Henry in the Huddle

Lessons from a year voting in the AP Top 25 poll

The 2024 season was my first as a voter in the Associated Press’ national college football poll. After submitting a preseason top-25 ranking at the start of August, each week I stayed up until the wee hours to ensure I could catch every relevant college football result, then turned in a ...

Top 5 transfers, Part 2: Which Jayhawks will make the greatest immediate impact?

Among the 22 transfers from whom the Kansas football team has earned commitments in the winter portal window, approximately half are entering their final year of collegiate eligibility, with the exact number yet to be determined as some players could earn medical waivers to play additional ...

How the new JUCO eligibility waiver could affect KU athletes

Just as the eligibility situation for college athletes seemed close to resolving back to what it once was — five years to play four — a new wrinkle complicated matters further on Dec. 23. Lawyers for Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia recently argued successfully in a federal antitrust ...

Transfer portal check-in: How has KU done and what do the Jayhawks still need?

The college football transfer portal always seems to create action at the most unexpected moments, but right now is about as quiet as it gets this time of year. The window for players to enter the portal concludes on Saturday and schools are currently in the midst of a dead period during which ...

The biggest needs for KU football in the transfer portal

Updated 5:42 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3: While the transfer portal officially opens on Monday, the frenzy has already begun. Graduate transfers have long been able to enter the portal, and the Kansas football coaching staff has already dished out a host of scholarship offers to four-year college ...