Lorenzo McCaskill was a two-year starting linebacker at Louisiana who led a conference champion in tackles and claimed second-team All-Sun Belt honors last season. Yet as he settles in for his first game after his transfer to Kansas, McCaskill is being confronted with a reality that shows just how much change is swirling around the Jayhawks. Accomplishments elsewhere don't mean much if a player hasn't proven ...
The Kansas football team will open its season Friday with its leading receiver from a year ago pursuing an NFL career and another top target suspended indefinitely following an assault charge. Their absences mean the Jayhawks' passing game will not only look different against Tennessee Tech than it did during coach Lance Leipold's first season, it will be unlike what those within the program conceptualized even ...
Kobe Baynes, the offensive lineman who transferred to Kansas last week from Louisville, has had his request for eligibility approved by the NCAA and will be able to play for the Jayhawks this season. Coach Lance Leipold said Monday that Baynes, a 6-foot-4, 297-pound redshirt sophomore, is able to play guard or tackle. He was listed as the backup right tackle on Louisville's depth chart prior to the start of ...
Kansas football coach Lance Leipold said Monday that wide receiver Trevor Wilson will remain suspended indefinitely following his arrest on charges of aggravated assault with use of a deadly weapon last week. Leipold, who was speaking with reporters for the first time since the incident, offered few other details on Wilson's status with the team, including his ability to attend meetings and practices. Wilson, ...
Taylor Riggins was still acclimating to the demands of playing college football at Buffalo in 2018 when a slight change was made in the structure of the coaching staff. No longer would the defensive line be overseen by just one assistant coach. Instead, two people would handle those responsibilities, one to work with the defensive tackles and another with the defensive ends. Riggins, who was a redshirt ...
Kalon Gervin remembers being kindergarten-aged when his mother finally had enough of all of the roughhousing. Gervin and Lorenzo McCaskill, close friends who grew up across the street, loved playing outdoors. One day, Gervin's mother, Djuna Payton, decided they should take their energy to a local football field, and it didn't long for the two boys to fall in love with the sport. They began playing for the ...