Acquiring four transfer wide receivers wasn’t quite enough for the Kansas football coaching staff. The Jayhawks took advantage of a newly enacted portal window for Designated Student-Athletes (DSAs) that opened on July 7 and earned the commitment of Nebraska transfer Jaiden Doss on Monday. JayhawkSlant first reported the news, which Doss shared on social media. “Choosing Kansas just felt right for me,” ...
Updated 7:46 p.m. Monday, July 14, 2025: Three Kansas baseball players, including one graduating senior in Brady Counsell and two players with additional collegiate eligibility in Alex Breckheimer and Derek Cerda, were selected in the 2025 MLB Draft on Monday. "Having guys drafted is one of the many signs of a healthy program and having guys drafted for the first time is a major sign of great development," KU ...
Rowing coach Andrew Derrick says often that it’s not a coxswain’s job to motivate, nor is it a coach’s. A functioning culture for Derrick, once he’s provided some initial guidance to his team, “looks like the team running itself in the right direction, because anything that is self-driven is more powerful than anything that is coach-driven.” “I think something that I’ve really enjoyed is trying ...
When freshman guard Darryn Peterson found out that former Kansas great Jacque Vaughn was joining the coaching staff as an assistant, he sent Vaughn a text: “So excited to learn from you.” Those were clearly not just empty pleasantries. Kansas athletic director Travis Goff said on Wednesday at Big 12 football media days in Frisco, Texas, that each time he has visited KU’s summer practices, on three or four ...
Frisco, Texas — Tight end DeShawn Hanika had the opportunity to represent Kansas at Big 12 media days this week before ever playing a snap for the Jayhawks. “It’s a true honor,” Hanika said on Wednesday. “I think for me, it just shows how much trust coach (Lance) Leipold has in me, how much trust my teammates have in me for allowing me to have this kind of a type of voice for the team, and I ...
Frisco, Texas — When Lance Leipold was an assistant coach at Nebraska-Omaha, the start of the football season was quite a ways away from July 24 — the day on which he and his wife Kelly were wed in 1999. “I got married, went on a week’s honeymoon, came back and still had over a week before the team reported,” Leipold recalled in February, shortly after KU’s schedule was announced. This year, ...