Updated 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18: The Kansas football coaching staff continues to reload at one of its most depleted positions, and returned to a familiar source on Tuesday when it added former Bowling Green linebacker Joseph Sipp Jr. Sipp, who announced his decision on Tuesday night, follows in the footsteps of KU's recently graduate linebacker JB Brown, an all-conference honorable mention who also ...
The youth movement along the Kansas offensive line continued on Tuesday night with the addition of Tyler Mercer. Mercer, who spent his freshman season playing center for North Texas with six starts in eight games, is the third lineman with three years of eligibility remaining to join KU in recent days, following in the footsteps of DeAndre Harper (Northwest Missouri State) and Jack Tanner (Tulsa). Mercer is ...
Kansas football analyst Brandon Shelby has been promoted to defensive backs coach, head coach Lance Leipold announced on Monday afternoon. "We're excited to announce Brandon Shelby as our defensive backs coach," Leipold said in a press release. "Brandon has a proven track record of developing and recruiting at a high level. He's an experienced coach at the power-four level and did an excellent job this fall ...
The Kansas football team has made its second offseason transfer acquisition along the offensive line, as former Tulsa lineman Jack Tanner committed to KU on Monday night. Tanner, a native of Highland Village, Texas, saw extensive action for the Golden Hurricane of the American Athletic Conference as a freshman. He played 437 snaps on offense, according to Pro Football Focus, and started four of the nine games ...
The Kansas football team has done something it did not do last season: add a kicker. It got a good one. Previously a kickoff specialist for three years at East Carolina, Laith Marjan went 16-for-17 on field goals and 42-for-44 on extra points during the 2024 season at South Alabama. He was a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award for the nation’s best kicker and a second-team All-Sun Belt selection. “A year ...
Now that quarterback Jalon Daniels has locked in his return to Kansas for a sixth and final season, the KU football coaching staff has been tasked with finding players to catch his passes in 2025. On Sunday the Jayhawks added their first such player since Daniels' announcement, earning the commitment of former Ball State receiver Cam Pickett. “There’s a great opportunity for me to come and make an ...