Kansas is swiftly restocking its linebacker group after a series of offseason departures. New Mexico State transfer Quincy Davis announced on Monday afternoon that he will transfer to KU, and former South Carolina linebacker Jaron Willis shared the news that he was joining the Jayhawks on his Instagram page after it was initially reported by JayhawkSlant. They became the second and third linebacker transfers ...
Kansas has added a player with experience in some of the nation’s top programs. Safety Jaden Harris, who spent his first three seasons at Miami and then played at Georgia in 2025, announced on Instagram on Monday evening that he will join the Jayhawks next year. Harris called KU his “Final Destination” in the Instagram post, and indeed, 2026 will be his last year of eligibility after he was a three-star ...
Updated 8:04 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026: The Kansas football team is reaping the rewards of the first weekend of the winter transfer window. Over the course of Sunday evening, KU earned commitments from a series of four transfers at positions of great need. They came from defensive tackle Eamon Smalls (UAB), linebacker Landyn Watson (Kentucky), running back Jalen Dupree (Colorado State) and guard Connor Stroh ...
The game lasted 55 action-packed minutes, but one of its lasting images manifested itself well after the final buzzer. When Oklahoma guard Buddy Hield, fresh off one of the greatest performances ever recorded by a Kansas opponent at Allen Fieldhouse, concluded his postgame interview on the ESPN broadcast and prepared to depart James Naismith Court, a throng of late-departing KU fans gave him a standing ...
Updated 11:50 a.m. Monday, Jan. 5, 2026: Amid a flurry of movement in the early days of the transfer window, a handful of Kansas players took to social media on Saturday night to post official KU football graphics suggesting they are “locked in” for next season. The group of returnees included defensive ends Alex Bray, Dakyus Brinkley and Leroy Harris III; defensive tackle Blake Herold; quarterbacks Cole ...
Updated 10:24 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026: Scott “Scooter” Ward, an esteemed longtime academic adviser who most recently served as KU Athletics’ director of peak performance and leadership, died on Saturday, his wife Robin wrote in a post on Facebook. He was 59. “This man — Scott ‘Scooter’ Ward, son, brother, friend, husband, dog dad, counselor, coach, advisor, inspiration — was such a gift to us ...