DJ Warner seems to be handling the transition to college football quite well — and not only because, when asked about the biggest thing he had to get used to after arriving on campus, he replied, “Probably the time difference.” Warner has made enough of an impression since coming to Lawrence for summer workouts — two time zones away, this time of year, from his hometown of Goodyear, Arizona, — that ...
As hard as it would have been to predict that Kansas would go back to the well for another transfer point guard two months after adding Shakeel Moore in June, it will be just as difficult to forecast exactly what the Jayhawks will get out of David Coit this year. Coit, a rising senior who most recently played at Northern Illinois, signed a financial aid agreement not long after announcing his commitment, ...
The Kansas football team received the No. 22 spot in the Associated Press' college football poll on Monday, marking the first time since 2009 that the Jayhawks have been recognized in the preseason media poll. "It doesn't mean much, especially as we get close to kicking off, but I also have to make sure that it does mean something for this program, considering where we're at, what it's been," head coach Lance ...
Around the time Kansas hosted UCF last October, defensive tackle Caleb Taylor wanted to get on the field more, and he sat down with Jim Panagos for a fateful conversation. “I believe football is a game of series of efforts,” said Panagos, Taylor’s position coach. “Each play is seven seconds, and I believe seven seconds equals seven (sequences) of efforts, and we kind of talked about that.” Panagos ...
Kansas’ veteran wide receivers have a clearly defined short-term goal. “We want to win the (Big) 12,” senior Lawrence Arnold said on Sunday. “We’re going to win the 12. I’m 100% confident in our team.” The specific way they approach preparing for that goal, however, could impact the state of KU’s wide receiver room on a long-term basis. The group is currently headlined by five seniors, three ...
Caleb Taylor is always a little concerned when a new transfer arrives at his position. "Our room, we have really good chemistry," said Taylor, one of Kansas' leaders at defensive tackle this season, "so I’m a bit worried that if we get a transfer, that that might possibly upset the chemistry of the room." Again and again, though, portal additions have integrated themselves quite well into KU's group, he ...