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KU defensive back Corione Harris enters transfer portal

Neither of the star “Louisianimals” from Kansas football’s 2018 signing class will play for the Jayhawks as a senior next season. Corione Harris, a junior defensive back at KU in 2020, is now looking for a new program, a couple months after running back Pooka Williams left Kansas and eventually entered the NFL draft. Rivals and 247 Sports reported on Sunday that Harris entered his name into the NCAA’s ...

Elijah Jones, starting CB for KU in 2020, enters portal as grad transfer

The Kansas football program won’t be able to bring back starting cornerback Elijah Jones, who made public on Sunday his plans to enter his name into the NCAA’s transfer portal as a graduate transfer. Jones, like so many other Jayhawks who have sought to play elsewhere in 2021, was a senior this past year, and could’ve potentially returned to KU for a bonus season thanks to the NCAA’s blanket waiver for ...

Jayhawks' failure to match Longhorns' energy extended to beyond the 3-point line

Texas outplayed Kansas in every way imaginable Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse, where one of the biggest swings in the No. 8 Longhorns’ dominating 84-59 victory came from behind the 3-point line. The No. 3 Jayhawks were nonfactors from long range, connecting on a season-low three 3-pointers. Their inability to match the Longhorns’ energy in the top-10 battle proved costly on 3s and everywhere else on a day ...

Quaydarius Davis, top unsigned WR in country, commits to KU football

The top unsigned high school senior receiver in the country, Quaydarius Davis committed to join the Kansas football program on Saturday night. A four-star wideout from Dallas’ Skyline High, Davis is rated by Rivals as the No. 5 receiver in the entire Class of 2021 and the 36th-best overall prospect in the country. Davis told Jon Kirby of Jayhawk Slant his close connection with KU receivers coach and passing ...

Former KU corner Kyle Mayberry commits to Utah State

Former Kansas cornerback Kyle Mayberry is headed to the Mountain West for his sixth and final season of college football. One of the many KU seniors from the 2020 roster to utilize the NCAA’s transfer portal and blanket waiver for an extra year of eligibility, Mayberry announced via Twitter on Saturday night he has committed to play at Utah State next season. As a fifth-year senior with the Jayhawks this ...

Former KU wideout Andrew Parchment lands at Florida State

Former Kansas receiver Andrew Parchment rang in the new year by finding his new college football home. Parchment, three weeks after entering his name into the NCAA transfer portal, announced on his social media accounts on New Year’s Eve that he’s headed to Florida State. “I’m coming home,” the wideout from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., wrote on his posts, “and I’m ready to finish the ...