Headed into the 2016 season, the Kansas football team needed all the on-field help it could get — on all fronts. Accordingly, some true freshmen, instead of slowly working their way up through the ranks, got legitimate chances to shine as starters.The Jayhawks hope that also brings some ...
When David Beaty heads to Frisco, Texas, later this month for the Big 12’s annual football media days extravaganza, the Kansas football coach plans to bring four players with him to pose for photos and answer questions about the upcoming season.The conference announced Thursday the ...
Historically, Kansas hasn’t landed many recruits who play in prestigious, nationally televised high school football all-star games, so when Jacob Bragg, a three-star center from Nacogdoches, Texas, did in 2013, hard-core KU football fans celebrated the news.Never mind that Louisiana Tech was ...
Josh Ehambe has impressed his Kansas football teammates over the past few years with his dedication in the weight room. Not many players can match his willingness to become a stronger and faster player. Coaches consider him a leader. But his next step is trying to transfer all of his ...
Family and close friends at the Wise household in Lewisville, Texas gathered to watch the television coverage of the third day of the NFL draft. Everyone in the room was confident that an NFL team would select Deatrich Wise. It was just a question of when.“We were waiting all day, walking ...
It’s not the job of an athlete to care about what others deem possible or impossible in his or her sport. Nor is an athlete required to base personal or team goals solely off of recent history.All of which is helpful to keep in mind while considering this: football players at the University ...
The message on the T-shirts of the athletes grabbed the attention of visitors to the Kansas football program’s weight room during a recent workout session for the offensive and defenisve linemen: SAVAGE MINDSET.Uh-oh, get ready for primal screams and a drill sergeant who if he had his ...
A pair of Class of 2015 offensive linemen from Kansas, one from Louisburg, the other Overalnd Park, didn’t receive any scholarship offers to play Div. I-A football and read those snubs the same way.Mesa Ribordy and Hunter Saulsbury, who occupy the top two spots on the Kansas depth chart at ...
For all the havoc expected to be produced by the Kansas football team’s defensive line this coming fall, move a level back on the Jayhawks’ defense and you’ll find a less heralded unit accompanied by more reservations then presumptions.Not one senior will play linebacker for KU in 2017. ...
In what is sure to remain a recurring theme throughout his college football career, Kansas junior defensive lineman Dorance Armstrong Jr. keeps adding to his list of accolades.Sports Illustrated included KU’s sack-happy Armstrong in its overview of the top 100 players for 2017.A consensus ...
Now that David Beaty has put in two-plus years worth of work into a massive reclamation project as the head football coach at the University of Kansas, one area where he can see real progress is on the scholarship front.While fielding questions from fans at a recent meet-and-greet, Beaty was ...
No matter how hard he tried, Tony Hull could do nothing to stop the tears. The story already had leaked to the local media, but Hull still struggled to find the composure to speak to his team — though they knew exactly what he was about to say.His principal stepped in and spoke briefly while ...
Counting down the days until the start of the upcoming college football season, Kansas coach David Beaty said the Jayhawks have the same hopes and dreams as all of the other programs. After completing their spring football practices, the Jayhawks have shifted their focus to the weight room, ...
When Kansas football coach David Beaty met with Nick Williams, KU’s latest commit, on his unofficial visit to campus earlier this month, he saw a familiar face in the room. Williams, a 6-foot-8, 260-pound offensive lineman, was joined by his high school football coach Hoyt Gregory, one of ...
A remote family connection to former Kansas football coach Glen Mason led to Keith Loneker coming from Roselle Park, N.J., to Lawrence to play college football for Kansas. Loneker came to call Lawrence home after his professional football career ended.A former offensive lineman, a Lawrence ...
The University of Kansas is counting on a significant amount of donations to enable a planned $300 million renovation to Memorial Stadium. KU athletic director Sheahon Zenger told a crowd at a football meet-and-greet Wednesday evening in Kansas City, Mo., that the project — which will include ...
Former Kansas and NFL offensive lineman Keith Loneker Sr. died Thursday morning after a battle with cancer. Loneker, whose son Keith Loneker Jr., is a current linebacker for the KU football team, has been actively involved both with his alma mater and Lawrence's youth athletics scene throughout ...
The Kansas football program received one commitment and one de-commitment on the recruiting trail Wednesday. Offensive lineman Nick Williams, from Ritenour High in St. Louis, visited campus earlier this month and decided it was the place where he wanted to spend his collegiate career. Williams, ...
Kansas City, Mo. ? During a meet-and-greet event for the Kansas football team Wednesday, KU athletic director Sheahon Zenger delivered news that renovation of Memorial Stadium and other football-related projects totaling $300 million are around the corner.Zenger said architects will complete ...
Kansas junior defensive end Dorance Armstrong Jr. was named a preseason third-team All-American by Athlon Sports, the magazine announced Tuesday. In the magazine’s college football preview, six KU players were honored on its four preseason all-Big 12 teams. Armstrong, who had 10 sacks and 20 ...