In his early days at Kansas, assistant coach D.K. McDonald earned respect from his cornerbacks based on his NFL resume. “​​He was teaching grown men and those are the shoes that I want to be in,” senior Mello Dotson said in the spring. As the months have drawn on since his hiring in ...

Whether a coaching staff wants to supply them or not, Kansas coach Lance Leipold said on Wednesday, there have to be opportunities for players to tackle. "It’s hard because you’re trying to keep guys healthy and you want to be fundamentally sound and doing all these things," Leipold said, ...

Alex Raich's parents haven't seen him play football since he came to the United States on his own to play safety at Golden West College in 2019. They'll get their chance this year, he told reporters on Tuesday, and it'll be well timed because they'll get the opportunity to watch a Kansas team ...

Kansas linebackers coach Chris Simpson knows there's really no substitute for in-game experience. "It’s kind of like becoming a parent," he said on Tuesday. "Or maybe even a head coach, or whatever. It’s hard to say that you really know until you do it.” The 2024 KU linebacker room has ...

One day during spring football, Jalen Todd showed up late. The early-enrolling cornerback had committed a faux pas that was, as head coach Lance Leipold put it straightforwardly, “not good in our program.” “So Jalen was late and kind of heard about it,” Leipold said, “and from that ...

Kansas co-offensive coordinator Jim Zebrowski had to apologize Monday morning to legions of quarterbacks he's coached over the years for a particular bit of praise he was about to give Ben Easters. "One of, if not the best, guys in the quarterback room I’ve had," Zebrowski called ...