Kansas City, Mo. ? Three days before the start of spring practice, Kansas football players and coaches had basketball on their minds — at least for a little while — Thursday at the Power & Light District.Third-year head coach David Beaty brought staff members and some of the ...
Back in late January, the anticipation finally got to Kansas football receiver Daylon Charlot, leading him to begin hitting up teammates with the question on his mind. “When do we put our pads on?” Charlot would inquire, feeling impatient about returning to the field in 2017 after sitting ...
Imagine a world where the better a prisoner is at beating up another man with his fists and feet, the greater his chance at gaining freedom.Better yet, don’t imagine that world. Immerse yourself in it from a safe distance for 90 minutes Friday night in front of your television. You can do ...
Currently operating within a crucial portion of the college football offseason, Kansas head coach David Beaty wasted no time in filling a staff vacancy.Beaty announced Thursday the addition of Zac Woodfin as director of strength and conditioning, roughly two weeks after Je’Ney Jackson moved ...
No longer a part of the Kansas football team’s plans at quarterback, former starter Montell Cozart announced Tuesday afternoon his intentions to transfer.Cozart tweeted out his decision, contained within a detailed note in which he thanked KU staff members and called his time at the ...
When a football program such as Kansas — which hasn’t posted a winning record in eight seasons or won more than three games in seven — starts landing commitments from four-star prospects and appearing on national top-10 lists dedicated to recruiting success, those following the sport ...
Looking to bring an experienced defensive assistant to his third Kansas football staff, head coach David Beaty officially announced Friday the addition of former Ohio defensive line coach Jesse Williams.During the past five seasons of a coaching career spanning 20-plus years, Williams worked on ...
And then there were four.Once a group of six, the number of Class of 2018 Louisiana prospects committed to the Kansas football program again shrank on Thursday, when three-star defensive lineman Nelson Jenkins announced his intentions to play closer to home, at LSU.“I’d like to thank (head ...
It didn’t take David Beaty long to find a new defensive line coach. Days after news of Michael Slater’s departure from the Kansas football staff emerged, his replacement was identified.Jon Kirby of Jayhawk Slant reported Wednesday night KU intends to add Jesse Williams as its fourth D-line ...
A four-star recruit out of Patterson, Louisiana, Daylon Charlot lived through an experience about which the vast majority of high school football players can only dream. An elite wide receiver sought after by many of the nation’s top college programs, Charlot signed with the ultimate ...
In just a couple of months, fans looking for a sneak peek at David Beaty’s third Kansas football team will get their chance when the Jayhawks invite the public into Memorial Stadium for their annual spring game.KU’s 15-practice spring schedule is set to begin in mid-March and the offseason ...
Kansas football coach David Beaty’s 2017 coaching staff isn’t quite fully assembled after all.Highly regarded strength and conditioning coach Je’Ney Jackson is leaving the coaching field, according to multiple sources from inside the athletic department, for a job in the medical ...
Serving as a reminder of just how mercurial the college football recruiting world can be, Kansas coaches learned Sunday night one of the touted Louisiana prospects who committed to join the Jayhawks just over a week ago has decided to back out.Four-star receiver Ja’Marr Chase, who on Feb. 4 ...
Offensive coordinator Doug Meacham is Kansas head football coach David Beaty’s highest-paid assistant coach, associate head coach/running backs Tony Hull received the biggest raise and Clint Bowen had his pay boosted by $100,000, according to salary information supplied by KU ...
After sitting out and playing only on the scout team during his first year in the University of Kansas football program, quarterback Carter Stanley began his redshirt freshman season this past fall as the odd man out — the third quarterback on a team rotating two others in and out of the ...
Early in David Beaty’s tenure as head football coach at Kansas, athletic director Sheahon Zenger mentioned in passing but with confidence that it had been his experience that it takes until a coach’s third year to get his staff just right.I made a mental note to revisit Zenger on that topic ...
Less than a week after adding the first player in the 2018 recruiting class, the Kansas football team picked up its eighth pledge Thursday. Cartez Crook-Jones, a three-star defensive end from Grandview, Mo., announced on Twitter that he was committing to play for the Jayhawks. Kansas coach ...
The Kansas athletic department made another serious commitment to improving its football program Tuesday when it more than doubled the salary of running backs coach and standout recruiter Tony Hull, who also received a new title.David Beaty announced on his Twitter account that he had promoted ...
Second-year Kansas running backs coach Tony Hull sent shockwaves through the college football recruiting world last week by landing a large group of commitments from Louisiana, his home state.On Wednesday, KU head coach David Beaty announced on Twitter that Hull was promoted to associate head ...
Kansas, of all places, is fast becoming a popular destination for college football prospects from the state of Louisiana.Kansas?Yes, Kansas.Why Kansas?Naturally, the answer to the question being asked on message boards populated by fan bases of college football programs with long-time winning ...