By all accounts, Jason Bean was productive throughout six weeks of spring practice, continued to develop on his own during the summer months and had a crisp opening session of preseason training camp on Tuesday. That Kansas coach Lance Leipold said Tuesday he still expected junior Jalon Daniels to be the starting quarterback for the season opener on Sept. 2 against Tennessee Tech doesn't faze him. "It kind of ...
Kansas coach Lance Leipold said Tuesday that he is planning for Jalon Daniels to be the starting quarterback when the season opens — a role that has seemed likely for Daniels since the final month of last season. Daniels, a junior, has been battling fifth-year senior Jason Bean in a competition that appears to be one in name only. "If you want to type right now, 'Leipold expects Daniels to be the starter,' ...
Jalon Daniels knows the challenges he faces. He also believes he knows how to overcome them. As Kansas prepares to open its preseason training camp Tuesday morning, exactly one month before its season opener against Tennessee Tech, Daniels will be in line to take many of the first-team reps at quarterback. "I definitely feel more comfortable," Daniels said last month at Big 12 football media days. Coach Lance ...
Quarterback Jalon Daniels' attempt to form a bond with each of his Kansas teammates led to a seemingly unlikely friendship developing over the summer. Daniels, the junior from greater Los Angeles, has grown close with cornerback Brian Dilworth, a freshman from South Florida. "I was cool with him on his visit when he came to KU, but since he came to Kansas, me and him have been like road dogs," Daniels said ...
It wasn't until late in October that Kansas coach Lance Leipold realized the Jayhawks needed to get older. Leipold, who was hired the previous April, had too many challenges to confront during his first several months on the job to recognize what it meant to have a team full of underclassmen. The solution? The transfer portal. Since the end of last season, Kansas has added 19 players who spent last season ...
Despite the perception of improvement during the offseason and a newfound belief in the program's ability to compete, any measures of the Kansas football team's progress this season aren't likely to be seen in the standings. That doesn't deter coach Lance Leipold — or any of his players, who remain committed to the project of trying to turn the woebegone program around. "I think what we're really saying is, ...