Kansas redshirt sophomore tight end Jared Casey said Saturday that he is now on scholarship following a successful season that included the winning two-point conversion reception in overtime against Texas. Casey, from Plainville, enrolled at Kansas in 2020. He played in nine of the Jayhawks' 12 games last season, primarily on special teams, before assuming a more prominent role on offense in the final three ...
Lonnie Phelps Jr. can recall the exact moment when he felt at home at Kansas. It was January, not more than a week into the spring semester, when the defensive end was recognized on campus. The fans didn't just know Phelps plays football. They knew his full name and that he had just joined the Jayhawks following a transfer from Miami (Ohio). "That was just abnormal for me because when I was at Miami, I didn't ...
Kansas linebackers coach Chris Simpson didn't hesitate when asked for an assessment on the development of junior Taiwan Berryhill. "Most improved in the room, period," Simpson said Wednesday. "It's not even close, in my opinion." Berryhill played in all 12 games for the Jayhawks last season, started four of them and finished with 31 tackles. Three of those starts were in the first three games, though he played ...
Kasen Weisman, a quarterback and high school senior from Douglasville, Georgia, said Thursday he has committed to play football at Kansas. Weisman, a 6-foot-2, 180-pound dual-threat prospect, shared his decision at his school, South Paulding High, about 20 miles west of Atlanta. He's the only quarterback in what is now a nine-player recruiting class for Kansas and holds more than 30 scholarship offers, ...
Kansas wide receiver Lawrence "LJ" Arnold is eager to move beyond the circumstances that led to him deciding to transfer in April, only to rescind that plan a few days later and remain on the team. Arnold, a redshirt sophomore, said Tuesday after the Jayhawks' seventh preseason training camp practice that conversations with coach Lance Leipold and his mother, O'Linda Bates-Cain, helped him recognize he had a ...
There's no denying that one of Kansas' strengths entering the season appears to be the depth it has at running back. Sophomore Devin Neal returns after a breakout first season. So, too, do redshirt junior Torry Locklin, who emerged as a multidimensional threat before a November ankle injury, and redshirt sophomore Daniel Hishaw Jr., who was productive in 2020 before missing all of last season with a hip ...