When he concluded his high school career at Niles North in Skokie, Illinois, Jailen Butler would have considered himself more of a basketball player than a football player. He didn’t start playing football until his senior year of high school, and his allegiance to basketball persisted well into his junior-college career, as he participated in both sports at Trinity Valley Community College. He was a shooting ...
Updated 8:48 a.m. Wednesday, April 8, 2026: The general consensus around the Kansas football program seems to be that working alongside Andy Kotelnicki isn’t all that different the second time around. “You jump right back into it,” passing game coordinator Jim Zebrowski said. But there are some changes, to be sure. For one, head coach Lance Leipold said KU has reshaped some of its offensive terminology, ...
Kansas guard Jamari McDowell is entering the transfer portal, he announced in an Instagram post on Tuesday morning. “Wearing Kansas across my chest has been an honor I’ll carry with me forever,” he wrote in part. “The support, energy and love I’ve felt in Allen Fieldhouse is something I’ll never forget. You all helped shape me both on and off the court. After careful thought and prayer, I’ve ...
Kansas women’s basketball guards Laia Conesa and Keeley Parks are entering the transfer portal. Conesa went into the portal on Monday, a KU Athletics spokesperson confirmed. The 5-foot-11 guard from Barcelona, Spain, averaged 3.7 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 20.0 minutes per game as a junior with the Jayhawks. She played in all 36 of KU’s games and started five. Conesa had taken on a somewhat ...
Kansas forward Bryson Tiller will enter the transfer portal, his agency Seros Partners confirmed to the Journal-World on Monday morning. Tiller is set to leave the Jayhawks after a season and a half. The 6-foot-11 forward from Atlanta out of Overtime Elite enrolled early at KU in the winter of 2025 when he was rehabbing a long-term ankle injury, then broke out at the start of the 2025-26 season to become a ...
The Kansas frontcourt will undergo a comprehensive revamp this offseason, as reserve center Paul Mbiya is set to enter the transfer portal, according to multiple reports on Monday morning. When the portal opens on Tuesday, Mbiya will be departing alongside forwards Flory Bidunga, who also plans to test the NBA waters, and Bryson Tiller. After joining KU as a late addition over the summer of 2025 — he had ...