Way back in 2023, head coach Lance Leipold and then-offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki took little time to identify wide receiver Keaton Kubecka as someone they wanted to deploy early in his collegiate career. “What he has shown, really, is that he’s been able to handle the load and the moments that we’ve asked him to step in,” Leipold said ahead of Kansas’ matchup with Kubecka’s hometown team, ...
Growing up in Pickerington, Ohio, in the Columbus suburbs, Roman Pearson played wide receiver. It wasn’t until his freshman year at Pickerington Central High School that his defensive backs coach moved him over to free safety. By his junior season, he was a cornerback. And by the time he came to Kansas this spring, he had recorded five collegiate interceptions in his past three seasons across stints at ...
A “suburban, calm type of vibe” was precisely what cornerback Roman Pearson was seeking in the transfer portal, and he found it in Lawrence — to an even greater extent than he had expected, in fact. “I mean, it’s lively here, like the fans and everything, but I didn’t expect it to be so calm and peaceful,” Pearson said. That makes it an ideal fit for the fifth-year senior from Pickerington, ...
Caroline Castans and Faith Johnston netted twice apiece in the second half alone, and the Kansas soccer team scored its highest-ever quantity of goals against a Division I opponent in a 7-0 victory against Missouri State on Sunday morning at Betty and Bobby Allison South Stadium in Springfield, Missouri. In a game moved earlier in the day due to heat, on their first road trip of the 2026 season, the Jayhawks ...
When Leroy Harris III arrived at Kansas — not all that long ago, considering he was a springtime addition during the 2025 offseason — he was listed at 230 pounds. Fellow defensive end Alex Bray, who joined the Jayhawks during the same transfer window, played at 270 pounds when he was at Illinois. The two now weigh about the same. In fact, if anything Harris might be heavier given that defensive coordinator ...
In contemplating his 2026-27 team on a recent edition of the “Inside College Basketball Now” podcast with Jon Rothstein, Kansas coach Bill Self wondered aloud if highly touted freshman Tyran Stokes can “do something like Melo did with Syracuse.” Melo, of course, is Carmelo Anthony, and his one season with the Orange was a year in which he averaged 22.2 points and 10.0 rebounds, earned national freshman ...