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 ...
Kansas kicker Jacob Borcila is hoping that a physical transformation over the summer will lead to a change in mental approach come this season.
Borcila, a redshirt junior, made just nine of his 15 field goal attempts last season, the worst success rate in the Big 12 among full-time kickers. That followed a redshirt freshman season in which he made six of his nine attempts.
Understanding that what he had been ...
It was an enticing thought in the early winter, one conceived in the wake of Jalon Daniels' emergence over Kansas' final three games last season.
Could Jason Bean find a home on the field at a position other than quarterback?
Bean has attributes that stand out among his teammates and beyond those required at his position. The redshirt senior is widely considered one of the Jayhawks' fastest players, at ...
As Marvin Grant Jr. began acclimating himself to the specifics and intricacies of Kansas' defense this summer, he started to recognize parallels between what the Jayhawks run and what he did at Purdue.
If Grant can duplicate what he was able to accomplish with the Boilermakers last season, he'll prove to be a quality addition.
Grant, a 6-foot-2, 205-pound redshirt junior safety, may have the highest profile of ...
Michael Ford Jr. knows how to snap a football.
He also insisted that he didn't say that simply because it's what's expected of him as an offensive lineman at Kansas.
"I wouldn't say it's hard," Ford said. "It just takes some reps, takes some getting comfortable in the position. I would just say it's different."
Ford, a redshirt sophomore, hasn't lined up as a center for any significant amount of time. What ...
The Kansas football team wrapped up its second week of preseason training camp on Monday and has a little over two weeks remaining until it plays Tennessee Tech in the season opener at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium on Sept. 2.
As such, what the team will look like in coach Lance Leipold's second year is beginning to take shape. Some roles are evident and others are in flux, and several will continue to ...
