The hope leading up to the 2020 season was that Lawrence Arnold, even as a true freshman, would take on a complementary role within the Kansas football offense sooner rather than later. An injury to the young receiver, however, kept Arnold sidelined much of the schedule, hindering his chances of breaking through.
Now with months of rehab for a surgically repaired shoulder behind him, Arnold said he feels ...
Now a third of the way through the 15-practice spring schedule, interim Kansas football coach Emmett Jones left Saturday’s session convinced the Jayhawks are on the right track.
“A lot of flying around, a lot of energy. Guys getting after each other, plenty of physicality going on. Guys playing with grit,” Jones reported following practice No. 5, which included some scrimmage situations.
Since he stepped ...
A couple of weeks into spring practices, some of the Kansas football team’s more experienced players already are spotting promising traits and signs from their young teammates.
It’s even happening on the offensive line, where age and size traditionally make for the most effective blockers.
Super-senior Chris Hughes, embarking on his sixth season in the program (Hughes redshirted in 2016 and utilized the ...
Whether it’s Emmett Jones or someone else leading the Kansas football program when the season begins in September, the Jayhawks will be taking a youthful roster into their 2021 schedule.
Even counting the eight players who used the NCAA’s blanket waiver for an extra year of eligibility, KU will have just 20 seniors on a team brimming with sophomores and freshmen.
As the Jayhawks go through spring ...
New University of Kansas Athletic Director Travis Goff made his second appearance at a KU football practice on just his third day on the job Thursday. And this time Goff addressed the players to conclude his visit.
Super-senior Chris Hughes told reporters following the latest closed practice, KU’s fourth of the spring, that Goff introduced himself and told the Jayhawks his goal for now is to keep finding out ...
In the early stages of what very well might be a lengthy quarterback competition for the Kansas football team in 2021, a number of contenders are getting their chances to make their case for the job.
Sophomore Jalon Daniels, who started in six of nine games for the Jayhawks in 2020, said following the team’s fourth spring practice that he and other QBs are rotating in and out to get reps, and working with a ...
