Even though Ethan Vasko has only been at Kansas for a few informal offseason practice sessions, he has already impressed Jalon Daniels. Vasko, a freshman quarterback from Chesapeake, Virginia, has what Daniels called "a tremendous amount of athletic ability" last week at Big 12 football media days. Daniels said Vasko already has shown to his teammates that he should be able to handle playing in college. "It's ...
Even though Sevion Morrison and Adrian Martinez didn't share many snaps while they played together at Nebraska last season, Martinez always thought the running back had potential. After all, Morrison rushed for more than 5,000 yards while playing at Edison High in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was considered one of the top 250 high school players in the class of 2020 and often showed flashes of excellence that caught ...
Kansas has signed track and field and cross country coach Stanley Redwine to a contract extension that will last through the 2024-25 season. Redwine, who has been the Jayhawks' coach since 2000, is a five-time Big 12 Coach of the Year who in 2013 guided the women's track and field team to Big 12 indoor and outdoor titles and the NCAA outdoor national championship. He has also coached competitors to 145 ...
The only thing Jalon Daniels knew upon Doug Emilien's decision to transfer from Minnesota to Kansas was that Ky Thomas used to be one of Emilien's roommates. The connection between the two figures to be much closer — and soon. Daniels, who is expected to begin the season as the Jayhawks' starting quarterback, is likely to benefit from the spring addition of Emilien, a speedy, 6-foot-1, 190-pound wide ...
The question posed to Lance Leipold during the formal portion of Big 12 football media days last week was blunt. "Kansas has beaten Texas twice in six years," a reporter asked. "What's up with that?" Leipold, sitting at a table in front of a massive broadcast of the event, could only smile. For months, the Jayhawks' coach, assistants and players have gotten plenty of mileage out of the surprising 57-56 ...
A pair of conference titles, as well as breakthrough performances on grander stages, led to the selections of Ochai Agbaji and Alexandra Emilianov as Kansas' nominees for the Big 12 Athlete of the Year awards. Those honors, which recognize one man and one woman based on their athletic performance, academic achievement and citizenship, will be decided next week by a media panel and fan voting conducted on the ...