WRITER: Benton Smith

KU football coaching search: 3 selling points for Jeff Monken

As the search for the next head football coach at the University of Kansas comes closer to a conclusion, the Lawrence Journal-World is taking a look at some of the potential candidates to lead the Jayhawks into the 2021 season. What might make a certain contender appealing to Travis Goff, as KU’s athletic director tries to identify the right person for the job? Here’s an overview of three selling points ...

KU football coaching search: 3 selling points for Lance Leipold

As the search for the next head football coach at the University of Kansas comes closer to a conclusion, the Lawrence Journal-World is taking a look at some of the potential candidates to lead the Jayhawks into the 2021 season. What might make a certain contender appealing to Travis Goff, as KU’s athletic director tires to identify the right person for the job? Here’s an overview of three selling points ...

Jayhawks entering final week of practices, leading up to spring game

With the Kansas football team’s May 1 spring game just a few days away and the Jayhawks nearing the completion of this critical stretch of the offseason, the players remain optimistic about what they’re getting accomplished. It was just a year ago, of course, that the program didn’t even have a single practice in the spring, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With that as a backdrop for where they are now, ...

Notebook: Earl Bostick Jr. settling in at left tackle for KU; possible starting O-line emerging

Late in the 2020 season Kansas offensive lineman Earl Bostick Jr. moved from right tackle to left tackle. It looks like he’s there to stay. That important position, often most responsible for protecting the quarterback’s blindside, is where Bostick has settled in during the Jayhawks’ spring practices and where the senior from Barnwell, S.C., expects to play this fall. “It’s not that different at all. ...

Former KU guard Latrell Jossell transferring to SFA

One of five Kansas players to enter the transfer portal in recent weeks, former KU guard Latrell Jossell found himself a new college basketball home at Stephen F. Austin. Jossell, a freshman reserve who played sparingly for the Jayhawks this past season, announced his commitment on his social media accounts Friday afternoon. Listed at 5-foot-11 and 160 pounds on KU’s roster as a true freshman, the former ...

Reports: Former KU O-line starter Jacobi Lott enters transfer portal

Although the surge of Kansas football players entering the transfer portal this offseason had died down, the Jayhawks lost another former starter on Friday when offensive lineman Jacobi Lott put his name in the portal, per reports from both 247 Sports and Rivals. Lott, who would have been a junior with the Jayhawks in 2021, came back to the program prior to the start of spring practices after opting out late in ...