WRITER: Henry Greenstein

Ontario native Doiron declares for CFL, NFL drafts

After going through senior-day festivities despite having one year of collegiate eligibility remaining, Kansas reserve offensive lineman Dre Doiron is turning pro. Doiron, who served as a backup at center and right tackle and a special teamer throughout his career with the Jayhawks, is a native of London, Ontario, who transferred to KU from Buffalo one year after head coach Lance Leipold made the same move. ...

Lubick back with KU as co-OC and tight ends coach

Updated 2:48 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10: The Kansas football team is headed for a reunion with one of the architects of its offensive renaissance under Lance Leipold. Matt Lubick, the current offensive coordinator at Nevada, will return to the Jayhawks as co-offensive coordinator and tight ends coach, Leipold announced on Tuesday afternoon. A 30-year coaching veteran, Lubick previously served as a senior analyst ...

Hurley: UConn in talks with KU on home-and-home

UConn men's basketball coach Dan Hurley told reporters on a conference call Saturday that his staff is making future plans to play against Kansas. “We are in conversations with Kansas to do a two-year, potentially, or a four-year home-and-home type of thing," he said. "They’ve been communicating pretty openly with us about potentially doing that." The Huskies and Jayhawks faced off at Allen Fieldhouse last ...

More Jayhawks enter portal, per reports

Kansas wide receiver Jarred Sample and offensive lineman Harrison Utley have both entered the transfer portal, according to multiple reports on Monday afternoon. JayhawkSlant was first to report the news. Sample's departure further thins out a position group at which KU is already set to lose its top four players from the 2024 season. Sample, who was a redshirt freshman in 2024, did not play a snap in either ...

Borland retires from coaching; McDonald promoted as replacement

Updated 6:56 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8: The Kansas football team is replacing another coordinator with an internal promotion for the second time in two days. Head coach Lance Leipold announced on Sunday evening that defensive coordinator Brian Borland is retiring from coaching and will be replaced by co-defensive coordinator and cornerbacks coach D.K. McDonald. "I have been fortunate to work with Brian for more ...

Despite late rally, Jayhawks can't escape 24-point hole at Missouri

Columbia, Mo. — As much as Kansas struggled on the road last season, the Jayhawks hit a new low in the first half on Sunday. In committing 14 of its 22 total turnovers within the first 16 minutes at Mizzou Arena and giving up 18 early points to Missouri guard Tamar Bates — producing a first half on par with its catastrophic early showings at Texas Tech or Houston last winter — KU fell behind 39-25 by ...