When Kansas coach Lance Leipold talked about Leroy Harris III at Big 12 media days on July 9, he noted that the defensive end from Brentwood, Tenn., had “an opportunity to redshirt.” Three weeks later, though, with some early practices in fall camp under his belt, Harris had become for ...

Kansas kicker Laith Marjan says that whenever he misses a field goal, he takes it personally. Fortunately for Marjan, he didn't miss often in 2024 — at least during games. In his first year as a collegiate placekicker, after serving as a kickoff specialist at East Carolina, Marjan went ...

Levi Wentz may be in some sense one of the most experienced players on the Kansas roster, as a sixth-year senior, but he’s still young in the game of football as a whole. “Levi is one of those guys that his ceiling is huge,” wide receivers coach Terrence Samuel said. “He was kind of a ...

Kansas strength coach Matt Gildersleeve likes to stress that his conditioning program adapts to the needs of individual players — as he says, “you meet them where they’re at.” In the case of defensive tackle Marcus Calvin, when Calvin entered the program in 2023, that meant meeting a ...

Friday night's practice presented the first chance for the Kansas football team to spend any significant time in the revamped David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, but it might not necessarily have felt that way for at least some of the Jayhawks. The “EA Sports College Football” video game ...

Kansas offensive coordinator Jim Zebrowski equates what running back Leshon Williams might have been experiencing when he came to KU to a “midlife crisis” — even as he acknowledges that Williams is too young for that sort of label. “Take football out of it,” Zebrowksi said. “I ...