Kansas spent the spring trying to build up its pass defense while lacking two of the biggest pieces of its secondary. Reigning all-conference honorable mention Kenny Logan Jr. had offseason shoulder surgery, and Marvin Grant, one of KU's top tacklers from his own safety spot, was dealing with a groin injury, he said Thursday. But the younger safeties on the Jayhawks' roster took advantage of the opportunities ...
A familiar face has rejoined Kansas men’s basketball ahead of the 2023-24 campaign. Doc Sadler, a longtime head coach at Arkansas-Fort Smith, UTEP, Nebraska and then Southern Miss, who spent the 2012-13 season as KU’s director of basketball operations, has been hired on again as an analyst, Kansas Athletics announced Wednesday. The well-traveled Sadler has served 12 additional stints as an assistant of one ...
You can never really be sure where on the field a Kansas tight end might line up, but at least this season, you can be quite certain which players you’re going to see. KU’s tight end group is one of its most familiar on a roster characterized by continuity. Back from 2022 are senior Mason Fairchild, a safety net for quarterback Jalon Daniels who came on strong last season; junior Jared Casey, a former ...
Updated 5:10 p.m. Thursday: After nearly a month of reported mutual interest between the Kansas men's basketball program and Johnny Furphy, the Australian standout has committed to KU and will play for the Jayhawks this upcoming season, the school announced Thursday night. The news was first reported by 247Sports national basketball analyst Travis Branham. The 6-foot-8 small forward, who has played for ...
The Kansas football team held a lengthy, administrative meeting Monday night to help prepare its players for the start of training camp. At one point, head coach Lance Leipold said, he asked his players what was different from two years ago when his staff first came in. Leipold cited Lawrence Arnold — a redshirt freshman then, a redshirt junior and one of quarterback Jalon Daniels' go-to targets now — as ...
The Kansas football team is in uncharted territory, facing the highest expectations in over a decade, but this year's fall training camp should feature a refreshing familiarity. Practically all of the coaches and players are back from last season, and certainly little of note has changed on the roster since spring practice. As a result, fall camp, which begins Tuesday, should serve as a demonstration of what ...