Orlando, Fla. — The dream of playing professional football has taken a pair of recent Kansas standouts far afield — working out in a conference rival’s facilities, wearing unfamiliar numbers and even getting ready to play new positions if needed. Quarterback Jason Bean and linebacker Craig Young — who sported Nos. 5 and 52, respectively, at Hula Bowl practice Wednesday in UCF’s Nicholson Fieldhouse ...
Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels painted a grim picture of his battle with a back injury in a YouTube interview released Wednesday, describing intense and sudden pain that at times made him unable to walk. In Daniels’ most comprehensive account of his injury since the back tightness befell him in early August — relayed in an episode of the series “Pucker Up with Joely Live” — the quarterback also ...
Kansas running back Devin Neal will return for his senior season. Neal announced the decision in a social media video posted Thursday afternoon. His plan to return to KU was first reported by ESPN on Dec. 26, just before KU's victory in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl. The video reflects on Neal's decision to stay in his hometown of Lawrence to help build up the KU program. "I've never shied away from anything, ...
The Kansas football team continues to bolster its depth in the trenches via the transfer portal, and on Thursday it earned the commitment of North Dakota State transfer Javier Derritt for the upcoming season. The native of Warrensburg, Missouri, who attended St. Thomas Aquinas in Overland Park, played five seasons as a defensive tackle for the Bison and will spend his last year of eligibility with the ...
Orlando, Fla. — UCF could not have scripted a worse nine-minute stretch in the first half of its first-ever home Big 12 Conference game. The Knights saw an early lead fall by the wayside when Kansas embarked on a 23-5 run spearheaded by a hard-charging KJ Adams and stellar bench play. The Jayhawks led by as many as 16 points in the first half. “I told our guys in the under-4 timeout, ‘We’ve got to get ...
Orlando, Fla. — Kansas didn’t allow 10 straight points late in the first half against UCF just because it had center Hunter Dickinson sitting on the bench with two early fouls. The last four minutes of the first period Wednesday — during which KU coach Bill Self ultimately said, together with the first three minutes of the second half, “the game was lost, or the game was won, depending on which side ...