When Colin Grunhard was a freshman at Notre Dame, the Fighting Irish were coming off a 4-8 season — a disaster by that program’s standards. Now the offensive lineman is at KU, where 4-8 would be viewed as progress, and Grunhard is hoping to bring some of his former team’s winning mentality with him to Lawrence.
A walk-on at Notre Dame, Grunhard saw firsthand what it took for the Irish to go 43-8 under ...
Kenny Logan Jr., one of the Jayhawks’ breakthrough contributors on defense in 2020, is in his junior year, but this is the first time in his college career that he’s experienced spring practices.
The Jayhawks didn’t get any springtime sessions a year ago because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Logan was still a high school senior in Florida when the Jayhawks had spring ball in 2019, ahead of his freshman ...
There’s no telling now who will be considered the Kansas football team’s No. 1 quarterback by the conclusion of spring practices — let alone at the start of the season in September.
The way interim head coach Emmett Jones views it, the QB competition is “an all-out race” at this juncture, with more than a dozen spring practices still ahead of the Jayhawks.
“You’ve got seven guys out there ...
One of the Kansas football team’s top defensive players early in the 2020 season, linebacker Dru Prox is looking to continue his career elsewhere.
Prox, who had previously left KU, told the Journal-World he entered his name into the transfer portal on Wednesday.
A starting inside linebacker for the Jayhawks last year, Prox opted out of the season after just four games. Though he missed one game, in the three ...
Having a different job title and the attention of the entire Kansas football team didn’t affect interim head coach Emmett Jones’ approach on Tuesday, at the Jayhawks’ opening spring practice.
“To be honest with you, it felt like I’ve been down this road before,” Jones said after the practice, his first in his new role. “The natural leadership abilities just kind of kick in. I didn’t try to do ...
Without a permanent athletic director or head football coach in place, the exact path for the future of the University of Kansas football program remained unsettled as the Jayhawks opened their spring practice schedule this week.
In fact, the way interim head coach Emmett Jones described his status, even he remains in the dark about what will come next — and when.
“I try not to ask,” Jones replied during ...
