When he was the cornerbacks backs coach at Indiana, Brandon Shelby attempted to recruit Jalen Todd, a four-star prospect out of Southfield, Michigan. “Thank God I didn’t get him,” Shelby said on Thursday, “and now, I can coach him now.” In the two years since Shelby and IU offered Todd a scholarship, Shelby joined Kansas as a defensive analyst and then received a promotion to defensive backs coach; ...
Updated 12:26 p.m. Friday, March 28: Kansas guard Wyvette Mayberry has entered the transfer portal, a KU Athletics spokesperson confirmed on Friday afternoon. Mayberry becomes KU's fifth known entry into the portal since it opened on Tuesday, following Zoe Canfield, Carla Osma, McKenzie Smith and Freddie Wallace, and by far its most experienced player intending to transfer A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, ...
Kansas fans might not know D.J. Graham II well quite yet, but they’ve certainly seen him play before. One particular play of his, at least. Graham was a cornerback for Oklahoma in September 2021 when, with the Sooners up a pair of touchdowns and trying to halt Nebraska’s drive late in the fourth quarter, he leapt backwards toward wideout Levi Falck, reached straight up with his right arm and snatched the ...
The United Football League begins its schedule on Friday, and that means another opportunity for a handful of former Kansas football players to show off their talents in the spring. This year, the UFL ranks feature few holdovers from last season, at least in terms of these former Jayhawks. From last year’s opening-day rosters, only safety Bryce Torneden, of the Michigan Panthers, returns. Defensive end ...
A recurring theme of spring football for Kansas has been that the Jayhawks’ returning players need to step up — and may be more motivated to do so — given KU’s influx of nearly two dozen transfers during the offseason. That may be most important along the offensive line, where the offseason departures of longtime starters Logan Brown, Bryce Cabeldue and Michael Ford Jr. have opened three potential spots ...
Kansas forward KJ Adams had successful surgery on Wednesday morning to repair a torn Achilles tendon, head coach Bill Self announced. "He is in good spirits," Self wrote in a statement on social media. "Although this is a big setback, he'll attack his rehab with his patented toughness and be back on the court as strong as ever." Adams is a senior whose collegiate career came to an abrupt end when he suffered ...