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KU football MVP Countdown: No. 21, Brian Lipscomb

Looking for a fall camp sleeper? Here's your man. Maybe we should have seen it coming. True, Lipscomb played for an FCS team that went 0-11 last season, so it's not as if he can turn a losing team into a winning one all by himself, but he has impressed coaches with his football aptitude, motor ...

KU football MVP Countdown: No. 23, J.J. Holmes

It was only natural to watch nose tackle J.J. Holmes play for Kansas in his first season after transferring from Hutchinson Community College and wonder: If he lost weight, how much quicker could he become, how much more productive? We'll find out this season. Holmes looks completely ...

KU football MVP Countdown: No. 22, Azur Kamara

The Kansas football team's secondary needs all the help it can get and one of the best ways to help it is to put a steady stream of pressure on the quarterback. And Dorance Armstrong is playing for the Dallas Cowboys now. So who will make the opposing offensive line pay extra attention to ...

KU football MVP Countdown: No. 24, Tyrone Miller

Rare is the athlete whose developmental curve is a straight line forward, without stalls, setbacks, even regressions. Tyrone Miller came to Kansas as a high school recruit from Michigan and was pressed into duty at cornerback right away. He showed a knack for making plays, but lacked the pure ...

KU football MVP Countdown: No. 25, Quan Hampton

It's time for the annual blog series countdown projecting the 25 most valuable players for the Kansas football team. No. 25: Quan Hampton, sophomore receiver As a true freshman, Hampton started all six games in which he was healthy enough to play, an indication of how highly the coaching ...

Evan Fairs offers WR perspective on QB competition

Could it be that fourth-year Kansas football coach David Beaty actually has chosen a starting quarterback but is keeping it quiet so as not to tip off Nicholls State? I suppose so, but I don't think so. If the players know who's starting they aren't saying, and the way they answered questions ...