Apparently the Kansas football team’s ongoing quarterback competition remains too close to call, a little more than a week before the Jayhawks’ 2020 debut. That doesn’t mean KU will try to play both Thomas MacVittie and Miles Kendrick when the season arrives, though. Head coach Les ...
While the Kansas football program continues to wait to name a starting quarterback for the fast-approaching 2020 season, it’s the execution of the QB who wins the job and not so much his skill set that will matter most. For months, Kansas fans have debated the strengths and weaknesses of ...
Dru Prox doesn't know exactly when or how it happened, but the Kansas linebacker remembers vividly the surge of emotions that accompanied the season-ending shoulder damage he suffered in the Jayhawks’ Big 12 opener nearly a year ago. “Pain. I was very upset,” Prox recalled. “I was very ...
Kansas senior defensive lineman Sam Burt summed up one of the many drawbacks of playing football during the COVID-19 crisis succinctly. “It stinks,” Burt began, while describing what it will be like for the Jayhawks to open their season without any fans in attendance. “I know my family ...
The Big 12 reportedly has a plan ready in case one (or more) of its teams loses available players to COVID-19 quarantine during the upcoming season. As first reported by Sports Illustrated and later confirmed by Iowa State Athletic Director Jamie Pollard to 247 Sports and other outlets, the ...
Gone are the days of 11 a.m. college football kickoffs in Lawrence — at least for this year’s season opener. The Kansas football team will have to wait all day on Sept. 12 for the Jayhawks’ nonconference matchup with Coastal Carolina, set to begin at 9 p.m., the Big 12 and KU announced ...
There will be no fans in attendance when the University of Kansas football team kicks off its season Sept. 12 at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. In a message posted to the university’s website Monday, KU Chancellor Douglas Girod shared that the Jayhawks won’t have fans at any sporting ...
Kansas football fans got a rare opportunity this past weekend to watch a high school recruit tied to the program playing on national television. They obviously weren’t the only ones watching Class of 2021 quarterback Ben Easters closely. With his Brownsburg football team playing a marquee ...
University of Kansas sports teams are preparing for a fall season like no other, with new precautions and shorter schedules because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s what to watch for this year in football, volleyball, soccer and cross country. • Leading KU football won’t be any easier ...
A year after experiencing his first losing season as a head coach in almost two decades, Les Miles figures to take on an even larger challenge in his second year at the University of Kansas: leading a football program through a pandemic. While other conferences have postponed their seasons ...
Torry Locklin arrived at the University of Kansas in 2019 as a quarterback. And in a way, at least, Locklin still is. But KU’s coaches envision the redshirt freshman more like a Swiss Army knife than even a dual-threat QB. Appearing in four games for the Jayhawks last year, Locklin lined ...
An emotional conversation inside the Kansas women’s basketball locker room on Thursday turned into a Black Lives Matter march of more than 800 KU athletes, administrators, coaches and supporters on KU’s campus Friday. “Our players deserve all the credit,” KU women’s basketball coach ...
Elijah Jones’ responsibilities within the Kansas football defense have become a lot more extensive this summer. Now in his third year with the program, the cornerback who joined the Jayhawks as a junior college transfer in 2018 could find himself in a starting role this fall, after playing ...
Leaders from the Kansas football team shared late Thursday night their vexation with racism, social injustice and police brutality in this country, releasing a joint statement that said, in part, “enough is enough.” Their message, shared on the program’s social media accounts, came at ...
Both this week and last Kansas football coach Les Miles discussed his team’s preseason quarterback competition. And on each occasion Miles began the chats by voicing his trust in offensive coordinator Brent Dearmon’s leadership and process with the matter. “Those guys are competing for a ...
Add another state to the recruiting footprint being left by the Kansas football program’s 2021 class. A high school safety from South Carolina, James Wright, announced Wednesday via Twitter his plans to join the Jayhawks. KU’s coaches already had secured commitments from players who call ...
One of the most important defensive players on the Kansas football roster is missing camp reps right now, but the Jayhawks shouldn’t be without Dru Prox for long. KU coach Les Miles revealed during a Wednesday video press conference that Prox, a senior linebacker, is “a little nicked,” ...
The Kansas football team’s offensive line lost Wednesday a possible contributor as senior Antione Frazier decided to enter the NCAA’s transfer portal. Earlier during the Jayhawks’ preseason camp, head coach Les Miles listed Frazier as a starting candidate at tackle. Frazier tweeted a ...
Kansas football fans, you may want to sit down for this. Oddsmakers don’t like the Jayhawks chances of winning the Big 12 title this year. Obviously that doesn’t come as a surprise to anyone. But if you follow the Jayhawks closely, the types of odds and props that SportsBettingDime.com ...
It didn’t take long for University of Kansas quarterbacks to discover an important trait in one of the offense’s youngest receivers. After all, this particular talent possessed by freshman Lawrence Arnold helps the QBs look good, too. Senior Thomas MacVittie said Arnold began proving his ...