A pair of Kansas cornerbacks who had been tabbed as first-team all-conference selections in the preseason made it there by season's end — and they were joined by an unlikely teammate. Senior corners Cobee Bryant and Mello Dotson, who combined for nine interceptions and 14 pass breakups as the ever-reliable anchors of KU's secondary, earned first-team All-Big 12 honors on Thursday in a poll of the league's ...
The future of the Kansas defense took a significant hit on Thursday afternoon when DJ Warner, the Jayhawks' best recruit of the modern era as assessed by 247Sports, announced that he will enter the transfer portal after just one season in Lawrence. A 6-foot-3, 230-pound defensive end from Phoenix, Warner was a consensus top-10 edge rusher in the country coming out of Desert Edge High School in Goodyear, ...
When the season began, Arizona State was picked at the bottom of the Big 12 in its preseason media poll. The Sun Devils finished the regular season on top. ASU is No. 1 in the final Big 12 power rankings, receiving 15 of a possible 16 first-place votes from a panel of media who regularly cover the league. Iowa State was second, followed by Colorado (one first-place vote), BYU and Baylor. Arizona State and ...
Kansas safety Kaleb Purdy, a redshirt sophomore from St. Louis, announced on Wednesday afternoon that he plans to enter the transfer portal. Purdy follows in the footsteps of his classmate Brian Dilworth, a cornerback from Hollywood, Florida, who became the first Jayhawk to leave on Tuesday. Like Dilworth, Purdy saw sporadic playing time during the 2024 season. However, Purdy still got by far the most snaps ...
The Kansas football team has a chance to send an offensive tackle to the NFL once again, as starting right tackle Logan Brown announced on Wednesday that he is declaring for the 2025 NFL Draft. "It has been an honor to represent the University of Kansas football program these past two years," Brown wrote on social media. "I want to thank my teammates for the memories we have made on and off the field and for ...
Omaha, Neb. — Kansas coach Bill Self knew Creighton wasn’t shooting from beyond the arc as well as it could. He said as much before the Jayhawks left Lawrence to take on the Bluejays on Wednesday night. Almost as soon as the game tipped off, Self was proven right. Creighton made five of its first eight shots from deep and was 7-for-14 by halftime, allowing it to outpace a KU offense that wasn’t ...