photo by: Nick Krug

Kansas receiver Daylon Charlot soars back to get in line during team stretches at the beginning of practice on Monday, Aug. 15, 2016 at Memorial Stadium.

Nobody believed it could be done, saying something nice about Kansas football for 25 weeks in a row, but this is the 25th installment of the blog that will continue at least for 52 weeks.

So far, the funniest line was typed by Matt Herrera in Week 1 on May 9: “The funnel cakes are consistently on point.”

It might be difficult to top that in the sarcasm department, but I’m still seeking someone to weigh in with the most insightful remark that will inject genuine optimism in the direction of the program. It’s not an easy challenge, but somebody surely is up to the task.

My contribution this week centers on a name that has appeared here in past weeks: Daylon Charlot.

A 6-foot, 195-pound transfer from Alabama, Charlot will have three seasons of eligibility for Kansas, which will use him at wide receiver and possibly in the return game.

“Daylon Charlot’s a talented guy, I mean a talented guy,” head coach David Beaty said. “We wish he was playing this year. He’s not, but we’re excited he’ll be here next year.”

A four-star recruit out of Patterson, La., Charlot made a verbal commitment to Alabama, decommitted and then signed with the Crimson Tide. He picked ‘Bama over scholarship offers from, among others, Arizona, Arizona State, LSU and Notre Dame.

He played sparingly as a freshman at Alabama and caught two passes for nine yards.

Rollbamaroll.com — possibly the coolest website name ever — reported on signing day, 2005, that Charlot had a 4.35 40 time and a 40-inch vertical leap.

Nobody who has seen him practice for Kansas is surprised at those numbers.

“He can fly,” junior quarterback Montell Cozart said of Charlot. “He’s one of those guys who’s a little bit of a posession receiver, too, so he can go up and go get the ball too. So it’s going be nice to have him.”

When Kansas has running back Taylor Martin and receivers Steven Sims, LaQuvionte Gonzalez and Charlot on the field at the same time, Sims will be the fourth-fastest Jayhawk. That’s a lot of speed. Of course, if the blocks aren’t there and the passes aren’t delivered on target, on time, it won’t matter how much speed is on the field. Oops, that wasn’t nice. I’ll neutralize that remark by pointing out that Cozart looks as if he’s throwing the deep ball with far more accuracy than in earlier years when he overthrew everything but the government. Plus, the offensive line had its best game vs. legitimate competition in Saturday’s 44-20 loss to Oklahoma State.

There you have it. I have made it 25 weeks in a row saying something nice about Kansas football.

Your turn. Make me believe that the program is headed in the right direction. Failing that, see if you can clear the sarcasm bar set so high by Herrera. Either way, say something nice about Kansas football.