Two Jayhawks heard their names called in the NFL Draft this year, but plenty more who are looking to pursue careers in professional football remained undrafted. That group includes the likes of cornerback Kwinton Lassiter, defensive end Patrick Joyner Jr., linebackers Rich Miller and Craig Young, quarterback Jason Bean, safety Kenny Logan Jr. and tight end Mason Fairchild, who participated in collegiate ...
Former Kansas defensive end Austin Booker got selected by the Chicago Bears at No. 144 overall in the fifth round of the NFL Draft on Saturday afternoon. Booker's college career took off following a transfer to KU; he played in six games with two career tackles in two years at Minnesota before joining the Jayhawks for his redshirt sophomore season. His length and athleticism at 6-foot-6 and 245 pounds made ...
The conclusion of the 2024 NFL Draft left a slew of former Kansas football players undrafted and looking for opportunities to continue their football careers. The San Francisco 49ers took offensive lineman Dominick Puni in the third round and the Chicago Bears selected Austin Booker in the fifth, but that meant that more than a dozen KU products who participated in the Big 12 Conference Pro Day back in March ...
Updated 1:40 p.m. Friday: The Kansas men’s basketball team continues to bolster its roster with big-name transfers, cultivating levels of depth far beyond anything it had during the 2023-24 campaign, and on Friday former Alabama wing Rylan Griffen signed to join the Jayhawks next season. Griffen, who will have two years of eligibility left to play, was a key part of the Crimson Tide’s run to its first-ever ...
Updated 1:42 p.m. Friday: Kansas will get its second-team All-American back for a second season. Center Hunter Dickinson announced in a social media post Friday that he will use his fifth and final year of eligibility and return to KU for the 2024-25 season. The announcement was prompted in rather lighthearted fashion by a post on X from head coach Bill Self — “Hey @H_Dickinson24, have you made a decision ...
Former Kansas offensive lineman Dominick Puni became the highest-drafted Jayhawk since 2008 when he went in the third round to the San Francisco 49ers at No. 86 overall. Puni came to KU from NCAA Division II Central Missouri in 2022 and ended up starting all 25 possible games for the Jayhawks before he opted out of the Guaranteed Rate Bowl. In 2023 he served as the Jayhawks’ left tackle and earned ...