Football

Transfer linebacker Davis is one early spring standout

Kansas linebacker Quincy Davis has a tattoo of a star under his right ear. “I’m going to be so honest with you, it was a deal, so I just got it,” Davis said with a laugh as he met with KU media for the first time on Thursday. In any case, it might be fitting for the player that ...

Lathan explains why he returned to KU after considering transfer portal

The Kansas football team had the privilege this offseason of being able to retain its leading tackler, the ever-reliable linebacker who played more snaps on defense than anyone during the 2025 campaign. But the Jayhawks almost lost him. Trey Lathan announced on New Year’s Day that he was ...

KU football’s quarterback competition well underway during spring practice

Jim Zebrowski keeps looking around for former Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels but finding only a freshman quarterback with a homophonous name. “He’s been around so long, I’m like, ‘Where is Daniels?’” Zebrowski said of the four-year team captain. “Oh, Jaylen Mason. OK, got ...

Veteran long snapper Monteforte hoping to make more memories at KU

Long snapper Rino Monteforte received his first Division I scholarship offer on July 26, 2019, from the University at Buffalo after he put on a masterful performance at one of the school’s kicking camps. “He was unbelievable,” recalled Taiwo Onatolu, who was the Bulls’ special teams ...

How KU’s new Australian punter Gill became an American football player

Last July, Matt Gill moved from Sydney to Melbourne to train in a sport he had never previously played at a newly established punting academy that had not yet produced a player. By the end of October, Gill was receiving interest from American colleges, and by January he was signed to play at ...

Another offseason brings development for last year’s breakout player Harris

Leroy Harris III’s performance as a sophomore in 2025 might have come out of the blue for Kansas fans, and perhaps even for his own coaches, after he arrived as an unheralded transfer from Chattanooga. Not so much for Harris himself. “It was never a surprise,” he said. The 6-foot-5 ...