Before he became a high school football player, Ben Miles had a sneaking suspicion that he wasn’t going to have the height or frame to play a glamorous position. An offensive linemen on his little league teams in Baton Rouge, La., Miles thought he possessed enough athleticism to at least ...
At the start of the fourth quarter is when it hit junior linebacker Dru Prox. Prox played every snap up to that point, and he proceeded to play all 71 snaps on defense during KU’s 24-17 win over Indiana State in the season opener. In fact, both Prox and junior Kyron Johnson played every snap ...
Of course Kansas quarterback Carter Stanley left the Jayhawks’ season opener pleased about winning the starting job and leading a must-have touchdown drive in crunch time. At no point during Stanley’s postgame discussions with the media nor in his interview session on Monday, however, did ...
On this week's episode of the KU Sports Hour, our crew breaks down Bill Self's new strength coach hire and discusses KU football coach Les Miles looking to move the Jayhawks to 2-0. Listen on: Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | YouTube
It was one of the few things we knew for certain entering the 2019 season opener. As mentioned multiples times, Kansas head coach Les Miles didn’t reveal too much in the offseason when asked about his scheme. About the only things we knew for certain prior to KU’s 24-17 win over Indiana ...
The Kansas football defense had only been on the field for six snaps on Saturday when starting cornerback Hasan Defense took a seat on the bench. Defense wasn’t winded. Nor had the senior corner committed some egregious mistake. This was not a case of his coaches trying to teach him a ...
Call the Kansas football team's 24-17 victory over Indiana State a good first step in the Jayhawks’ quest to replace the sizable hole left in the lineup by the departures of Joe Dineen and Daniel Wise. Full of new faces and unproven players getting their first taste of the big time and first ...
As Hurricane Dorian slowly headed toward the southeastern Atlantic coast on Monday, its coming impact was on the minds of members of both the Kansas football team and the Jayhawks’ next opponent, Coastal Carolina. The Chanticleers, based in Conway, S.C., had to pack up and relocate on Labor ...
After coaching his first football game at the University of Kansas without the team’s All-Big 12 running back, head coach Les Miles is prepared to play Pooka Williams Jr. “without limitation” this week versus Coastal Carolina. While some may have wondered whether Miles might ease KU’s ...
A University of Kansas football player was arrested around 12:30 a.m. Sunday at a popular student bar. Thomas Patrick Barrett, 20, was arrested at 1340 Ohio St. — the address of Jayhawk Cafe, commonly known as The Hawk — on suspicion of contributing to a child’s misconduct and ...
With 8:40 left in the third quarter of KU’s game against Indiana State, senior tight end James Sosinski found an opening. Senior quarterback Carter Stanley spotted Sosinski on the right side and dumped the ball off to the tight end who quickly ran into the end zone. It was Sosinski’s first ...
Waving flags that read “Rock Chalk Jayhawk” and “LFK.” A full student section. One fan even had a plunger on his head. The first Kansas football game in the Les Miles era seemingly signaled a culture change from the opening kick. “It’s definitely different,” said Zach Panther, a ...
Following his first win at Kansas, head coach Les Miles knew exactly who to give the game ball to. Andrew Parchment caught eight balls for 121 yards in his Kansas debut, lifting his new team to a 24-17 victory over Indiana State in the season opener. In his postgame press conference, Miles ...
From the time Les Miles stepped into the Kansas football facilities this past winter, the veterans in the program began anticipating how the 2019 season could play out differently for them. With Miles’ seven seasons of double-digit victories, plus the two SEC titles and the national ...
It was only a matter of time before "The Mad Hatter" decided to spice things up for the Kansas football team. The first trick play by Kansas officially took place 58 minutes into the Les Miles era. The Jayhawks ran a reverse pass, as junior receiver Andrew Parchment linked up with junior tight ...
The mystery surrounding the starting quarterback job for the Kansas football team finally dissipated Saturday afternoon as head coach Les Miles went with — and stuck with — redshirt senior Carter Stanley. But the decision didn’t become clear to even the QB competition’s participants ...
While running onto the field before a game for the first time as the head football coach at Kansas, Les Miles felt relatively calm about what was to come. Sure, it had been close to three years since he coached a college football game, but Miles reported a steady heart rate for the minutes ...
Carter Stanley was not perfect during Saturday’s 24-17 KU victory over Indiana State. But the decision to use him was. And, no, I’m not just talking about Les Miles picking Stanley as the winner of a seven-month quarterback battle with newcomer Thomas MacVittie. I’m talking about Miles ...
It wasn’t always pretty, but the Les Miles era got off on the right foot. After surrendering a late lead, the Kansas football team got the last laugh by scoring on its final drive to secure a 24-17 win over Indiana State Saturday afternoon at the David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. ...
On the eve of his first game as head coach at the University of Kansas, Les Miles’ 2020 recruiting class added yet another high school prospect, giving the program one more player than it could technically sign to join the program a year from now. A three-star linebacker from Harbor City, ...