Joe Yesufu stood in a cramped corridor just feet away from the visitor's locker room at Iowa State in February, pleased with what just transpired. Yesufu had seven points, five rebounds and four assists in what ended up being a season-high 22 minutes as Kansas won 70-61 in a game Ochai Agbaji missed because of COVID-19 health and safety protocols. "It's a huge confidence boost, of course," Yesufu said then, ...
Nearly a year after Texas and Oklahoma shook up the college sports landscape by deciding to leave the Big 12 for the SEC, UCLA and USC have done so again. The two tradition-rich Los Angeles universities are leaving the Pac-12 for the Big Ten following the 2023-24 academic year. Big Ten presidents and athletic directors met Wednesday to discuss the matter after the schools approached the conference about ...
The only constant for Craig Young during his college years has been change. Young, who committed to play at Ohio State intending to play wide receiver, will be playing linebacker for Kansas in the fall. In the years in between his decision and this spring, Young was moved to safety, asked to play linebacker, returned to safety — and, in January, he headed to Kansas, where he will play linebacker and ...
Lorenzo McCaskill, a second-team all-Sun Belt linebacker last season at Louisiana, has decided to transfer to Kansas and will be eligible to play this season. McCaskill, who is 6 feet and 220 pounds, led Louisiana with 84 tackles last season while playing in 13 games. A native of Detroit, he spent his first season at Holmes Community College in Goodman, Mississippi, before transferring to Louisiana in 2018 and ...
Free State High offensive tackle Calvin Clements knows where he'll be attending college and playing football. Clements committed Thursday afternoon to Baylor, choosing its scholarship offer over those from Kansas and Kansas State. A three-star prospect who is considered the No. 8 player in the state by Rivals.com and 247Sports, Clements was named to the Journal-World's All-Area team in December. He also ...
The Kansas football team received a flurry of commitments following its big recruiting weekends earlier this month but nobody has decided to join the Jayhawks lately. That could change shortly. Several prospects who made official visits to Kansas are set to share their decisions on or around the Fourth of July weekend, with one player in particular poised to help the Jayhawks as soon as this season. Lorenzo ...