KU Football

Roles of specialists, returners well defined early in KU football preseason camp

The preseason practice schedule is still young, but Kansas football special teams coordinator Jake Schoonover already has a good idea which specialists and returners he’ll likely be trusting during games this fall. “There are definitive roles and leaders in those groups,” Schoonover said ...

Reserve center Garrett Jones leaves KU football

A fill-in starter for the Kansas football team’s offensive line a year ago, Garrett Jones announced Sunday he won’t be playing football “for awhile.” A KU spokesperson confirmed to the Journal-World that Jones is no longer with the program. A redshirt freshman from Berrien Springs, ...

Why OC Andy Kotelnicki views KU football offense as 6-headed dragon

New Kansas football offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki made sure during his first preseason press conference to keep an air of mystery surrounding the specifics of what the Jayhawks have been up to at camp so far. But the longtime Lance Leipold assistant didn’t mind speaking more broadly ...

DC Brian Borland looking for progress out of KU football defense early in camp

Three practices into the Kansas football team’s preseason camp, coordinator Brian Borland couldn’t complain Saturday about where his defense was at, given the circumstances. “It’s probably better than I would’ve even anticipated, based on not really having any kind of (typical) ...

Notebook: KU football assistant Zebrowski trying to learn about his QBs quickly

There’s only so much a quarterbacks coach can learn about his players after two practices with them, but Kansas assistant Jim Zebrowski is doing what he can. Following Friday’s preseason session, Zebrowski, who followed Lance Leipold from Buffalo to Lawrence late this past spring, said it ...

New KU football QB Jason Bean hopes to ‘help turn this program around’

Jason Bean didn’t gush about his own abilities on Friday during his first interview since joining the roster earlier this summer. “I’m just a hard worker,” Bean said, after beginning his response by sharing how excited he is to be at KU. “I’m ready to help turn this program around ...