As Dominick Puni began searching for highlights to send to coaches following his decision to transfer from Central Missouri in January, it didn't take him long to realize how problematic doing that would be. After all, the Mules didn't play in 2020 at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and he appeared in just one full game last season, a Week 1 loss to Pitt State, before he tore the MCL in his left knee. Puni ...
Daniel Hishaw Jr. spent last season recovering from a hip injury that prevented him from being able to play for Kansas. Torry Locklin dislocated an ankle and missed the Jayhawks' final three games. Despite the additions of two highly regarded running backs in Ky Thomas and Sevion Morrison, as well as the emergence last season of Devin Neal, Hishaw and Locklin have been determined to make sure they're not ...
When Kansas redshirt sophomores Jared Casey and wide receiver Quentin Skinner were awarded scholarships by coach Lance Leipold in the spring, they were told of the decisions in straightforward conversations without hoopla and pizzazz. Casey, a tight end, received word of his in Leipold's office in late April. Skinner, a wide receiver, was told of his via phone call after he had already left campus for the ...
Former Kansas quarterback Miles Kendrick has been named the starting quarterback at New Mexico, coach Danny Gonzales said Monday morning. Kendrick, a sixth-year senior from Morgan Hill, California, beat out redshirt freshman CJ Montes and sophomore Justin Holaday, a transfer from Fresno City College, to earn the role. The Lobos open their season at home on Sept. 3 against Maine, followed by consecutive ...
Former Louisville offensive lineman Kobe Baynes has found a new home at Kansas. Baynes, a 6-foot-4, 300-pound right tackle from Jacksonville, Florida, committed to play for the Jayhawks on Monday, less than a week after deciding to leave the Cardinals and just four days after receiving a scholarship offer from coach Lance Leipold. "I didn't want to wait until December and waste a year of eligibility," Baynes ...
Oscar Rodriguez Jr. was given less than a 15% chance of survival and was undergoing chemotherapy in a room typically reserved for hospice care. Despite the long odds, all he wanted to do was focus on the positives. It was late 2014, and the longtime football coach considered his surroundings. He had been diagnosed with testicular cancer a second time after having battled it nearly two years earlier. A heavy ...