Kansas filled its vacant spot at tight end on Friday when it earned the commitment of Jailen Butler, a transfer from Old Dominion who will have one year left to play. Butler has 18 career catches over two seasons of play at the Division I level, for 103 yards and one touchdown. He is originally from Chicago and began his career at Trinity Valley Community College. During his time at the JUCO level, Butler ...
The run on linebackers for the Kansas football team continued on Friday morning, as Marshall transfer Jibreel Al-Amin committed to KU, his agent Hutton Reed confirmed to the Journal-World. Listed at 6-foot-3 and 205 pounds, Al-Amin played the first three years of his career with Jacksonville State and the fourth with the Thundering Herd before entering the portal a second time and moving to the power-conference ...
There were so many things not to like about how Kansas played on Tuesday night against TCU. Head coach Bill Self can, and will, list them: The Jayhawks didn’t guard, didn’t rebound, didn’t maintain good body language, didn’t display consistent energy, didn’t create activity and so on. But they did dispel all those numerous and variegated issues in the final few minutes to win 104-100 in overtime and ...
After experiencing plenty of success with a transfer kicker in 2025, Kansas went back to the well for another ahead of the 2026 season. Former Michigan State kicker Martin Connington announced his commitment to KU in a post on social media on Friday morning. He fills the vacancy left by Laith Marjan, a former East Carolina and South Alabama kicker who went 14-for-17 on field goals for the Jayhawks in his lone ...
Kansas bolstered its secondary with two more young players on Thursday evening, as it added former Iowa State safety Khijohnn Cummings-Coleman and Mississippi State cornerback Elijah Cannon, both of whom announced their commitment decisions on social media. The Jayhawks are now up to two corners in the portal (Cannon and Ball State’s Roman Pearson) and three safeties (Cummings-Coleman, Jaden Harris of Georgia ...
Even with Kansas coach Lance Leipold soon to be five years removed from his tenure overseeing the program at Buffalo, the Jayhawks will continue to have a western New York presence on their roster in 2026. Former Buffalo wide receiver Nik McMillan has committed to KU, his agent Matt Glose confirmed to the Journal-World on Thursday morning. McMillan is a splashy addition for the Jayhawks at a position of need, ...