After a pair of Jayhawks were selected in the later rounds of the 2026 NFL Draft, plenty more hoped to sign deals as undrafted free agents in the hours and days that followed. A handful of former Kansas players inked deals with teams in the wake of the draft: quarterback Jalon Daniels, defensive tackle Tommy Dunn Jr., kicker Laith Marjan, wide receiver Levi Wentz and defensive tackle D.J. Withers. All five ...
Kansas women’s basketball coach Brandon Schneider announced the hirings of two new assistants on Friday morning: Jerise Freeman and Jayci Stone. Both are Kansans with power-conference coaching experience. They replace Morgan Paige, who was recently hired as the head coach at Loyola-Chicago, and Karyla Knight. Returning coaches Brock McGinnis and Patrick Schrater have also received the new titles of associate ...
Kansas guard Darryn Peterson announced on social media on Friday morning that he has declared for the 2026 NBA Draft. Long viewed as a surefire one-and-done as he came to Lawrence as the top prospect in his high school recruiting class, Peterson made his declaration on the final day before the deadline to enter the draft. In the process, he offered a “heartfelt thank you” to his teammates and everyone else ...
The Kansas men’s basketball team’s frontcourt is starting to take shape for the 2026-27 season following the commitment of Christian Reeves. Reeves, a 7-foot-2, 255-pound fifth-year senior center, made his decision public on social media on Friday evening in a collaborative Instagram post with ESPN. He was a third-team all-conference selection at Charleston following the 2025-26 campaign after previously ...
The Kansas women’s basketball team earned its second transfer commitment of the offseason, this time from within the Big 12. Former Colorado guard Erianna Gooden signed with KU, the team announced on social media on Thursday afternoon. Gooden is a 6-foot point guard from Fort Smith, Arkansas, who played in all 34 games as a freshman with the Buffaloes and has three years of eligibility remaining. She ...
To achieve a 30-win season for the first time as a collegiate head coach, Jennifer McFalls admits, has taken a bit longer than she would have thought. KU hired McFalls, a longtime Texas assistant, in the fall of 2018. The Jayhawks struggled early and got disrupted, like so many programs, by the pandemic; by 2023 she had them on the right track, won a Big 12 tournament game for the first time and earned a ...