Kansas will have a new long snapper next season. The under-the-radar special-teams position has long been defined by continuity for the Jayhawks, who had plenty of consistency over the years with Luke Hosford and Emory Duggar. In 2026, though, they have a new veteran option at their disposal: Rino Monteforte. Monteforte, a transfer from Cal who started his career at Notre Dame, confirmed to the Journal-World ...
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 ...
The Kansas backfield added another key piece on Wednesday morning. Former Syracuse running back Yasin Willis, the Orange’s leading rusher in 2025, will join KU next season. He shared the news as part of a pair of collaborative posts on his Instagram page. The addition of Willis gives KU a bruising, big-bodied rusher to pair with the already-acquired Jalen Dupree from Colorado State, as the Jayhawks continue ...
Kansas continued to bolster its defensive line on Tuesday night with the addition of Michigan State transfer edge rusher David Santiago, who announced his commitment to the Jayhawks in a post on X. Santiago was a rotational defender for the Spartans in 2025, playing as a pass-rush end on the defensive line with 245 defensive snaps, according to Pro Football Focus, and a strong 72.8 grade. On the season, he ...
Kansas was down 15 points with less than five minutes remaining in regulation against TCU on Tuesday, but what felt like the emotional low point of KU’s second-half near-disaster occurred when the margin was just nine. With the Jayhawks attempting to push the ball up the floor and just over two minutes remaining, Elmarko Jackson tossed it down the court to Darryn Peterson. But Peterson, who was starting to ...
Darryn Peterson scored a season-high 32 points and hit three free throws to force overtime on Tuesday night, Melvin Council Jr. carried the Jayhawks through the extra period, Tre White poured in a workmanlike 26 points, Jamari McDowell hit one of the biggest shots of the game when KU trailed TCU by nine points with just over a minute remaining and a previously quiet Flory Bidunga grabbed some pivotal offensive ...