the Jayhawks. And before the ...
The inherent challenges that came with being a true freshman starting quarterback for a struggling Kansas offense literally blindsided Jalon Daniels at times in 2020. As the QB from Lawndale Calif., enters his second year in the program, though, Daniels feels more informed, and convinced he’s a better player as a result. Looking back at all that he endured this past fall, it didn’t take Daniels long to ...
A few details for the first three games on the Kansas football schedule are now in place, as the Big 12 announced Thursday kickoff times and television plans for the early season slate. The Jayhawks’ nonconference trip to Coastal Carolina on Sept. 10 will start at 6:30 p.m. and air on ESPN2. KU’s Big 12 opener the following week versus Baylor (Sept. 18) will kick off at 2:30 p.m. and be available to ...