Kansas waited until the tail end of the transfer-portal cycle to make one of its most attention-grabbing moves of the offseason. In a rare — albeit increasingly common in an era of greater player movement — transfer between rivals, former Kansas State running back Dylan Edwards announced in an Instagram post on Sunday morning that he is joining the Jayhawks. Edwards, a Derby native, began his career at ...
A new option has emerged in the competition to become Kansas’ day-one starter at quarterback for the 2026 season. Rice transfer Chase Jenkins committed to KU, he confirmed to the Journal-World on Sunday. Jenkins will be a redshirt junior with two years left to play. He fills the scholarship spot vacated by the departure of freshman David McComb, who transferred to Miami (Ohio). Jenkins now enters a room ...
With 28 players joining through the transfer portal, 18 incoming freshmen (one newly added from Australia) and 40 returning players from last season’s roster, the Kansas football team appears to be up to 86 scholarships. That is, of course, an educated guess, as the team doesn’t publicize its exact numbers of scholarship players and walk-ons. There is no longer a hard cap at 85, with the abolition of ...
Prior to coming to Kansas, Darryn Peterson had asserted that Flory Bidunga was the player with whom he was most looking forward to playing. He made that comment in an interview after a Grind Session game at Haskell Indian Nations University in March, and he reminisced about it on Friday night, 10 months later, after he and Bidunga combined for an impressive 49 points on 22-for-27 shooting in a win over ...
The Kansas men’s basketball team on Friday night demonstrated just how fearsome a duo Darryn Peterson and Flory Bidunga can truly be. Peterson scored 26 and Bidunga added 23 points — on an unbelievably efficient 22-for-27 combined shooting — and the Jayhawks took care of Baylor, 80-62 at Allen Fieldhouse. “Those guys, they were great," KU coach Bill Self said. "Both of them were great. They’re 22 of ...
Nine former Jayhawks will have the opportunity to play spring football this year if they so choose. Quarterback Jason Bean, offensive tackle Earl Bostick Jr., linebacker JB Brown, cornerback Mello Dotson, tight end Mason Fairchild, linebacker Kyron Johnson, wide receiver Kwamie Lassiter II, center Mike Novitsky and defensive end Lonnie Phelps were all selected as part of the United Football League draft, which ...