Two future Jayhawks represented Kansas in the McDonald’s All-American Game on Tuesday night in Glendale, Arizona. Guard Taylen Kinney of Newport, Kentucky, played for the East team in the boys’ game, while center Cydnee Bryant of Riverside, California, played for the West team in the girls’ game. Kinney, the men's program's 53rd signee to earn the McDonald's honor, recorded five points on 2-for-8 ...
Kansas coach Bill Self will continue leading the Jayhawks. He announced his decision to return for his 24th season at the helm in a statement posted on social media on Wednesday evening. The statement did not specify how long he might keep coaching, but Self will be back for at least the 2026-27 campaign. “With renewed clarity and the ongoing support from our administration, I remain focused and committed to ...
Long snapper Rino Monteforte received his first Division I scholarship offer on July 26, 2019, from the University at Buffalo after he put on a masterful performance at one of the school’s kicking camps. “He was unbelievable,” recalled Taiwo Onatolu, who was the Bulls’ special teams coordinator at the time. Almost seven years later, now four seasons into his collegiate career with two as a starter, ...
Leroy Harris III’s performance as a sophomore in 2025 might have come out of the blue for Kansas fans, and perhaps even for his own coaches, after he arrived as an unheralded transfer from Chattanooga. Not so much for Harris himself. “It was never a surprise,” he said. The 6-foot-5 defensive end from Brentwood, Tennessee, ultimately earned enough playing time as to receive more snaps on the season than ...
Last July, Matt Gill moved from Sydney to Melbourne to train in a sport he had never previously played at a newly established punting academy that had not yet produced a player. By the end of October, Gill was receiving interest from American colleges, and by January he was signed to play at Kansas. “Never played in a football game ever to now he’s going to open up Week 1 versus LIU,” long snapper Rino ...
Updated 4:06 p.m. Monday, March 30, 2026: When the full results of the WBIT quarterfinals were not yet known on Thursday night, Kansas coach Brandon Schneider said he had enjoyed preparing for new opponents over the course of the tournament. The second-seeded Jayhawks have handled a series of unfamiliar mid-major challengers with aplomb during the postseason, dispatching Troy, Rice and San Diego State, without ...