Not many teams in college football have backfields like Kansas’. In fact, in the eyes of the PwC SMU Athletic Forum that picks candidates for the Doak Walker Award, only nine others do. KU was one of 10 schools, and just a pair in the Big 12, to have two players — Devin Neal and Daniel Hishaw Jr. — on the watchlist for the award that goes to the nation’s best running back. That’s a lot of talent that ...
Updated 8:35 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9: During one of the quietest portions of the year for college basketball, Kansas made some noise on Friday. Former Northern Illinois guard David “Diggy” Coit, a transfer point guard with one year of eligibility remaining, committed to KU, the Journal-World has confirmed. Coit, who is listed at 5-foot-11 and 175 pounds, was a high-volume scorer in two seasons with the ...
In his early days at Kansas, assistant coach D.K. McDonald earned respect from his cornerbacks based on his NFL resume. “He was teaching grown men and those are the shoes that I want to be in,” senior Mello Dotson said in the spring. As the months have drawn on since his hiring in February, though, the former Philadelphia Eagles and Iowa State assistant has been able to extend his influence beyond ...
The first phase of construction for the University of Kansas’ football stadium is still just over a year from its conclusion, and there’s no firm date set for the completion of KU’s full Gateway District project. But EA Sports gave KU fans a glimpse of the future with the installation of a new patch to its College Football 25 video game on Thursday. The update added as the Jayhawks’ default home ...
The Kansas volleyball team earned its first-ever first-place selection in a Big 12 preseason poll on Wednesday. In a survey of conference coaches, the Jayhawks tallied 173 points and six first-place votes, slipping past BYU (168 and four) for the No. 1 spot. The top seven teams have at least 141 points in a well-balanced league. KU is coming off a season in which it went 24-6 (14-4 Big 12) and hosted NCAA ...
Alex Raich's parents haven't seen him play football since he came to the United States on his own to play safety at Golden West College in 2019. They'll get their chance this year, he told reporters on Tuesday, and it'll be well timed because they'll get the opportunity to watch a Kansas team on which Raich could be playing a key role. “My dad and my mom (are) huge fans of the sport and of me, obviously, so ...