If the Kansas women's basketball team is looking to add depth, size on the perimeter and 3-point shooting, as head coach Brandon Schneider said on his radio show Monday night, then it did all three Tuesday. Elle Evans, a 6-foot-3 guard who spent her first two collegiate seasons at North Dakota State, announced her commitment to join KU. A former Summit League freshman of the year, Evans is coming off a season ...
The Kansas football team added to its growing 2025 recruiting class Tuesday night when three-star running back John Kelly pledged to join the Jayhawks next year. “It is a great feeling especially because this is something I dreamt of ever since I was a little baby when I first started off playing football,” he told Jon Kirby of JayhawkSlant.com. The 6-foot-1, 200-pound back attends Cypress Christian School ...
Just five days after reportedly requesting his release from his letter of intent to attend Kansas, point guard Labaron Philon committed to Alabama on Sunday. Philon, who is a four-star recruit and ESPN's No. 30 prospect in the class of 2024, posted in his announcement on Instagram that he was "home free." He will be playing in his home state, as he is originally from Mobile, though he has recently played high ...
Two Jayhawks heard their names called in the NFL Draft this year, but plenty more who are looking to pursue careers in professional football remained undrafted. That group includes the likes of cornerback Kwinton Lassiter, defensive end Patrick Joyner Jr., linebackers Rich Miller and Craig Young, quarterback Jason Bean, safety Kenny Logan Jr. and tight end Mason Fairchild, who participated in collegiate ...
Former Kansas defensive end Austin Booker got selected by the Chicago Bears at No. 144 overall in the fifth round of the NFL Draft on Saturday afternoon. Booker's college career took off following a transfer to KU; he played in six games with two career tackles in two years at Minnesota before joining the Jayhawks for his redshirt sophomore season. His length and athleticism at 6-foot-6 and 245 pounds made ...
The conclusion of the 2024 NFL Draft left a slew of former Kansas football players undrafted and looking for opportunities to continue their football careers. The San Francisco 49ers took offensive lineman Dominick Puni in the third round and the Chicago Bears selected Austin Booker in the fifth, but that meant that more than a dozen KU products who participated in the Big 12 Conference Pro Day back in March ...