Every transfer-portal period these days seems to bring a couple of entries from Kansas players who have ostensibly exhausted their collegiate eligibility but are apparently hoping for some sort of waiver — Zeke Mayo, Dean Miller and the like in recent years — and this spring’s basketball portal window is no exception. Kansas guard Jayden Dawson entered the portal on Thursday after playing four years of ...
The Kansas football team had the privilege this offseason of being able to retain its leading tackler, the ever-reliable linebacker who played more snaps on defense than anyone during the 2025 campaign. But the Jayhawks almost lost him. Trey Lathan announced on New Year’s Day that he was entering the transfer portal. Two weeks later, he announced his return to KU. “Just wanted to see what was the best ...
When he concluded his high school career at Niles North in Skokie, Illinois, Jailen Butler would have considered himself more of a basketball player than a football player. He didn’t start playing football until his senior year of high school, and his allegiance to basketball persisted well into his junior-college career, as he participated in both sports at Trinity Valley Community College. He was a shooting ...
Updated 8:48 a.m. Wednesday, April 8, 2026: The general consensus around the Kansas football program seems to be that working alongside Andy Kotelnicki isn’t all that different the second time around. “You jump right back into it,” passing game coordinator Jim Zebrowski said. But there are some changes, to be sure. For one, head coach Lance Leipold said KU has reshaped some of its offensive terminology, ...
Kansas guard Jamari McDowell is entering the transfer portal, he announced in an Instagram post on Tuesday morning. “Wearing Kansas across my chest has been an honor I’ll carry with me forever,” he wrote in part. “The support, energy and love I’ve felt in Allen Fieldhouse is something I’ll never forget. You all helped shape me both on and off the court. After careful thought and prayer, I’ve ...
Kansas forward Bryson Tiller will enter the transfer portal, his agency Seros Partners confirmed to the Journal-World on Monday morning. Tiller is set to leave the Jayhawks after a season and a half. The 6-foot-11 forward from Atlanta out of Overtime Elite enrolled early at KU in the winter of 2025 when he was rehabbing a long-term ankle injury, then broke out at the start of the 2025-26 season to become a ...