As the Kansas football team climbed back to national prominence in 2022 and 2023, the Jayhawks’ special-teams units often lagged behind. Consider the SP+ rankings compiled by ESPN’s Bill Connelly. The Jayhawks finished the 2022 campaign with a minus-1.7 rating for special teams that was ...
The fall sports season is rapidly approaching the postseason with another October week over. Here are the Journal-World's sports staff's selections for Athletes of the Week. Kavon Price, Lawrence High School The Lawrence High School football team exploded with 55 points in a shutout win over ...
Kansas has fallen to last place in this week's edition of the Big 12 power rankings voted on by a panel of media members who cover the conference. The Jayhawks have lost five straight games, four by a touchdown or less. Houston, which had previously been in last place, moved up to No. 13 after ...
Wide receiver Quentin Skinner has made plenty of memorable catches over the years. During the 2023 season alone, he used all of his 6-foot-5 frame to snag a high pass from Jalon Daniels for a sideline grab that helped Kansas escape Nevada; came back from out of bounds to haul in a deflection ...
The Kansas football team’s bye week has arrived, and not a moment too soon. The precise positioning of this year’s bye at the season’s midpoint could be a significant gift for the Jayhawks, if not for the fact that they get a second open date this season on Nov. 2 after just two more ...
Tempe, Ariz. — As head coach Lance Leipold put it on Saturday, no one will feel sorry for Kansas that it’s “thin in some spots” at this point in the season. Even if, as he noted, the Jayhawks are in some cases giving significant time to players who “didn’t even travel in the last ...